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CALL FOR PROJECTS – CASTING A SPELLBring Your Own Digital / Esoteric Rituals! – Call for Collecting Ritual and Artistic Practices
SomoS Arts, in collaboration with curator Arianna Forte, is pleased to announce a Call for Projects as part of her curatorial research project “Casting a Spell in Computational Regimes: Ritual Practices for a Transfeminist Counter-Apocalypse” in fellowship with the Italian Council.
SomoS is excited to announce an open call for projects for the exhibition/event "Casting a Spell in Computational Regimes," organized by Italian curator Arianna Forte. This initiative seeks to explore how contemporary rituals can be embodied in artistic practices to address the crises of our times—from digital capitalism and gender inequalities to climate change and surveillance regimes.
Inspired by the renowned Italian anthropologist Ernesto De Martino's definition of rituals, the goal is to gather and present artistic practices and esoteric rituals that challenge the current cultural imaginaries. These works should offer new perspectives on precariousness, vulnerability, and mutual care, drawing from Arianna Forte's concept of the "trans-feminist counter-apocalypse" and Joanna Zylinska's alternative narrative to the Anthropocene.
We invite artists to submit their digital esoteric ritual practices, personal or collective cultural tools, and any form of artistic expression that navigates the ineffable aspects of contemporary life. We are particularly interested in works focusing on gender inequalities and digital capitalism, and those attempting to overcome the computational and pharmapornographic regimes. This includes art practices using ritual methodologies, cyber witchcraft or digital summonings, intersections between magic, technology, and science, and any form of esotericism that challenges everyday realities and domination.
We accept such formats as video works, sound works, visual works, installations, and for the opening day short talks/lectures or performances. Curator Arianna Forte will select participants from the proposals in collaboration with SomoS. There are no application fees.
More information / Submission: https://somos.media/-9
About Arianna Forte: Arianna Forte is a contemporary art curator specializing in digital culture and transfeminist theory. Her curatorial practice creates platforms for critical discourse and innovative artistic expressions that challenge conventional narratives and address pressing social issues.
This Call for Projects is part of the research Casting a Spell in Computational Regimes: Ritual Practices for a Trans-Feminist Counter-Apocalypse that curator Arianna Forte is conducting as part of the Italian Council (2023) program supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity (@creativita_contemporanea) of the Italian Ministry of Culture (@mic_italia).
Application period: August 1 – September 15, 2024, 23:59 h
Participants announcement: September 19, 2024
Opening event October 12, 2024,18-21 h
Exhibition duration October 15-19 h, 2024, 14-19 h
Location: SomoS – Kottbusser Damm 95, 1.0G, 10967 Berlin
More information / Submission: https://somos.media/-9
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95,Berlin, Germany