Event overview
Arts Cabinet raises awareness of the critical state of cultural production developing arts and culture exchange programmes that draw on challenges posed by global issues
Svetlana Sequeira Costa, co-founder and artistic director of Arts Cabinet, and Hydar Dewachi, an artist, photographer, filmmaker, designer and IT engineer, present an artistic exchange programme between Europe and the Middle-East currently being developed with a wide range of partners in higher education, the arts and culture.
Arts Cabinet develops international art and culture exchange programmes that draw on the challenges posed by global issues, such as migration, conflict, human rights... with the aim to raise awareness of the critical state of cultural production in the global South.
The programme being presented offers specific opportunities for student engagement and collaboration:
- Artists and Scholars-in-residence programmes – sites of exchange in North Africa and Northern Europe;
- Academic research opportunities for scholars in site-specific locations;
- Connecting research with practice through public engagement programmes;
- Documenting artistic research: the art of documentation and the documentation as art;
- Disseminating research, generating impact and knowledge exchange;
- Capacity building, reverse innovation, collaborating with culture in development and the creative sector…
- Project management, art writing and digital management…
By inviting students and academics to participate in the programme with Arts Cabinet, they aim to bridge the gap between theory and practice, bring artists and scholars to work together, explore new methodologies for research, participate in public platforms for impact, knowledge exchange and dissemination.
Biographies
Svetlana Sequeira Costa is co-founder and artistic director of Arts Cabinet. An arts and culture professional with over 20 years of international experience working with some of the major artists of our time, working for leading arts and cultural institutions globally. She was born in Tehran, is a global citizen, fluent in different languages and cultures.
Hydar Dewachi is an artist, photographer, filmmaker, designer and IT engineer. As an artist, his practice fuses art and technology, often in a documentary, semi-autobiographical context. He has over 10 years experience in the fields of technology and creativity working with individuals and across a diverse spectrum of sectors including creative industries, education, charities, arts and performance. Hydar is currently the artist in residence at Jerwood Visual Arts exploring and expanding upon the role of documentation and archive in live and visual arts practice and process.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2016 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
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