Project ON-AiR available on internet

ON-AiR is an European “tool for artists”; mobility workshops and training programs on artist-in-residence (AiR) opportunities.

The On-Air is now present on internet to inform you about this collaborative project of 19 artist-in-residence centers, art education institutes, municipalities, knowledge centers and artists-run initiatives in Europe. One of the partners is Artservis/SCCA-Ljubljana. Head of the project is Trans Artsists from Amsterdam. The project will last from May 2010 to April 2012.

Since the end of January the project has its own website www.on-air-mobility.org/, where you can find:

• summary of the project,
• timetable,
• programs of the workshops,
• programs of the seminars,
• presentation of the partners’ consortium.

The website will publish news about on-going activities (programs, conclusions). On 4th Febuary  next workshop will take place at The Glasgow School of Art (Scotland), from 18th March to 20th march the seminar will join all partners in Budapest (Hungary).

In Slovenia Artservis/SCCA-Ljubljana will organize workshop for artist-in-residence opportunities for curators foreseen on 7th December in Ljubljana.

What is ON-Air?

International AiR programs and other mobility schemes are an integral part of art practice today. AiR centres function as alternative ‘academies’, catalysing artistic intelligence and dialogue. Hosts, guests, peers, and the public explore, build, and share knowledge and experience, that cross borders and cultures. Through AiR programs artistic resources are accumulated and distributed.

The initiators of the On-AiR project (all experts playing key roles in EU mobility schemes) identified 2 urgent issues:
1. An imbalance between knowledge and skills among potential users of AiR programs. To know that AiR opportunities are ‘out there’ is something else than to have skills to access and make use of them.
2. A need of exchange of intelligence among providers of AiR programs, to develop and sustain their role as catalysts for mobility.

The aim is to balance differences and provide equal intelligence, skills and practical tools for art practitioners in all EU regions to successfully select, access and participate in AiR programs. The innovative , practical, developmental approach of this collaborative process intertwines with the second aim of mutual support and intelligence building among the partner organisations.

Partners: Trans Artists (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), City of Göteborg (Sweden), UNITER (Bucharest, Romania), K2 (Izmir, Turkey), Workshop Foundation (Budapest, Hungary), Artservis/SCCA-Ljubljana (Slovenia), Glasgow School of Art (Scotland, UK), The City of München (Germany), ARTEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Enschede, the Netherlands), Pepinieres österreich (Graz, Austria), AiR Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland), Mala Stanica (Skopje, Macedonia), Beykent University/Marmara University (Istanbul, Turkey), Banska Stanica (Slovakia), Frans Masereel Centrum (Kasterlee, Belgium), Club Portugues Artes e Ideias (Lisbon, Portugal), Konstepidemin (Göteborg, Sweden), Giovane Artisti Italiani (GAI) (Torino, Italy)

Contact: project coordinator Yasmine Ostendorf: y.ostendorf@transartists.org
(Trans Artists, Arie Biemondstraat 105, 1054 PD Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

(Project is supported by Culture Programme 2007-2013.)

LINKS

• Spletna stran projekta On AiR
• Kick-off srečanje

This work programme has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

[Published February 4, 2011]