Descripción de la Formación
LABVERDE is designed for artists and creators who are eager to reflect on nature and landscape. The program will promote an intensive experience in the Amazon rainforest aiming to explore the connection between science, art and the natural environment.
WE PERCEIVE THE EXPERIENCE AS THE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION SUMMIT AND THE WORKS, PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS AS PROCESS SURPLUS
Participants will be lodged at the boat and at the scientific headquarters of Adolpho Ducke Reserve administrated by The National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA).
Ten thousands hectares of primary rainforest dedicated to scientific research with hosting infrastructure, laboratory, auditorium and walking trails. The reserve is under the administration of INPA.
THE JOURNEY WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ENABLING A DIVERSE SCALE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
LABVERDE aims to foster the hybridity of expressions, the program is targeted toward adventurous individuals and nature lovers: visual artists, architects, musicians, writers, dancers and other cultural makers.
We will select up to three artists to participate in the program free of cost. The condition for all modalities of grant will be discussed with the selected artist by Skype meeting. To apply for a grant, please include a motivation letter in the attached documents. Participants that have been investigating the intersection between art and nature will be prioritized.
The 2013 LABVERDE edition was financed by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil, had 162 entries and four Brazilian artists were selected: Rodrigo Braga, Lívia Pasqual, Fernanda Rappa, Felipe Cidade.
The 2016 LABVERDE edition was the first international edition. We received 146 submissions, from 26 different countries, and selected 18 artists: Adriá Juliá, Anna-Sophie Springer, Barbara Marcel, Blanca Botero, Daniel Kukla, Emmy Mikelson, Gustavo Torrezan, Guto Nóbrega, Kyle Tryhorn, Marcelo Moscheta, Markus von Platen, Pedro Vaz, Rihards Vitols, Simone Reis, Stahl Stenslie, Thiago Rocha Pitta, Tina Ribarits, Turenko Beça.
EDITIONS
DOWNLOAD 2013 CATALOG:
CATALOGUE FROM 2016 EDITION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON
CONNECT
with professionals from different areas and countries
PARTICIPE
REFLECT
on the role of art in influencing ecological behavior
PARTICIPATE
in the LABVERDE 3nd edition catalogue
IDENTIFY
natural environmental problems and solutions within a local and global scale
ACKNOWLEDGE
the reality of the Amazon and link it with other scenarios and landscapes
IMPROVE
artistic projects and develop your creative process
We hope the network and training process will serve as the basis for artistic research that may be deepened, transformed and shared after the program. Although the program does not carry on to a physical production, there will be project presentations and concept discussion meetings, in which the specificities of each artist will be contextualized.
The contents generated will be documented and available by the LABVERDE network. Also the activity summary will be published on an online catalogue.
DESIGN BY REVERTE
© FABIO NASCIMENTO
ART IMMERSION PROGRAM IN THE AMAZON
The core of the artistic research will be based on issues related to the Amazon environmental as well as its importance for the planet’s ecological balance. The opportunity to develop innovative studies in the cultural field will be mediated by a high qualified team of specialists within the fields of arts, humanities, biology, ecology and natural science.
Experimentation and knowledge will be the tools used to inspire artistic working processes and contextualize discourses. By appropriating nature, participants are expected to promote aesthetic and poetic expressions that boost a conscious relation between humankind and nature.
ART + NATURE + SCIENCE
METHODOLOGY
The development of the programme is a colaboration between Manifesta Arte e Cultura
and National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA).
World Reference in Tropical Biology, conducts research, surveys and inventories of fauna and flora, and investigates the sustainable use of natural resources in the Amazon.
Manifesta Arte and Cultura is a cultural producer aiming for new ways to create and disseminate knowledge about the Amazon and the environment. It focuses on exploring the limits of art through a broad array of experiences, which involves a dynamic body of multidisciplinary knowledge and different cultural perspectives.
Exposición. 19 nov de 2024 - 02 mar de 2025 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
Formación. 23 nov de 2024 - 29 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España
