Creative international interventions in cultural and natural ecologies related to the Mediterranean Sea
On May 22nd 2024, KONTEJNER presented A Sea Change project and its results to the CREAMARE European consortium dedicated to Creative Applications and digital products to communicate, disseminate and promote Cultural Heritage, with a special focus on the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
KONTEJNER is participating in the initial presentation of the project Adriatic Sea Sources, which marks the start of MADE IN Dialogues as part of the Platform for Contemporary Crafts & Design, that includes experts from the field of arts, design, science, museology and crafts. We are happy to present our program Heard by the Deep (part of KONTEJNER’s EU project A Sea Change), which we organized in Split in May 2023. A series of lectures will be held on Tuesday, June 27 in the premises of the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb, starting at 10 a.m.
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Curator Davorka Begović (KONTEJNER) will present latest ASEA activities at KIC Zagreb, during a round table panel on June 6th 2023 starting at 7 p.m.
As part of the international project A Sea Change, KONTEJNER organized a one month long workshop in Split on field recording of the marine environment and the undersea led by multimedia artist Toni Meštrović and curator and musicologist Davorka Begović.
Theca is an installation and bio art research process initiated in 2022. In May, 2023 Peluso continued to develop Theca during the residency organized by KONTEJNER in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, within the A Sea Change European project.
Mutual Aid Orchestra is a research project based on the bio-acoustic interaction between humans and animals initiated in 2023. In May, 2023 artist Marko Marković and researcher and scientist Josipa Vujević started developing the Mutual Aid Orchestra project during the residency organized by KONTEJNER in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, within the A Sea Change European project.
Heard by the Deep is a contemporary artistic program happening in Split, Croatia in the framework of the ASEA project. It consists of artist residencies, live performances, an exhibition, a workshop, and lectures. The common thematic framework is the sea, its (human and non-human) marine communities and the related environmental urgencies – as devastating as they are imperceptible to our human senses.
KONTEJNER organizes a workshop in Split on field recording of the marine environment and the undersea led by multimedia artist Toni Meštrović and curator and musicologist Davorka Begović.
In May 2023, MedILS institute in Split hosts two ASEA residencies organized by KONTEJNER and focused on exploring and developing artistic and research concepts considering the ecologies of the sea and the marine environment.
KONTEJNER is participating in a presentation of creative and successful European practices by Croatian partners within the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, on Friday, 21st of April 2023 in Split.
KONTEJNER I bureau of contemporary art praxis is inviting Croatian and international artists / artistic collectives to apply for two new open calls within the project A Sea Change.
In collaboration with Creative Europe Desk – Culture Office Croatia, NGO KONTEJNER has presented the A Sea Change project as a part of the conference programme “Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism in Creative Europe and in the Cultural Routes of The Council Of Europe” in Paestum, Salerno, Italy.
