The META Cultural Foundation started the first edition of the international Magic Carpets project for young artists in the film residency programs. The event is taking place in Slon, the Ceraşu village, Romania, until July 8, 2018. Three emerging artists were invited for the 2018 edition: Larisa Crunțeanu (Romania), Vojin Ivkov (Serbia) and Michal Kindernay (Czech Republic); they were the curator Raluca Elena Doroftei`s proposals.
Larisa Crunțeanu studied Photography and Moving Image at the National University of Arts in Bucharest; she is currently a PhD candidate at the same institution. She works at the intersection between video and performance, between research and speculation, often collaboratively, creating contexts for the emergence of new practices and self-organization. From 2012 until 2016, together with Xandra Popescu, she coordinated Atelier 35, a project space in Bucharest. She lives and works in Bucharest and in Warsaw.
Vojin Ivkov was born in Serbia (in Novi Sad). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (New Media Department) of the Novi Sad University. In the projects he made these past years (photography, video and performances), Vojin is concerned with preserving and documenting the past and the present. He lives and works in Novi Sad.
Michal Kindernay is an intermedia artist, curator and performer. His works include video performances, interactive installations, experimental documentary projects or sound compositions. He is one of the founders of the yo-yo cultural non-profit organization, he initiated the project RurArtMap and was part of the Školská 28 gallery collective in Prague.
He is an invited professor at the Centre of Audiovisual Studies in Film and TV of the Academy of Performing Arts. He lives and works in Prague.
Magic Carpets is a platform uniting 13 European partners - Ideias Emergentes from Portugal, Eva International from Ireland, Folkstone Fringe from Great Britain, KUNSTrePUBLIC from Germany, Prague Biennale, from the Czech Republic, Openspace, from Austria, Latitudo, from Italy, Lab852 from Croatia, Novo Kulturno Naselje from Serbia, Meta Cultural Fundation from România, New Theatre Institute from Letvia, Centre of Contemporary Arts in Georgia and Kaunas Biennial from Latvia – the project initiator.
The platform is intended for travelling emerging artists who have the possibility to be selected by one of the 13 partners for one-month residencies.The project is co-financed through the Creative Europe 2014-2020 program – Culture, of the European Union.
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