Ul.Gunio 11
20260 Korčula
Croatia
- Arts
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Media
- Research
structure: NGO, 1 employee Budgetary resources: 30.000 Euro Sources of funding: Foundation Kultura nova, Ministry of Culture, local government, other Modalities of action: research projects, art-in-residence, gallery activities Main partners: Korčula City Museum, Centre for Culture - Vela Luka
grey) (area space for contemporary and media art strives to positively redefine the position of the cultural periphery of the island on which it operates, while understanding culture in the extended sense of the word, which includes daily practices, cultural and artistic production observed in a broader social and political context. Activities include support and promotion of contemporary audio and visual languages of urban culture as well those from peripheral cultural positions, especially in the Mediterranean region, supporting and assisting the art that confirms the forms of expressions which use the languages of contemporary art, media culture and new technologies (Article 11 of the Statute Association). The mission at the local level is to connect local population through cultural facilities and improvement of visual and media culture of the island of Korčula, as well as the coordination of the island's network of cultural institutions kor :: net. The mission at the regional and international levels is creating and fostering cultural policies of the island towards contemporary forms of creative expression. Among the long-term priorities of the development of international cooperation in the Mediterranean region, actions in defined fields of non-institutional culture, art production, independent science and social development according to the values of civil society.
Program Concept grey) (area program is being developed across three program lines which relate to three aspects of human activities observed through the prism of contemporary art and culture: sustainability, economy and context. We conduct interdisciplinary research of our own and present national, regional and international programs anchored in visual and media arts. These program lines are: 1. Perpetum Mobile - Energy and Food 2. New Materialisms (materiality of signals and information) 3. History of Contemporaneity and Critical Tourism. 1. Perpetuum mobile – Energy and Food Project critically questions the notion of sustainability. Starting from the conditions of survival on the island and in the global context, the project encompasses the following topics: meanings of basic resources (water and food), and the problem of natural and technologically mediated energy. Researching new models of production and distribution of energy includes low-power, low-tech, DIY and similar appraoches. In the frame of artistic research Politics of Green Spaces the research under the title Wild edible plants on the island of Korčula was conducted, and it will be followed by the research about wild herbs and medical plants on the island. 2. New Materialisms (materiality of signals and information) Project presents artistic works which relate to economy and materiality of signals and information, questions the nature of information itself as well its medium (be it analogue or digital), and, congruosly, the frontiers of human perception in newly emerged informational, physical and audiovisual surrounding. Materiality of signal often renders itself visible via transition from one media to the other. Together with other grey) (area programs, the series of exhibitions titled New Materialisms investigates the physical nature of thought, the relations betwee immaterial (or intangible) and virtual, and questions the heritage and reflections of concrete visual arts since the 1960s to the present. 3. History of Contemporaneity and Critical Tourism Via research, artistic projects and lectures about the history of contemporaneity on the island of Korčula, grey) (area also contextualises its own agenda, as well the activities of all other initiatives which stem from contemporary approach. Our own research encompasses the following themes: International Artists Meetings in Vela Luka 1968-1972, Mapping the Cinematography on the Island of Korčula, and Mapping Industrial Heritage on the Island of Korčula.
Grey Area is one of the rare organizations that work on one of the Croatian islands. In that respect it can contribute a lot to policies for sustainable development in Croatia and Mediterranean basin in general
We appreciate the values of intercultural exchange and would like to foster our connections to organizations in the Mediterranean countries.