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The Art Of The Icon
About This Opportunity
The Art Of The Icon is a residency and video / comics / narrative project for visual artists, jewelers, crafters, designers, filmmakers, performers, art theorists, curators, academics who wish to explore Athens’ medieval and Byzantine cultural traditions that still live on. The residency program initiates participants in understanding how to read, and be inspired by, the icon tradition, and explains concepts of time, space, eternity, providence, and divine union embedded in the visual language of Orthodox art.
Restrictions
Von den Teilnehmern wird ein fachliches Interesse an der Thematik des Residency-Programms erwartet. Künstler, die sich bewerben möchten, müssen mindestens 30 Jahre alt sein.
What's Offered
Additional Resources
Online introduction before arrival: The world of Eastern Roman Empire (aka Byzantine Empire) and its culture. Accommodation, guided tours in Athens and Eleusis designed for artists, three workshops on storytelling, communication and video, as well as an online introduction on Greek heritage and on the importance of interdisciplinary approach for the artist’s work promotion.