YARAT Contemporary Art Space: Performance Week Call for Artists (Azerbaijan)

YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites local and international artists to take part in “Performance Week”, a special program within the exhibition Once a Sea, which explores the ecological, emotional, and cultural imprints of the Caspian Sea. “Where does the sea end when the water disappears?” Long approached as a site of extraction and control, the Caspian is now physically and symbolically receding. As its boundaries shift, so do the stories and meanings tied to it. This open call encourages artists to engage with the sea not as a distant backdrop, but as a living, unstable material—loaded with history, emotion, and potential. Proposals are welcome across a wide range of formats: – Performance – Time-based media (video, sound and digital technologies) – Text – Participatory interactive practices We are looking for thoughtful, critical, and poetic responses to the Caspian Sea’s fragmented condition—its erasures, tensions, and possible futures.