In 2024, three small islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Ustica in Italy, Alonissos in Greece and Gozo in Malta, will host a 7-day residency programme where artists will be inspired by the beautiful natural environments, the ancient maritime traditions, and the direct relationships with local communities to create their born-digital and physical artworks. Artists will be encouraged to design artworks to be integrated into the marine, natural and architectural landscapes of the islands, thus creating an open-air and underwater museum making the three Islands a guiding light for Ocean Conservation.
The residency programme will foster a cooperation process between artists and communities to raise ocean literacy and inspire a more environmentally friendly behaviour, with co-creation and cross fertilisation activities on-site and online. Artworks (both digital and physical ones) will become the tangible results of the two-year residency programme that includes for each island:
- 4 Digital artists.
- 3 Street/Urban/Guerrilla/Ecological/Graffiti/Land artists.
- 1 Artist producing underwater artworks/sculptures.
Overall, the programme will involve 8 Artists for each island and 24 artists in total willing to:
- Be engaged in co-creating projects to spread people’s awareness of marine preservation.
- Improve their skills using digital technologies and digital media in the creative process.
- Be trained on innovative and sustainable methods applied to creative processes.
The project covers round trips from European cities, boards and lodging costs for the in-person activities. It also provides some support for production costs, and stipends varying from 2000 – 3500 EUR.
Applicants must be based in a European country.
