‘A Natural Oasis?’ is a two-year nomadic free school dedicated to the development of new curatorial research paths in the field of contemporary visual and performing arts starting from the geopolitical peculiarities of the artistic scenes of those South-European and Mediterranean territories which are commonly considered remote, marginal, small, insular or liminal.
A Natural Oasis? is based on the tools that social sciences provide to contemporary cultural practices and supports specific context-aware figures in the frame of a global contemporary artistic scene. The aim of the project is the development of situated practices in the context of a specific locality with a transnational and transmediterranean perspective.
The research group of A Natural Oasis? 2022-2023 will be composed of Alessandro Castiglioni and Simone Frangi (founders and curators of the project) and 6 fellows (under 35) coming from Lebanon, Sardinia, France, Cyprus, Albania and Norway who work as curators, writers or artistic researchers. Each fellow is supported by a mobility grant offered by institutions inside and outside BJCEM Network, covering all their travel expenses over the 2 years of programme, with activities in Italy, Greece, Morocco and Norway.
