APPLICATION PROCESS
The Encounters are open to proposals by artists and researchers, creative practitioners and academic researchers exploring Walking Art and Practices, as well as with their affinity to Communities. This will be manifested in the actual implementation of the walking project in Prespes.
Artists and creatives are invited to explore on foot the issues addressed in the Walking Home / Walking in Transition topics in a variety of ways. Walking will be the main tool. Walking can be supported in other ways, for example (but not exclusively) with new media and sound walks, as guided walks, through walking as drawing or other hybrid formats of visual arts and walking, hybrid formats of writing and walking, virtual and digital interactions and engagement etc.
Papers are also welcome. Researchers are invited to present and submit papers with issues related to the Walking Home / Walking in Transition topics that will be presented during the Conference session of the Encounters.
SUBMISSIONS
A proposal for walkshops, papers, and other creative proposals may be submitted online by an individual or small group in relation to the Encounters theme Walking Home / Walking in Transition. The proposals will be presented or realized in Prespa. The Encounters’ organizers are open to a range of formats, as indicated above.
Submissions should be in English. Following the conclusion of the Encounters/Conference, its proceedings will be published in English.
The application should be submitted at https://icowaf.eetf.uowm.gr/
The application should include the following:
- Thematic relevance: How does your artistic work/walkshop/paper take up the theme Walking Home / Walking in Transition? (100 words)
- How does/will your artistic piece/walkshop engage with the local community? (50 words)
- It should be clarified whether the application concerns an artistic work/walkshop or a paper.
- Description of the walkshop or an abstract of the paper (up to 200 words).
- Short bio (up to 100 words).
- 5 photos or images (if needed) or links related to the proposal.
- For the walkshops: estimated duration, desired time of the day (dawn, morning, midday, afternoon, dusk/evening, night) and a maximum number of participants. Selection of the site in Prespes where the proposal will be developed in the most creative way.
Submission Deadline: February 18, 2025
By March 10, 2025 the selected applicants will receive a notification of acceptance.
The official language of the conference is English.