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MIR (Migrart In Residence) #5

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Fifth program of artistic residence Mir (Migrart In Residence) in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD),

dal 31 March at 5 April 2025

Migrart In Residence, MIR (che significa “pace” in lingua slava), It is the fifth program of contemporary art residence organized by the Association of free minds with the support of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region and in collaboration with the Municipality of Lignano and other entities and associations of the regional territory and nearby Slovenia.

The Association, active for over ten years in the context of social promotion through participatory art, aims to create creative projects that deseasonalize the Adriatic town of Lignano.

The residence was created to culturally stimulate and raise awareness of a seaside community that, outside the crowded summer season, lives under the banner of a bare creative and aggregative environment.

The goal of the short residency that will take place from 31 March at 5 April in Lignano is to stimulate a reflection on the Lignanese dichotomous reality but also to encourage the encounter also difficult among young emerging artists, established artists on the national scene and the host territory.

In fact, they will be Michele Bazzana, Ryts Monet and Kristian Sturi the three senior artists called to play the role of tutor against the six emerging artists under 30 selected after the open call.

The selected artists of the edition 2025 they will subsequently exhibit their works during the final exhibition which will take place inside the space35 of Udine from 17 al 26 September 2025.

Under the careful eye of the curator Eva Comuzzi, the three senior artists will accompany young artists and artists for the week of residence in the processing of a reflection on the singular context in which they find themselves working, that of a seaside resort in transit from summer lights to winter hibernation.

During the days of residence scheduled in Lignano, the organization will take care to carry out short guided tours in some emblematic spaces of the seaside resort and short training moments in order to offer artists a wider landscape and socio -cultural panoramic panoramic.

Useful info

For the application you need to send an email to the address info@mentilibere.org no later than midnight of the 27 February 2025 con oggetto “Open Call MIR 5” e contenente Portfolio, Cv and copy of the identity card.

Accommodation and dinner will be guaranteed to the selected artists (Lunches are excluded) oltre un rimborso spese che coprirà il viaggio A/R e i materiali necessari per un totale di 300€. Outside of this budget, the artists will be guaranteed the A/R journey for the Vernissage of the exhibition and a night of overnight stay.

Ziggurat

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Ziggurat it is the fourth artistic residency organized by Menti Libere and will see its public return on 10 March at 17.30 at the Ziggurat Park behind the Town Hall of Lignano Sabbiadoro. They will in fact be Guerrilla Spam, Massimiliano Vitti, Noemi Vola and Giacomo Zorba, the author of the redevelopment of the Ziggurat curated by Menti Libere in 2022, the artists invited to intervene within the park through interactive actions and installations. The project aims to update the artistic scope of the "Labyrinth Garden", the park built in the 1980s which included a series of mystical-recreational architectural devices and of which now only a portion of the garden and the structure of the Ziggurat remain, just redecorated. Through the exhibition of works created starting from the encounter with the places and inhabitants of Lignano, the project stages a concrete sociocultural action in an urban environment, which can be accessed through aesthetic-recreational methods.

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Migrart in Residence opens in Lignano Sabbiadoro

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The traveling exhibition was the result of an artistic residency held in the seaside resort at the beginning of October with the aim of arriving at a reflection on the dichotomous nature of the city.

LIGNANO SABBIADORO – Sabato 8 October, at 18, “Fernando il Tempo” was inaugurated in the municipal library of Lignano Sabbiadoro, the new exhibition organized by the Menti Libere association and created thanks to the support of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in collaboration with the Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro, other local bodies and associations.

La mostra – strutturata in un percorso itinerante fra vari spazi, quelli istituzionali ma anche quelli più informali e dal grande valore simbolico – ha raccolto i lavori prodotti dei sei artisti emergenti selezionati da Menti Libere, Francesco Bendini, Elisa Cocchi, Pierpaolo Petruzzelli, Concettina Squillace, Clare Ventura, Linda Zennaro and the three tutors: «The residence, held right in the seaside town since 3 to 8 October – hanno fatto sapere da Menti Libere –, is the third in order of time and wants to invite a reflection on the dichotomous reality of Lignano: bustling tourist center in summer, and numb locality in winter». The Association, active for ten years in the field of social promotion through participatory art, he really wants to carry out creative projects that deseasonalize the seaside resort. «Along with that – hanno chiuso -, with this initiative we intend to allow young artists to deal with those who have already gained experience, not only at the regional level».

The codroipese Michele Bazzana, Ryts Monet from Puglia and Kristian Sturi from Cormone were the three “tutor” artists, who led the younger ones, under the watchful eye of the curator Eva Comuzzi. In wood, well-known faces of the Italian cultural scene and beyond, they accompanied the under 30 throughout the week of residence during which they were invited to reflect, and to produce works, on the unique context in which they find themselves working, that of a seaside resort, hibernating.

Also within the same exhibition was also included the work of the artist Lucia Pinat who since 30 september to 5 October carried out a parallel residency in Carnia, from the Pesarii. Therefore, not only a look at the seaside resort but also at a geographically distant reality such as the Carnic village.

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MIR 2022

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Saturday 8 October, at 18

Migrart in Residence opens in Lignano Sabbiadoro

The traveling exhibition will be the result of an artistic residency planned right in the seaside resort. The goal is to arrive at a reflection on the dichotomous nature of the city

LIGNANO SABBIADORO – Saturday 8 October, at 18, nella biblioteca comunale di Lignano Sabbiadoro inaugura “MigrArt In Residence” nuova mostra organizzata dall’associazione Menti Libere e realizzata grazie al sostegno della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, in collaboration with the Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro, other local bodies and associations.

La mostra – strutturata in un percorso itinerante fra vari spazi, institutional ones but also more informal ones with great symbolic value – will collect the works produced by six emerging artists under 30, selected by Free Minds, who will have the opportunity to participate in the artistic residence of the same name: «The residence, which will take place right in the seaside city from 3 to 8 October – hanno fatto sapere da Menti Libere –, is the third in order of time and wants to invite a reflection on the dichotomous reality of Lignano: bustling tourist center in summer, and numb locality in winter». The Association, active for ten years in the field of social promotion through participatory art, he really wants to carry out creative projects that deseasonalize the seaside resort. «Along with that – hanno chiuso -, with this initiative we intend to allow young artists to deal with those who have already gained experience, not only at the regional level».

They will in fact be the codroipese Michele Bazzana, Ryts Monet from Apulia and Kristian Sturi from Cormona, the three "tutor" artists, who will lead the younger ones, under the watchful eye of the curator Eva Comuzzi. In wood, well-known faces of the Italian cultural scene and beyond, will accompany the under 30 throughout the week of the residency during which they will be invited to reflect, and to produce works, on the unique context in which they find themselves working, that of a seaside resort, hibernating.

The work of the artist Lucia Pinat will also be included in the same exhibition 30 september to 5 October will carry out a parallel residency in Carnia, from the Pesarii. There will therefore not only be a glimpse of the seaside resort but also that of a geographically distant reality such as the Carnic village.

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MIR 3 open call

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MIR 2022

Announcement aimed at the construction of an Artist Residence as part of the MigrArt In Residence Project in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD), dal 3 to 8 October 2022

PREMISE

MigrArt In Residence is the third program of Contemporary Art Residency organized by the Menti Libere Association in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and in collaboration with the Municipality of Lignano and other bodies and associations in the area.

The Association, active for ten years in the field of social promotion through participatory art, aims to carry out creative projects that deseasonalize the seaside resort.

The residence was created to culturally stimulate and raise awareness of a seaside community that, outside the crowded summer season, lives under the banner of a bare creative and aggregative environment.

The goal of the short residency that will take place, except impossibilities that may arise from this period, dal 3 to 8 October is to stimulate reflection on the dichotomous reality of Lignano but also to encourage the equally difficult encounter between young emerging artists, established artists on the national scene and the host territory.

In fact, they will be Michele Bazzana, Ryts Monet and Kristian Sturi, the three Friulian artists, now consolidated at national level, called to set up the collective exhibition with their works and to play the role of tutor for the six emerging artists under 30 selected by the organization.

Under the watchful eye of the curator Eva Comuzzi, the three main artists will in fact accompany the young artists for the week of the residency in setting up the collective within the various exhibition centers but also in the elaboration of a reflection on the singular context in which they find themselves working., that of a hibernating seaside resort.

During the days of residence foreseen by the 3 to 8 October, the organization will take care of carrying out short guided tours in some emblematic spaces of the locality in order to offer artists a wider socio-cultural landscape overview.

To underline this theme, the organization has decided to structure the exhibition in a path including various spaces, institutional ones but also more informal ones with great symbolic value such as some premises that remain vacant in the extra-seasonal months.

October 8 will be the moment of the inauguration in the presence of the curator and the artists. During the residency and in the following months, meetings and talks will be organized with artists and students from the Academies of Udine and Venice.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

To access the selection, it is required to send:
– Portfolio con i lavori realizzati comprendente cv e breve bio con poetica dell’artista;
– un documento valido di identità

The material must be received no later than midnight on 25 August at the following email address: info@mentilibere.org con oggetto “partecipazione bando residenza” (Portfolio not exceeding 5 MB)

Selection committee. Applications will be viewed and selected by Michele Bazzana, Eva Comuzzi, Ryts Monet, Kristian Sturi and Free Minds.

The assessment and related communication will take place by 10 September and communicated via email. Accommodation and food will be guaranteed to the participants.

A reimbursement of travel and material expenses will be guaranteed for a total cost of 150 €.