AADK Spain
This is the second time The Festival Academy partnered with AADK Spain after the Festival Visit at ROTA Music Festival in 2023.
AADK Spain is an artist-run platform that develops spaces for research and contemporary creation. With a focus set on experimental processes, its primary interest is to explore the notions of body, territory, and spatiality.
The platform advocates the decentralization of culture and the access to contemporary art in non-urban areas. It addresses local issues as means to understand global problems. Currently based in Centro Negra (Blanca, Murcia) it holds several programs among which its Artist Residency Program and Cruce Program stand out.
“As a team, we believe that all artists we host are an active part of our platform. Therefore, we foster networks with other cultural and artistic enterprises, helping to promote their mobility at national and international circuits.”
Critical Spatialities Residency Programme
The immersive residency programme Critical Spatialities invited 6 selected artists to explore and research the Salinas del Curro from various artistic disciplines. The concept of Critical Spatialities wanted to bring to the fore questions about the interdependencies between natural, socio-political, ecological, economic processes and technology and the resulting spatial realities.
The open call for artists was launched by AADK in May 2024 and was intended for creators who work with the criticality of space and undertake research, design, ephemeral or permanent interventions, installations, prototyping and want to engage with the unique enclave of the Ricote Valley (Blanca, Murcia).
The residency program included guided visits with local actors, talks, a series of informal gatherings for exchange and the presentation of the works within the Sharing Places Lab.