 These days I am working on the preparation of some collective experiences part of the series "Drawing (inter) actions collaborative research, Art and Care for ecosocial (re)balance". This project is a collaboration with the Public Engagement team, the Research Governance team and the Cabot Institute at the University of Bristol. Here some info about it: "This creative space will enable us to explore the wider implications of research and encourage dialogue between different kinds of knowledge. This shared experience will be guided by artistic collaborative methods and practices of care aiming to contribute to the research ethics process at University of Bristol. Reflecting on the research implications in the context of the climate emergency can reinforce the need to (re)draw interactions with other kinds of knowledge, other narratives and other species. Artistic practices can provide an inclusive, thoughtful and experimental setting to explore alternative forms of engagement while envisioning future scenarios, considering different voices (grounding research in a wider context) and reflecting on controversial topics such as sustainability, nature, resilience and uncertainty." Photo by Mireia Bes
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 Join us for a series of multidisciplinary workshops to explore ecosocial responsibility in research inspired by ecological and socially engaged art practices. This creative space will enable us to explore the wider implications of research and encourage dialogue between different kinds of knowledge. This shared experience will be guided by artistic collaborative methods and practices of care aiming to contribute to the research ethics process at University of Bristol. Reflecting on the research implications in the context of the climate emergency can reinforce the need to (re)draw interactions with other kinds of knowledge, other narratives and other species. Artistic practices can provide an inclusive, thoughtful and experimental setting to explore alternative forms of engagement while envisioning future scenarios, considering different voices (grounding research in a wider context) and reflecting on controversial topics such as sustainability, nature, resilience and uncertainty. The series of workshops will be led by Seila Fernández Arconada, experienced multidisciplinary artist and researcher with international experience in participatory and collaborative transdisciplinary projects. The workshops will take place between the 3rd and 13th of May. The workshop formats will be flexible and there will be different ways to get involved, ideally it would require a commitment to attend three two hour sessions. Participation in the workshops is open to all University of Bristol staff and postgraduate students. To sign up to participate in the workshops follow the link to the form in which the artist has included a few questions to start drawing (inter) actions. Please complete this form to register your interest before the 27th of April 2022. Uni of Bristol Staff and postgraduate students only. This project is a collaboration between the Public Engagement team, the Research Governance team and the Cabot Institute. Reforesting minds. Artistic practices for ecological restoration and collective resilience30/3/2022  This 10 day workshop enabled participants to engage with multidisciplinary artistic experiments to experience how the artistic practice can offer tools and questions for the reconstruction towards an ecosocial balance. This activity was an invitation to travel between experimental and experiential, seeking an environment of dialogue about the act of being/creating together with artistic expressions as the vehicle. The aim was to learn through collaborative approaches and generate artworks that enhance other narratives, questions and forms that will expand (g)local conversations about nature, environmental crisis, sustainability and climate change, among other topics. This workshop was led by Seila Fernández Arconada who is an experienced multidisciplinary artist and researcher with international experience in participatory and collaborative transdisciplinary projects. This 10 days experience took `place in Lutter am Barrengerge (Germany) from the 18th to 27th of March 2022. Lernlabor "Here are some impressions from our latest project, "Reforesting Minds". Feeling energised and re-connected through sharing 10 peaceful days with Seila Fernandez Arconada, in the tranquil and inspiring surroundings of Burg Lutter am Barandberger, Germany, engaging with the themes of climate change and ecosocial balance through the frame of artistic collaboration. "Reforesting Minds" was the first of a series of international Trainings Courses we will be running this year in the framework of our Erasmus+ accreditation." Funders: JUGEND für Europa El Movimiento Cultural Iguña busca a participantes para el proyecto de Erasmus + “Reforestar mentes: prácticas artísticas para la restauración ecológica y la resiliencia colectiva” que tendrá lugar del 18 al 27 de marzo de 2022 en Alemania. Esta oportunidad ofrece a 5 personas becas para asistir en este proyecto junto a otras personas de diferentes nacionalidades europeas. Erasmus+ es el programa de la Unión Europea para apoyar la educación, la formación, la juventud y el deporte en Europa. Este encuentro-taller está dirigido por la artista e investigadora Seila Fernández Arconada. Toda la información detallada y los requisitos para poder solicitar esta oportunidad se encuentran en el documento pdf compartido. Se agradece difusión! La fecha límite de inscripción es el 25 de febrero de 2022 a las 23:59. Enlace con lainformación detallada y enlaces: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/4/folders/1R-hhnux0C2LYq93R4W5JGUf_HD42uFX3 "Throughout the month of October last year, the cycle of workshops "Rural women, culture and new ruralities" took place in different valleys of Cantabria. A project coordinated by La Ortiga Colectiva and supported by the General Directorate of Equality and Women of Cantabria.
Different participatory workshop's formats were developed with rural women from each territory following the topics: 🌱recovery of peasant knowledge facing climate emergency 🌱food sovereignty 🌱experimental arts and ruralities 🌱intergenerational learning networks We have the participation of two guests per workshop, with the idea of talking about their activity and projects, facilitating some of the sessions and providing other perspectives on ruralities. This video summarises the participation of the artists Seila Fernandez Arconada and Laurita Siles in the workshop experimental arts and ruralities that took place in Valle de Cabuérniga (Cantabria). #mujeresrurales #laortigacolectiva #talleres #rural #ruralidades #Cantabria #arte #artesexperimentales #agroecología #soberaníaalimentaria #ecología -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A lo largo del mes de octubre del año pasado tuvo lugar el ciclo de talleres "Mujeres rurales, cultura y nuevas ruralidades" en diferentes valles de Cantabria. Un proyecto coordinado por La Ortiga Colectiva y apoyado por la Dirección General de Igualdad y Mujer de Cantabria. Se desarrollaron diferentes formatos de talleres participativos con mujeres rurales de cada territorio. Para ello se trabajaron 4 líneas temáticas: 🌱recuperación de saberes campesinos ante la emergencia climática 🌱soberanía alimentaria 🌱artes experimentales y ruralidades 🌱redes de aprendizaje intergeneracional Contamos con la participación de dos invitadas por taller, con la idea de hablar sobre su actividad y proyectos, facilitar algunas de las sesiones y aportar otras perspectivas sobre ruralidades. Este vídeo resume la participación de las artistas Seila Fernandez Arconada y Laurita Siles en Valle de Cabuérniga donde tuvo lugar el taller sobre artes experimentales y ruralidades. #mujeresrurales #laortigacolectiva #talleres #rural #ruralidades #Cantabria #arte #artesexperimentales #agroecología #soberaníaalimentaria #ecología After a few years of virtual communication, part of HangarOH collective has been able to finally further continue working face to face. This time in a field work research at the coastal area of Cantabria (Spain). This shared process allowed the artist Bartaku and Seila Fernández Arconada to get their hands into artistic film work, experimenting with encounters and managed to get into a number of "artistic ingredients" to keep working collaboratively. Updates will come up soon.  Photos by HangarOH Collective's archive
I am very pleased that today I will be speaker at the International Congress "Cracks and Provocations in the teaching and learning of the Arts". This congress has various international voices including Walter Mignolo, Catherine Walsh, Pedro Pablo Gómez among many interesting artists and researchers and its base is Perú. Sadly we couldn't meet in person but this virtual gathering has been a real learning process so far. Thank you INSEA for this invitation. For more information: www.inseacusco.org  Corriente - Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine de No Ficción Dialogue with Seila Fernández Arconada about the work of Francis Alÿs "As part of the exhibition "Tracing Landscapes: The audiovisual work of Francis Alÿs", this Thursday, October 28 at 4:00 pm we will have a dialogue with Seila Fernandez Arconada, Spanish artist and multidisciplinary researcher whose practice focuses on the investigation of artistic methods, their limits and social approaches addressing contemporary ecosocial problems through situated dialogues of different kinds of knowledge. And in this open dialogue she will share a personal approach to the work of Alÿs. We remind you that the retrospective exhibition with 08 works by Francis Alÿs can be seen on our website until October 30 for free, online and worldwide." www.corrientenoficcion.com    Today I have been one of the speakers at the III International Congress of Rivers and Wetlands in which I have shared the process of the project "Estudio Flotante, cuando el río suena a Amazonas" in the pannel "Gestión y Manejo" of rivers. #cryh2021 More information about the congress: https://www.riosyhumedales.org/ Thanks to the organisers for this opportunity in which we have been able to discuss further what an art research based practice could offer to eco-social interdisciplinary projects related to rivers and in particular to the river Amazon.   " Yesterday we closed the workshop of Experimental Arts and Ruralities in the Ecomuseum of Cabuérniga with the artists Seila Fernandez Arconada and Laurita Siles. They showed us some of their projects and we were able to talk with them about participatory dynamics, ecosocial commitment and the power of art as a process based practice. They shared with the participant women from the Cabuérniga Valley how they link their work with different communities in other countries." --------- "Ayer cerramos el taller de Artes experimentales y Ruralidades en el Ecomuseo de Cabuérniga con las artistas Seila Fernandez Arconada y Laurita Siles. Nos mostraron algunos de sus proyectos y pudimos conversar con ellas sobre dinámicas participativas, compromiso ecosocial y la potencia del arte como proceso. Compartieron con las mujeres participantes del valle de Cabuérniga cómo vinculan su trabajo con diferentes comunidades de otros países." La Ortiga Colectiva     |
