“Future Perfect: Catastrophe and the Contemporary”
Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi
In partnership with the Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR), the program invites curators to propose a group exhibition and publication on ‘Future Perfect: Catastrophe and the Contemporary’.
Future perfect is a perspective of the future on what the past (our present) will have been if we do not think, act, and create in the here and now of contemporary catastrophe.
The curatorial development program will entail rigorous study, artist and artwork selection, and writing on the future perfect, a tense introduced with modern science’s revolutionary break from ‘animism’ and the contemporary aesthetic turn to perspective.
About Warehouse421
Warehouse421 is a creative center located in Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and is dedicated to emerging creative practitioners and those who want to access art and harness it as an agent for inquiry, education, and growth.
Inaugurated in 2015, it grew into a space that nurtures our own world-class talent, where emerging creative practitioners can develop as curators, artists, designers, writers, musicians or performers across disciplines, while exploring their place in their communities and unpacking the potential of public space as a vehicle for progress.
Warehouse421 sees the creative process as a lens for observation, questioning, critique, and interpreting life. It is a practice of risk-taking, sharing, thinking, reflecting, dialogue, and understanding. Putting education at the forefront of culture, it champions the acquisition of knowledge and aims to support the next generation of deep thinkers, researchers, and practitioners who are engaged with the country and the region.
Who can apply?
The program is open to curators within the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia regions.
Eligibility requirements
Regional affiliation.
English proficiency
Applicants must be over 21 years of age
Applicants must not be enrolled in a degree-granting program for the duration of this program
Applicants must not be currently enrolled in Warehouse421 programme
Not participating in another program sponsored by SHF (Reword)
The applications will be opened starting May 16 until July 3.
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For more information, please refer to the website of organisation.
