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Food Art Film Festival: Taking Root

Saturday 7th October
CCA Glasgow
11am – 6pm
Book your free place here

As society becomes increasingly fragmented, the gathering, preparing, and sharing of food has the power to root us deeply in relation with others both human and non-human. The 2023 edition of Food Art Film Festival takes up the themes of intimacy, connection, and community building, as explored by culinary artists living in Glasgow and the Netherlands including Sean Wai Keung, Marente van der Valk, Asli Hatipoğlu and Suzanne Bernhardt. Together these multidisciplinary creatives trace the cultural and historical roots of dishes, explore how food processes can produce intimate modes of connection with the land and one’s own body, and share how those uprooted from their homelands are cultivating community through recipe sharing.

Presented in partnership with CCA Glasgow and the Jan van Eyck Academie’s Food Lab, this one-day programme will comprise of film screenings, artist talks, and unexpected food experiences that celebrate and challenge our branching relations with what we consume. Following the event, poet, performance maker and foodie Sean Wai Keung will be hosting a collective meal for local community groups as part of his Dish of the Week project, in collaboration with Soul Food Sisters, which reflects upon the broad history of migration, community and cooking in Glasgow’s Garnethill. 

In the lead up to the event, Wai Keung, van der Valk and Hatipoğlu will be in residence at Cove Park, as part of the Food Lab Residency, where they will be developing their practice, sharing food knowledge, and forging new collaborations.

The full programme and ticket details will be announced shortly.

This programme is generously supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK and Mondriaan Funds.

Image from left: Asli Hatipoğlu, Marente van der Valk, Sean Wai Keung

 

Digital Archive: A Compendium of Climate Literacies

A Compendium of Climate Literacies

This is the digital archive of the experimental intensive/symposium ‘Turbulence / Emergence / Enchantment: A Compendium of Climate Literacies’ that took place at Cove Park between 4-7 November 2021. It brought together artists, writers, performers, academics, and activists from a wide range of backgrounds to discuss climate literacy.

In the Western tradition, language has been viewed as our most powerful tool for ordering and mastering the world around us. And yet more and more we are having to acknowledge our struggle in communicating the current environmental crisis and its unequally distributed effects.

How do language and action relate to each other in climate science, narrative and activism? How can we rethink our responses to classical and premodern legacies of environmental thinking to create new understandings for the present? How can we open ourselves to new kinds of environmental literacies that give space to the agency of the other-than-human and more-than-human worlds? How do we ensure that languages have an impact on global discourse, in a context where the privilege of climate speech is still dominated by the elite discourses of the Global North?

TURBULENCE, EMERGENCE and ENCHANTMENT, with their unsettling mix of positive and negative connotations, acted as guiding metaphors for the week.


The SoundCloud link below features: 

Introduction to Turbulence, Emergence, Enchantment by Maureen Penjueli, Coordinator of Pacific Network on Globalisation.

 


TURBULENCE

The first chapter includes discussions around the theme of ‘Turbulent are climate, geo-politics, and living beings.’ The Turbulence YouTube playlist features:

Video 1: Climate Clarity/Confusion/Change by Derya Akkaynak (Oceanographer)

Video 2: Disaster, grief, apocalypse and empire in ancient ecological thinking by Jason König (Professor of Greek, Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies, University of St Andrews)

Video 3: After Ice by Kieran Baxter (Heritage Landscape Visualiser, University of Dundee)

Video 4: ‘Restore to us the necessary blizzards’ by Christina Alt (Lecturer in English, University of St. Andrews)

 

The Turbulence SoundCloud playlist features:

Track 1: Purple Haze by Deborah Dixon (Professor of Geography, University of Glasgow)

Track 2: Turbulence by Andreas Malm (Associate Professor of Human Ecology, Lund University)

Track 3: Turbulence by Oana Aristide (Novelist)


EMERGENCE

The second chapter includes discussions around the theme of ‘Emergent is metamorphosis.’ The Emergence YouTube playlist features:

Video 1: The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes by Radha D’Souza (Professor of International Law, Development and Conflict Studies, Westminster Law School)

Video 2: Worm: art and ecology by Angela YT Chan (Independent Researcher, Curator and Artist)

Video 3: Listening with Another Ear by Annalee Davis (Artist, Cultural Instigator, Writer)

Video 4: Oceans in Transformation by Territorial Agency (Artists)

Video 5: The Swamp – a theory, a school, a design by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas (Artists)

The Emergence SoundCloud playlist features:

Track 1: At the far end of the cave of gold by Col Gordon  (Farmer & Podcaster) and Iain MacKinnon (Assistant Professor, Centre for Agroecology, Coventry University)

Track 2: World Making by Ashish Ghadiali (Film-maker and Activist)

Track 3: An Inland Promenade by Fernando García-Dory (Artist)

Track 4: Emergence by Karen Guthrie (Artist, Film-maker and Gardener)


ENCHANTMENT

The final chapter includes discussions around the theme of ‘Enchantment is possibility of participating in the creation of just and environmentally thriving futures.’ The Enchantment YouTube playlist features:

Video 1: Small Acts of Hope and Lament by Janice Parker (Choreographer, Dance-maker)

Video 2: Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils by David Farrier (Professor of Literature and the Environment, University of Edinburgh)

Video 3: The Ecological Literacies of St. Hildegard of Bingen by Michael Marder (Ikerbasque Professor of Philosophy, University of the Basque Country)

Video 4: Marginalia by Katharine Earnshaw (Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter) & Laura Hopes (Artist, Researcher)

Video 5: Language, silence & storytelling: to survive in the marine environment by Zoé Le Voyer & Justine Daquin (curators and co-founders of collective Calypso36°21)

     

The Enchantment SoundCloud playlist features:

Track 1: Epistemology of Caring by colectivo amasijo (Artists, Researchers, Food-makers)


Symposium participants also included: Tamara Colchester & Hermione Spriggs (Artists), Aka Niviâna (Poet, Activist), and Nada Tayeb (Architect, Food-maker).

This event signals a pivotal stage in the development of Cove Park. In its 21st year the organisation is moving beyond the boundaries of the traditional ‘time, space, freedom’ residency to include an enquiry-based model for facilitating cross-disciplinary work and collective intelligence around pressing global concerns. We are expanding the artforms and disciplines that are welcome to the residency, and enlarging its horizons towards other sectors, such as those of academic and scientific research, including the creative industries as a whole. On the occasion of COP26, Cove Park launched its first – and soon to become permanent – enquiry focussed on the environmental crisis and the radical change that our collective intelligence can affect in terms of climate action.

“Turbulence/ Emergence/ Enchantment: A Compendium of Climate Literacies” was organised in partnership with the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies and Professor Jason König at the University of St Andrews, London-based curator Lucia PietroiustiTBA21-Academy and Markus Reymann, and the School of Classics and the College of Arts and Humanities (Environmental Humanities Research Strand) of University College Dublin and Dr. Giacomo Savani. The symposium was made possible by funding from Arts & Business Scotland: Culture & Business Fund. Thanks to the Green Art Lab Alliance for their support and friendship.

 

Winter Subsidised Residencies 2022

Cove Park is delighted to offer opportunities for artists, researchers and makers from across disciplines to take up a subsidised residency in early 2022. Residencies are offered to individuals and groups working in the arts and the creative industries, in the humanities and sciences.

We are pleased to advertise these opportunities now, in the hope that those interested have enough time to apply for funding to support their residency. Please see this introductory list on our website for guidance as to where you might apply for financial support. Those who are employed might also consider a residency as part of their CPD, and approach their employer for funding.

Dates and Duration
In January & February 2022, residencies are for 6 or 13 nights, beginning on a Monday, ending on a Sunday. Applicants should identify their preferred duration residency dates from the following list:

    • Mon 10th – Sun 16th Jan
    • Mon 17th – Sun 23rd Jan
    • Mon 31st – Sun 6th Feb
    • Mon 7th – Sun 13th Feb
    • Mon 14th – Sun 20th Feb
    • Mon 21st – Sun 27th Feb
    • Mon 28th Feb – Sun 6th Mar

COVID-19
We reopened following the COVID-19 crisis and have been operating successfully since May 2021, in accordance with the latest Scottish government restrictions. Enhanced hygiene, regular testing and mask-wearing measures are in place to mitigate the risks of bringing COVID-19 to the site. You can read more about these measures here.

Please read the full guidelines – which include details of how to apply – here: SUBSIDISED WINTER 21-22 final.
The deadline is 22 November 2021.

Image by Tracey Bloxham / Inside Story Photography

 

Virtual Studio & Site Tour with Creative Entrepreneurs’ Club

On 25th May at 12pm, Cove Park will give a virtual studio tour and interview with Creative Entrepreneurs’ Club Director Medeia Cohan. The tour will take in Cove Park’s site, its buildings and facilities and will be followed by a conversation and Q&A between CEC’s membership and Cove Park’s CEO Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey and Partnerships Manager Catrin Kemp. Learn more and sign up here:

https://creativeentrepreneursclub.co.uk/event/cove-park-artists-residency-centre-visit/

About the Creative Entrepreneurs Club:
CEC is a home for like-spirited creative people looking to access powerful support, network with peers and develop new skills. Our members determine what we offer and we respond to the challenges that they tell us they’re facing by developing relevant content and training to support them.

We welcome creative entrepreneurs at all stages of their businesses, from those just starting out to those looking to exit.

Membership is free for a limited time at creativeentrepreneursclub.co.uk

Winter & Spring 2021 Independently-Funded Residencies

In January, February & March 2021 Cove Park will run a series of subsidised Independently-Funded residencies. These winter and spring residencies offer artists of all disciplines the chance to step away from their domestic sphere and spend time dedicated to their work and practice on Cove Park’s outstanding 50-acre site overlooking Loch Long on Scotland’s west coast.

The call out is aimed at artists of all disciplines, living and working in the UK. Due to the current circumstances relating to COVID-19, these residencies will begin on certain Mondays throughout January – March 2021.

Please read the Guidelines in full before applying.

The deadline for applications has been extended to 7th Dec 2020.

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Funded Residencies 2021 – Open Call Announced

We are pleased to announce details of the open call for applications to Cove Park’s funded residency programmes in 2021. This call is open to makers and designers, writers, poets, translators, filmmakers and visual artists and each fully funded residency supports research, experimentation and the development of new work within an inspiring context. Application Guidelines for each individual programme are available here.

Please contact the Programme Producers directly if you require any further information (contact details provided in the Application Guidelines). We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Image: Raisa Kabir, Cove Park Craft & Design resident, 2019 (photography, Alan Dimmick)

Alumni Page Launched

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Alumni page on Cove Park’s website. This information and resource page highlights the ways in which we can continue to support and work with artists following their initial residencies.

Cove Park has hosted over 2,000 artists since its launch in 2000, taking part in Craft & Design, Film & Moving Image, Literature & Translation, Performing Arts and Visual Arts residencies. The success of this programme is due to our relationship with so many wonderful artists and we aim to keep in touch with as many of our former residents as possible. The principle of creating new opportunities for our alumni is very important to us and we will continue to update this page with news and projects of relevance to all our artists.

Image, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Henry Moore Fellowship Residency, 2008 (photography, Ruth Clark)

Subsidised Independently-Funded Residencies – December 2019 to February 2020

We are pleased to offer subsidised independently-funded residencies during December 2019, January and February 2020.

We welcome proposals from UK-based and international artists (individually or in groups) working in any creative discipline who would benefit from time, space and creative exchange at Cove Park.

Residences are open to individuals or groups of up to nine people and are 1 week, 10 days or 2 weeks in length.

The available dates are:

  • 9th – 16th Dec or
  • 9th – 19th Dec
  • 6th – 13th Jan and/or
  • 13th – 20th Jan and/or
  • 20th – 27th Jan and/or
  • 27th Jan – 3rd Feb or
  • 27th Jan – 6th Feb
  • 10th Feb – 17th Feb

Please read our Applications Guidelines for more information and details of how to apply.

The deadline for applications is midnight on Monday 4th November 2019. Successful applicants will be informed by Tuesday 12th November 2019.

For more information, please contact Rebecca DeWald, Partnerships Manager (maternity cover): rebecca.dewald@covepark.org.

October Newsletter & Calls for Applications Announced

Our October Newsletter has details of all our current residencies, including the European Residency Programme and our forthcoming Translation programmes. We are also pleased to announce details of our summer 2020 programme of funded residencies and the call for applications to the Crafts & Design, Experimental Film & Moving Image, Literature & Translation and Visual Arts programmes. Please view the Application Guidelines for each programme for further information. The application deadlines are as follows:

Crafts & Design:
Monday 16 December 2019
Experimental Film & Moving Image:
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Literature & Translation:
Monday 16 December 2019
Scotland/Australia Residency Exchange:
Monday 9 December 2019
Visual Arts:
Monday 16 December 2019

We look forward to receiving your applications and please contact Cove Park directly if you have any questions.

 

Cove Park featured in The Stage

The London-based weekly newspaper and website for theatremakers and the entertainment industry, The Stage, published a feature on Cove Park, calling it “the perfect place for artists and theatre makers to develop work.” The piece features contributions by former residents, partners and supporters.

Tom Morris, artistic director of Bristol Old Vic, has said that “every serious theatremaker will want to work at Cove Park”.

Former resident, theatremaker and writer Naomi Sheldon, came to Cove Park in 2018, with support from new-writing company Paines Plough. Reflecting on her time, she said: “Cove Park was a slice of much-needed peace and calm in what otherwise felt like an unmanageable and stressful time – a time in which I was supposed to be creative but couldn’t block out the noise. This opportunity played a pivotal role in my career as a new playwright.”

You can read the full piece here.