Plug In ICA is accepting applications for a summer session on Indigenous Architectures led by Norwegian- Sámi artist/architect, Joar Nango. Image submitted by artist.
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is now accepting applications for its 2019 Summer Institutes. The Summer Institute is an international post-graduate artist research program for professional artists and thinkers working in all disciplines and media, including architecture. One of the summer’s two sessions will be facilitated by Norwegian- Sámi artist/architect Joar Nango for an intensive session focused on Indigenous architectures. The session runs from August 6th until August 16th.  Applications are due Monday, March 25.
Foregrounding Indigenous approaches to design and alternative models of social space, Nango will lead participants through a series of texts, discussions, guest lectures, workshops, and studio time for the first week, engaging local, Winnipeg-based, Indigenous architects and thinkers. Participants will be encouraged to produce individually, with the possibility to work with Nango on a new piece by the Winnipeg Rivers, generating a reciprocal engagement to producing work in the second week. The seminar and workshop is open to visual artists of all kinds as well as writers, critics and scholars. A number of other visiting artists, curators and theorists will visit the Summer Institute for additional lectures, discussions, and studio visits still to be determined. Plug In ICA invit...