Call for applications: Arts exchange programme in Bangladesh

The ten-day exchange programme is intended to explore how different participants respond to the diverse, expansive ruins of Dubolhati Palace in Naogaon district in Bangladesh.

Interested applicants should apply here. Applicants should also submit samples of artworks (a maximum 10 examples) via email at urontoinfo@gmail.com with the following title in the subject line of the email: (your name) Application for 8th & 9th episode of Uronto Residential Art Exchange Programme. The submission deadline is 15 July. Successful applicants will be notified via email from 30 July.

Who should participate?

Participants from the following art disciplines should apply: music, film, sound, dancing, painting, photography, graphic designing, fashion designing, writing, poet, research, engineering, animation and blogging.

Artists will cover the following costs:

• Transport cost (to the venue and back to their homes)
• Art materials
• Selected participants will submit a registration fee of $25 after upon receiving a confirmation letter

Uronto will take care of the following:

• Accommodation
• Food
• Site visits (local)

“Applications are warmly invited with a proposal to create a body of work in response to any direct or abstract narratives, myths and geography of the palace,” the organisers said. “The palace is a massive area providing enormous possibilities to work within. The attractive structure is barely standing strong with a beautiful environment and land area around it.

“Participants are highly encouraged to bring out the best, working with natural founding material or locally available materials without doing any harm to the structure. An alternative documentation of the space and story-telling through interactive aesthetical expressions are expected and collaboration between artists and local people are highly recommended.”

View the original call here.