D.Arte: Choreography and Visual Arts
In 2024, we launched the D.Arte project in collaboration with Mart, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto to explore the dialogue between dance and visual arts. The initiative includes choreographic interventions in museum spaces.
For the two-year period 2025/2026 we have launched an open call for the selection of two performers, choreographers, collectives or companies interested in working in museum spaces in order to develop a performance project during two artistic residencies (2025 and 2026). The commission composed of Lanfranco Cis, artistic director Oriente Occidente, Cecilia Canziani, curator and lecturer, Linda Dipietro, artistic director Base Milano, Denis Isaia, deputy director, Collections Office, Mart, selected:
The theme of the call is the relationship between the body and the museum experience, understood in its complexity as an interaction with architecture, exhibited artworks, and, more specifically, the relationship between visitors and the museum environment.
Artists will be supported by a joint curatorial mentorship provided by Oriente Occidente and Mart throughout the different phases of the creative process. Additionally, visitor behavior data will be made available to support their research. During the residencies, artists will have access to our Studio and the museum.
Timeline
April 30th, 2025 – Open call launch
June 6th, 2025 – Application deadline
June 25th, 2025 – Announcement of selected artists
September 27th - October 3rd, 2025 – 2025 residency
October 4th, 2025 – Studio presentation
2026 – Second residency and final performance presentation (dates tbc)