For the 1st edition of LUUK, we do not propose an overarching theme, but rather ask: “What is happening right now?”
At the end of day 2, we hope to arrive at a partial map of “what is happening” in our shared and overlapping fields in embodied practices and artistic research.
We start from the notion of current. Current makes us think of electrical impulses traveling along nerves and cables. It makes us feel the flows in bodies of water – human and more-than-human –, also currents of air, in and around bodies come to mind! Current is a (forceful) movement passing through space. What are the main currents of bodies and movement today? What is in movement? What is left out?
Current also relates to time. We ask our presenters: How does your artistic work engage with what is currently unfolding in your personal, local, and global sphere of influence? Looking back in time is important – past currents may hold relevance today –, and future currents may be proposed – how ought we flow?
A key aim of LUUK's 1st edition is to map currents specific to Estonia, while also tracing those that flow through it, linking us to regional and global movements of bodies, water, air, and power. This perspective maintains a dual focus — local and global — with a sustained awareness of ecological responsibility.
At LUUK we wish to maintain a relationship to practices through which artistic processes and research take place. We ask presenters to think carefully about how to communicate their artistic processes in a way that hones a balance between the reality of practice and contextual framing (socio-political, cultural, theoretical etc).
Does the presentation address the creative process/practice, research through art, or the methodology of creating a work?
Depth of content:
Does the presentation include analysis and critical reflection, раскры opening the background of the work/practice and its deeper meaning?
Originality and creativity:
Does the presentation introduce novel or experimental methods, techniques, theories, or ideas?
Discussion:
Does the presentation open up possibilities for discussion and inspire other creative practitioners-researchers?
- 30-minute presentation including text, sound, visuals
(including 10 min discussion)
- 45-minute presentation including facilitation of an activity / experience / experiment (including 15 min of discussion)
- 90-minute presentation including workshop / experiment / multimodal sharing / lecture-performance etc (including 15 min discussion)
Presenters will receive a fee relative to the length of their presentations.