The invitation is aimed at visual artists, directors, writers, performers, musicians, designers, stylists, cooks under the age of 35 who come from countries in the Mediterranean area associated with Bjcem.
The international multidisciplinary event will be held at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, from 22 October to 22 November 2015, involving over 300 artists who will be present in the first four days of the event.
Applications must be submitted by March 15, 2015
Announcement and information on the website www.bjcem.org The call is open to visual artists, directors, writers, performers, musicians, designers, stylists, cooks under the age of 35 (born within 31 December 1980) from Mediterranean countries associated with Bjcem (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Palestine, Portugal, Republic of San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey; external members, Austria, Kosovo).
Artists must submit a specific project in relation to the theme of this edition: No Food's Land.
Membership is free and open to all, without distinction of sex, religion, social and political behavior.
Born in 1985, the Biennale takes place every two years in a different Mediterranean city, focusing on young artists and creatives. The Bjcem is an international network with more than 70 members and partners from Europe, the Middle East and Africa who, with their support, make the event itself possible by guaranteeing the participation of artists from the territories they represent.
Applications must be sent to the reference Bjcem member by Sunday 15 March 2015. The selection will be made by local or national juries made up of experts in the various disciplines.
There are seven disciplinary areas of Mediterranea 17: Visual Arts, Applied Arts (Architecture, Industrial Design, Web Design, Fashion, Digital Creation), Storytelling, Entertainment (Theater, Dance, Metropolitan Performances), Music, Cinema/Video, Gastronomy.
The concept of Mediterranea XVII, No Food's Land. The world after the EXPO is based on the awareness of how much the nourishment process involves an exchange: something is assimilated and consumed to supply, in turn, energy to another subject. Even the imaginary works in this way: it must be fed and cared for, cultivated, cleaned of what is no longer needed. Through his work, the artist nourishes the imagination making it excite, reflect, consider, feel, leaving seeds that will germinate over time, forming the ground on which future generations will intervene.
For several years now we have been talking about nutrition in terms of health: it is appropriate to do it also in an inner sense, inviting reflection on how the deepest and most invisible parts are nourished, on how one lives at the mercy of habits not only in a practical sense but also mental and emotional. The languages of art are extremely effective in this direction, because they are always exchanges between humans, and they often aim to bring together those who are internally alive and feel the need for this exchange.
This Biennale is a splendid opportunity to show innovative works, developed in the direction of an overall awareness of one's artistic work, understood as a process that develops before and after the work or performative act.
