Since 1994, the Fine Arts Workshops have brought young artists from all over the world to Santander to train alongside consolidated figures from the world of art. Miroslaw Balka, Lothar Baumgarten, Tacita Dean, Carlos Garaicoa, Paul Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jannis Kounellis, Julie Mehretu, Antoni Muntadas, Gabriel Orozco, Juliâo Sarmento, Juan Uslé, Cristina Iglesias and Martin Creed are some of the Workshop leaders who have shared their experience and knowledge.
Over the course of two weeks, 15 artists from all over the world come to live alongside renowned international artists, sharing experiences and intense working days, as they develop their own personal project, which they can also share with members of the public at an Open Day.
WORKSHOP 2020: ANRI SALA.
A workshop led by Anri Sala will take place from April 20th to April 30th, 2020 in Santander.
During the course of the workshop, Anri Sala would like to invite participating artists to reflect upon this notion of “giving shape to duration”, and partake in a laboratory-like dialogue that will lead to collective undertakings.
Two groups of artists will be formed at the beginning of the workshop, and each will carry out a research process starting from a different postulate he will formulate. At the close of the first week, each group will present a formal proposal that may consist in documentation, musical or dance rendition, drawn gestures or physical objects, etc. The other group will use this material to elaborate another proposal. All projects will be presented at the end of the workshop.
It is assumed that a great deal of conversation, experimentation and improvisation will take place within each group and with Anri Sala (and other workshop hosts) but the only inter-group discussion will take place on the last day, at the end of the fortnight.
