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Inland – Campo Adentro project focuses on art, agricultures and countryside

Over the next three years (until 2013), a number of actions will be set in motion, one for each season. The project encompasses:

• a study of contemporary perceptions of the countryside;

• an international conference

• artistic production through a residency programme that brings artists to rural counties;

• exhibitions in the rural localities where residences take place and a final exhibition in Madrid;

• a publication that will cover both the project process and the exhibitions staged, with contributions by recognised specialists.

The project provides an open platform for the research and practice of artists, farmers, intellectuals, rural development actors, leaders, curators, art critics, and other rural and urban actors, offering participants an opportunity to come together and get their message across to the broader society.

It reflects current debate on territorial imbalances, the transformation of the landscape, and the environmental and economic crisis, which has taken the discussion in new directions. The result is a multilayered critique based on artistic experimentation.

Inland – Campo Adentro affords an opportunity to analyse current representations and perceptions of the countryside and look at how these influence the construction of identity. While the process it seeks to initiate focuses primarily on the national level, it also mirrors cultural and political debates underway in other European countries, aspiring to change the way we view the countryside, the city and art.

The first event, an international conference that will take place on 21-23 October, will be attended by recognised specialists on art and land.

More information

• Inland - Campo adentro website

Source: texts CDAN, with information provided by Inland - Campo adentro project; photographs from CDAN archives.

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