OPEN CALL: Participations for Irish Museum of Modern Art Summer School 2022

The IMMA International Summer School 2022 will take place online between June 20 and July 8, 2022. This three-week programme of lectures, seminars, discussions and workshops is free and will feature a range of national and international artists, theorists and educators including Yael Bartana, Jumana Manna, Banu Cennetoğlu, Eimear Walshe, Hồng-Ân Trương, Lydia Ourahmane, Stephen O’Neill, Declan Long, Rebecca Devaney and John Wilkins.

The theme of this year’s summer school is self-determination and it is part of a wider programme of activities to mark a century since the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922. Associated historically with processes of nation-building, nationalism and decolonisation, self-determination is now enshrined in international law and underpins demands for human rights, civil liberties and equal opportunities. The Summer School 2022 will explore the theme of self-determination as a political, social and cultural construct, past and present, foregrounding the role of art and artists in relation to processes of nation-building, state-formation, decolonisation and the formation of official archives, and the development of new frameworks for self-determination and autonomy in the contemporary world.

We are interested in the implications of self-determination in terms of the structuring of nations, with their selections and exclusions, and in engendering individual demands for autonomy and self-governance. Over the course of the summer school we will consider this theme through a number of lenses, asking what it means to determine who you are, where you come from, where you belong, and how individual and collective demands for autonomy and self-governance—the imperatives to determine one’s own identity, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, political affiliation, or nationality—align with or disrupt the directives of the state.

The IMMA International Summer School 2022 is free to participants from Ireland and all over the world. Most of the programme will take place online and will include contributions from a range of national and international artists, theorists and educators.

This event is part of a three-year initiative culminating in a major exhibition in 2023 supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023.

Call for participants
IMMA is seeking applications for this programme of virtual engagements over three weeks in June and July 2022. This interdisciplinary programme will be of particular interest to artists, students and graduates and anyone with an interest in the subject of self-determination.

The programme is free and will be delivered in English. The seminars and keynote event will be open to members of the public and they will be recorded. For further details and to book click here.

Participants are required to attend online workshops, lectures and discussions between 12pm and 8pm, (GMT+1) weekdays from June 20 to July 8, 2022, including one intensive workshop between July 4–7 and a closing event on July 8. There will also be a number of electives including reading groups, curator talks and workshops scheduled between June 20 and July 1.

Participants will also be required to undertake reading in advance and to take part in discussions and project work over the course of the programme. Reliable internet access is essential.

Participation is based on a letter of intention stating why you wish to take part in the summer school (400 words max). Please include your name and contact details.

Application deadline is April 8, 2022.

Application is via email to summerschool@imma.ie.

Further details at imma.ie.