Art Living Lab to Repair the Land

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"Communities, along with professionals from the creative and cultural industries (CCIs) and artists have come together to form successful joint ventures that address environmental challenges. 'Art Living Lab to Repair the Land' focuses on the concept of ""ruins of modernity"" (Crocker and Chiveralls, 2018), applied to those social and environmental legacies that remain in territories after having been exploited for a certain economic activity that was subsequently abandoned when it was no longer profitable, causing damage. Art and culture foster inclusive spaces for collective innovation, promoting cross-sector participatory practices. Through the Living Lab methodology three participatory processes will allow citizens to explore their desires and anticipate futures for these “capitalist ruins” (Tsing, 2015). These processes will establish a citizen commission that will be answered through Nature-Based Artistic Solutions -in line with current European policies such as the New European Bauhaus or the 2030 Agenda- developed by internationally renowned artists. For a just transition, regions most impacted by industrial intensification in agriculture, energy and electrical production must create new collective aesthetic regimes fostering alternative lifestyles and stronger community bonds. In addition to the participatory processes and works of art, the project will also generate the publication ‘Repair the Land’, public workshops, and public training sessions to enhance the capacity of CCIs to intervene in the transition to a more cohesive way of living between us and with the planet. Thanks to that, the project can be defined as Practice-Based Research. The project will be led by three entities with huge experience in participatory artistic projects at the European level: Concomitentes (ES), Kunstverein Rügen e.V. (DE) and Association for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Research (HR), along with RIA Foundation (ES)."