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Initiated at the Belgrade Plenary in 2022, the Artists Working Group is a network of IETM members who work primarily as artists. It is a space for meeting, exchanging and discussing artistic topics and building concrete networks of support and artistic exchange beyond project-based collaborations.

It aims to focus on freelance artists’ perspectives and realities within IETM, increasing our visibility and effecting structural change. Artists Working Group aims to centralise the artist’s perspective and invites deeper dialogue on all issues with members, working groups and the IETM Board.

The group adopts intercultural, horizontal and inclusivity values and procedures.

You can reach the group by writing to artistswg@gmail.com.

WHAT’S YOUR UTOPIA?

Join the Artists Working Group for a collective creation. Dream, develop and define your utopia.

In groups, participants will dream big, focus on what’s important and develop possible creative solutions to current challenges using generative, optimistic prompts grounded in reality.

These utopias will serve as research that will be presented to IETM for future advocacy.

This two hour session will include fake crying, big dreams and hope for the future.

Moderators

Dalia Kiaupaite, Freelance artist, Lithuania
Meagan O’Shea, Freelance artist, Canada/Germany
Silvia Ribero, BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective, Italy