Describing the eye of a storm – workshop on Art and Writing in the PinchukArtCentre

We invite practicing writers, researchers, curators, artists who work with text as their medium to join the program “Describing the eye of a storm” – workshop on Art and Writing.  The aim of the program is ● to address the subject of art writing from the perspective of writers, ● to enhance writers knowledge and closeness to contemporary art practices, ● to explore new ways in which literature and art can build a crossdisciplinary dialogue.
This workshop consists of 6 online meetings during May - June and a week of in-presence meetings in Kyiv from 3 to 9 of June.The course will be made of assignments and ‘a learning by doing’ methodology, sometimes in correlation with some artists, and feedback from artists and curators will also be part of the process.An exhibition of stories - or masterplan of descriptions, insights, narratives - will be composed by the participants in the week of in presence work.The final results will be published in the fall issue of international crossdisciplinary magazine Nova Express.The language of the course is English.
For participation please fill out the application form in English by April 25, 23:59: https://forms.gle/vEP6pm8EP6MZq7Xr5 
We will select up to 15 talented practitioners of art writing and expose them to some of the most advanced searchers in the literary panorama, especially working in the area where different disciplines collide and slide into each other.
Program mentor: Gianluigi Ricuperati – is an Italian writer, essayist, and curator. Editor in chief of magazine Nova Express, contributor to numerous publications including "Repubblica", "Abitare", and "Il Sole24Ore".