Researching a new artist led curatorial process for peer to peer sharing through gifting

Long afternoons were spent in MoKS researching approaches to arts based organisations and dialogue that stems from arts practice methods. I focused on the authentic, integrated organisational structure defined by:

Frederic Laloux in 'Reinventing Organisations', 
the essay ‘On Dialogue’ by Dr David Bohn,  
and a book that actually just jumped off the shelf at me here at MoKs,  
'The Gift' by Lewis Hyde.

Out of this specific research evolved the structure for an event entitled 
Head over Heals, a gathering of 15 interdisciplinary artist curators, artist organisers and artist programmers from the Irish Nordic Baltic States interested in creatively exploring the possibilities of sharing through gifting. 

All these artists curators I had worked with before and knew their methodology so I proposed that we met for a weekend of arts practice sharing, co-hosted by Irish graphic designer and photographer, Michael Walsh, in a cabin by a forest in Puka, Estonia, 26-27th August 2017.

(Over the past 20 years, I have met many artists who have become curators of their own practice and for others, to meet their own creative needs of autonomy and freedom as well as site specific and artistic needs, (as reflected in my own interdisciplinary arts practice). Such artist curators often work in isolation and outside institutions with little support and community. Sensing that a supportive, sharing community could exist within this arts practice from my experience of working with you all, I invited them to help create  RAFT. )

Funding yet to be received. Intentions are to gather, offer and see where this sharing and gifting leads...) 

The Curatorial Format for the weekend: 

Head over Heals

a gathering of interdisciplinary artist organisers and artist curators from the Irish Nordic Baltic States interested in creatively exploring the possibilities of peer to peer sharing and gifting through arts practice processes

with a view to forming RAFT, an arts practice community

Saturday afternoon, 26th to Sunday afternoon, 27th August 2017 

So come be head over heals with us and explore, play, talk, laugh, share, gift and create.

here at Sacred Oak Hill, Puka, Valgamaa, Estonia

Saturday afternoon, 26th to Sunday afternoon, 27th August 2017