Contested Desires
D6 Culture Ltd
Cooperation Projects
England
2019
Total project grant (euros)
199,937
Sub-programme
Culture
Funding scheme
Creative Europe
Call number
EACEA 34/2018
Location
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Number of partners in project
5
Lead organisation
D6 Culture Ltd
Partners
Associació Promotora Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison, Spain
Eccom Centro Europeo Per L'organizzazione E Il Management Culturale, Italy
LAC - Laboratório de Actividades Criativas, Associação Cultural, Portugal
Xarkis LTD,Cyprus
CONTESTED DESIRES uses contemporary visual arts as a tool to explore our shared colonial histories and the impact this has had on our understanding of European Culture. CONTESTED DESIRES is a platform for discussion and learning, production and exhibition, revealing the complex and deep-rooted reverberations of colonisation, occupation and annexation. CONTESTED DESIRES uncovers the untold markers of identity and belonging, and the contesting desires that define and redefine our heritage.
Through transnational co-operation between artists and cultural managers within and outside Europe CONTESTED DESIRES will increase understanding of our shared colonial heritage, improve and grow the capacity of artists and cultural operators within and beyond the project and promote greater intercultural dialogue between local and international artists and audiences. CONTESTED DESIRES represents countries whose history and culture has been shaped by colonisation and includes a heritage training expert. Each partner is well-networked nationally and internationally and positioned to deliver an outstanding programme.
The programme includes: Residencies for 9 artists in each country; it includes an Artist Film Programme from a global call out to reach beyond the geographies of the partners; exhibitions in Portugal, UK and Spain and a festival in Cyprus. An integrated capacity building programme for the artists, managers and local stakeholders frames CONTESTED DESIRES and digital training extends the participants’ skills to create a hybrid and experimental digital platform to extend the project’s creative potential and audience reach.





