DAI Confluence nr. 2 ~ hosted by NAC, NIDA on the Curonian Spit in Lithuania. January 17 till 27, 2024

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Scroll for day-to-day schedule, protocols, and practical info for NAC (Nida Art Colony).

Framework:

The foundation for DAI's curricular framework in 2023-2024, more specifically this years knowledge partnerships with: ARCHIVE (Berlin, Dakar, Milan), Bulegoa z/b (Bilbao), de Appel Amsterdam (Amsterdam), If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Amsterdam), Neringa Forest Architecture (Nida), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), has been laid by DAI's artistic director and head of program Gabriëlle Schleijpen; to be activated, animated and expanded by students, crew and faculty.

For 2023-2024 our Roaming Academy furtermore engages in already existing as well as some new, heartwarming cultural partnerships with our hosts: PAF (Performing Arts Forum) in St.Erme, France, NAC (Nida Art Colony) in Nida, Lithuania, Centrale Fies (Art Work Space for the production of contemporary performing arts) in Dro, Italy and Vleeshal (Center for Contemporary Art) in Middelburg, the Netherlands ~ while we will also be teaming up with several relevant organisations in Morocco, during Confluences 5 & 7 in Essaouira (their names soon to be announced).

Faculty present in Nida:

In January we are again most appreciative of the tutors and guests, who are joining us all the way to the remarkable small strip of land, wedged in between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon and all contributing to the defining curriculum components of our program, this DAI Confluence:

HTDTWT (How To Do Things With Theory):

Dr. Sladja Blazan (standing in for Dr. Ana Teixeira Pinto), Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, Dr.Amit S. Rai, Dr. Ghalya Saadawi, Dr. Grant Watson and Dr. Hypatia Vourloumis. HTDTWT's education leader is Dr. Florian Göttke.

Dr. Leila Farsakh online talk Rethinking Statehood in Palestine for the first iteration of Palestine Teach Outs. Photo credit: Egija Inzule. Nida, January 2024.

The first session of Palestine Solidarity Teach Outs convened by the HTDTWT tutors will feature a remote contribution by Dr. Leila Farsakh.

COOP Study Groups:

Noor Abuarafeh, Marwa Arsanios, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Lilia Di Bella, Frédérique Bergholtz, Marina Christodoulidou, Jurga Daubaraitė, Leon Filter , Samira Ghoualmia, Egija Inzule, Dovydas Korba, Dr.Snejanka Mihaylova, Mindaugas Survila, Dr.Leire Vergara, Jonas Žukauskas. Remote contributions by Leila Bencharnia, Chiara Figone, Emanuela Maltese, Yon Natalie Mik & Savanna Morgan. COOP's education leader is Nikos Doulos.

Kitchen:

This Kitchen iteration sees 11 student presenters, while our guests Carlos Maria Romero a.k.a. Atabey and Corina Oprea will share their improvised responses and reflections with the presenters and performers and with the student body at large.

The so-called Kitchen is convened by Gabriëlle Schleijpen, with Peter Sattler as production leader and as always luminously activated by student presenters.

Giulia Crispiani will join us in Nida to engage on a series face to face conversations with 2nd year presenters in preparation of the AEROPONIC ACTS 2024, which will be co-curated between her and Elisa Giuliano in close conversation with Gabriëlle Schleijpen and Peter Sattler.

WEAVER | Factory 2.0:

Factory 2.0 is convened by Nikos Doulos with the amazing input of our entire student body to a day packed with Student Led Activities, all fully part of our accredited curriculum.

The four curriculum components are elaborately introduced through our Syllabus 2023-2024

Crew (making it all possible together with the crew of NAC) present in Nida:

* Hospitality manager Kastė Šeškevičiūtė & local assistance of Emilija Paciūnaitė.

*Senior production leader Roaming Academy & facilitator technical support to students and tutors: Peter Sattler.

The NAC crew consists of: Egija Inzule, director, Vasilisa Filatova, administrator, Gabija Naikaustkaitė, administrator, Nomeda Bepirštytė, administrator, Valentinas Kuznecovas, housekeeper, Dalia Jokūbauskaitė, Tetiana Volosiuk
& Oksana Kripanova, janitors.

Dinner buffet prepared by & Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew and Soma Food Kitchen (Marla Nábožna & Alicja Jurasińska). Nida, January 2024.

*Culinary input by Marla Nábožna, Alicja Jurasińska (Soma Food Kitchen) & Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew.

Back Office (remotely)

* Senior program co-ordinator hospitality and care | emergency response certificate holder: Jacq van der Spek, * travel agent Monique Hemmink (Hemminkways), * Friends & Family booklets, student pages and more: Ricardo Liong-A-Kong, * admissions coordinator Rebecca Sakoun, * archive and documentation Baha Görkem Yalim, * house style and communication design Lauren Alexander & Hanna Rullmann and last but not least * our bookkeeper Corine van der Wal.

Please consult our Crew-webpage for a more complete overview and more info about the division of tasks.