Museum Consortium announces ten fresh residences for creators
Consorci de Museus presents Enclave Land Art, a two‑week artistic residency and nature research project that runs as part of the Resident Culture program. The event’s second edition will unfold alongside Enclave Cinema over a weekend in the Vall de Gallinera region.
Enclave Land Art is an production‑driven residence where seven artists converge to develop projects connected to an arts‑and‑nature route through Vall de Gallinera. During their stay, artists will lead presentations, workshops, and site visits. The culmination of their work will be showcased to the public across two open days during the residence’s final weekend.
The Enclave Land Art program underscores the call to reconnect with nature, offering distinctive artistic proposals set in a rural environment. It invites reflection on how human creativity, the artistic process, and the natural world relate to one another, framed by the spectacular surroundings of Vall de Gallinera. The directors of Consorci de Museus and CCCC emphasize this link, highlighting that nowhere else could better address these questions than in such a pristine landscape.
Enclave Land Art presents a printed image from an earlier edition and signals the ongoing availability of the program. Applications open on July 1 and run through September 15, inviting artists of all disciplines to propose works in installation, land art, photography, anthropology, sculpture, performance, or any artistic practice that emerges from dialogue between people and nature. The projects will explore the Corrals de la Carroja route in Vall de Gallinera, inviting artists of any age or nationality to apply.
Selected artists are announced on September 25 within the Enclave Cinema schedule, with the residency running from early to mid‑November and culminating in a weekend open doors to present the results to the public.
The Enclave Land Art selection committee includes Rosa Maria Castell, curator and head of the MACA collection in Alicante; Amelie Aranguren, fellow of Campo Adentro/Inland and head of artistic programming at Centro de Approach a lo Rural; Emilio Gallego, visual artist and curator, president of La Espiral ACC, and assistant coordinator of the Valencian Association of Visual Artists (AVVAC) for the Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón region; Alexander Mana, artist, researcher, and professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia; and Michael Mallol, director of Enclave Land Art.
Enclave Cinema, September 23–25
Enclave Land Art also unveils the second Enclave Cinema edition, a program focused on cinema, identity, and territory. It will run on the weekend of September 23–25, in Vall de Gallinera.
Enclave Cinema grows from the increasing use of audiovisual media to convey messages within the Enclave Land Art project. It serves as a festival by invitation, offering audiences visibility and engagement that align with the regional projects in Vall de Gallinera.
The Vall de Gallinera City Council and the Enclave Land Art association organize a rolling calendar of film screenings, discussions, roundtables, and presentations designed to foster participatory reflection among attendees.
The second Enclave Cinema event, Dona i Cinema International Biennial – Mujer y Cine – Woman & Film, marks its seventh edition by January of the following year, spotlighting the work of women in the film and audiovisual sectors. The biennial began in Valencia as a platform advocating for women’s roles in the industry and presenting perspectives that are often underrepresented on screen.