Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art


The Institute for Contemporary Art is a transnational research centre focused on East European art and ecology and operates across the fields of art history, contemporary art and ecological thought. The institute collaborates with universities and art spaces both in Central Europe and across the continent.
Founded in 2013 in Budapest, the institute has been operating since 2018 from London. Its co-directors are Drs. Maja and Reuben Fowkes

Activities

The institute programs include an Experimental Reading Room involving both a series of Anthropocene Response lectures by prominent theorists and Reading Group seminars dealing with Art and the Anthropocene.
The River School was based on engaging with the Danube River as a transforming natural environment through a series of workshops, symposia, exhibitions and excursions to urban and natural wilderness.

Publications

The Institute has released the following books and exhibition catalogues:
The Institute library is specialised on art and ecology, as well as East European art history, and a resource for international researchers working in these fields.