AiNIN (Artists in Nature International Network) was formed in 1999 as an international organisation dedicated to serving and connecting artists and event organisers who create and support site-specific work, particularly in the natural environment but also in urban settings.
The work of AiNIN Artists’ Members can be a personal and solitary immersion in place or a vital form of socially engaged art, where we engage with communities and individuals which have a relationship to the site we are creatively exploring.
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All art forms dedicated to a site are represented in AiNIN: This includes visual art in 2D or 3D, music composition or improvisation, choreography and dance improvisation, other kinds of performance, writing, theatre, photography, video, projection and augmented reality, but only if they are created in response to a specific site and are to be seen, read or heard on this site.
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AiNIN artists, create FOR a specific site in its singularity, taking into consideration its history, legendary potential, physical shape, geology, fauna and flora, function, and people who have a temporary or permanent relationship with this place.
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Our creations and events enhance, reveal, share and/or heal the local environment. Our focus is not to use a site as a form of art gallery or container but to work with site in a dynamic way.
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AiNIN artists share information and ideas about their work rather than compete. We collaborate or at the very least support each other. Our sharing also extends to the people and communities we work with.
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AiNIN helps communities and associations to create events, symposia, where site-specific art is created. AiNIN welcomes them as Organising Members.
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AiNIN strongly supports and promotes events where artists are paid to create works. It works to ensure that where possible artists are paid appropriate fees and are supported in kind eg accommodation, food etc…
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AiNIN is aware that, for many of us, non site-specific creation is part of our life, outside and complementary to our AiNIN context creations. This applies to our Organising Members’ programs.
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More about AiNIN mission : history, bureau, statuts, ….