Call for Participants: Unfold – Experimental Poetries Then and Now

Summer School of Experimental Poetry, Bucharest 6 – 10 July 2026

We are delighted to announce “Unfold – Experimental Poetries Then and Now,” the Summer School of Experimental Poetry organized by our project partner kultura natura pARTicip (KNP) and hosted at the National Museum of Contemporary ArtMNAC Bucharest, in Bucharest from 6 to 10 July 2026.
The summer school offers an opportunity for nine students and emerging poets aged 19‑26 who live and work in Romania, Austria, and Serbia to explore sound, visual, procedural, language‑poetry, and other experimental practices with the guidance of Dr Robert Stacey and Senka Gavranov. The organizer will cover travel, accommodation, and meals for the three selected participants from Austria, three from Romania, and three from Serbia.

The summer school is part of the EU project AbeX – Anthologies of Cooperation: Encounters in/through Artists’ Books and Experimental Poetry, co‑financed by the European Union through the Creative Europe Programme.

How to apply: Submit your application to summerschool2026@mnac.ro by 16 January 2026, end of day CET. All eligibility criteria, submission guidelines, and the program are provided in the Call for Participants document available for download here:

Download: Call for Participants (PDF, 319 KB)

We look forward to receiving your applications.



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