AADK Spain

AADK Spain is an international artistic platform dedicated to contemporary research and creation, with a strong emphasis on experimentation and process-based practices. Its work explores the relationships between body, territory and spatiality, with particular attention to the aural field and practices of deep listening to the environment. Since 2012, AADK has promoted the decentralisation of culture and access to contemporary art in rural contexts, connecting local territories with international artistic networks. More than 700 artists from five continents have collaborated with the platform. Through close collaborations with art and cultural organisations, artists hosted by AADK become active participants in this network, and their work is disseminated both nationally and internationally. AADK operates independently as an artist-run organisation based at Centro Negra in the Ricote Valley (Southern Spain), which functions as a meeting point and a reference space within the international cultural landscape. Its activities include international residencies, artistic research programs, community-based laboratories, workshops, public presentations and collaborative projects that foster knowledge exchange, mobility and dialogue between artists, researchers and local communities.