Unfold – Experimental Poetries Then and Now

kultura natura pARTicip (KNP) in partnership with the National Museum of Contemporary Arts Bucharest (MNAC), Museum of Applied Arts MAK Vienna and Faculty of Media and Communication – Singidunum University Belgrade (FMK), is pleased to announce the summer school of experimental poetry, Unfold: Experimental Poetries Then and Now. The event is organized as part of the project Anthologies of Cooperation: Encounters in/through Artists’ Book and Experimental Poetry (AbeX), co-financed by the European Union through the Creative Europe Programme. The summer school will take place at the premises of the National Museum of Contemporary Arts in Bucharest, from Monday, 6 July 2026 to Friday, 10 July 2026, and requires the physical presence of all participants.

Who can apply
The applicants should be:

• between 19 – 26 years of age on the date when the summer school starts (6 July 2026)
• fluent in English and comfortable using the English language
• undergraduate students or graduates in the fields of literary studies, linguistics, languages, and also the social sciences and humanities
• students/emerging poets with an interest in experimental literary works, an open mind, and a willingness to experiment, perform, and collaborate
• willing to produce poetic work that will be published in a chap-book (by the end of September 2026).

Submission
To apply, you should submit the requested documents attached to the email titled Application for Unfold Summer School of Experimental Poetry 2026 to summerschool2026@mnac.ro by 16 January 2026, end of day CET.

Application deadline: 16 January 2026, end of day CET
Selection process: February – April 2026
Online interview: March 2026
Announcing results: April 2026
Online meet-up: end of June 2026 (Zoom)
Start date of the Unfold summer school: Monday, 6 July 2026

Detailed information
Further information on submission and the procedure can be found in the PDF attachment.