| | Image credit:Daughter of the Karoo/ Father Unknown, 2022, Akissi Beukman, performance piece 2 & 3. Documentation by Frank Krummacher. (The artist is pictured, standing in the desert while undertaking the Tankwa Residency Program in South Africa. They hold a glass jar and are releasing black dust from their closed fist.) Are you an artist who has undertaken a residency program with one of our Members? We would love to see documentation of the work and to hear about your experiences. We have begun Artist Profile posts through ourInstagramto celebrate some of the amazing work being produced through our Member's programs. We recently profiled the work ofAkissi Beukman. Akissi undertook the Tankwa Artscape Residencyin South Africa. "The Tankwa Artscape residency changed my spiritual and artistic path. It opened new doors to how my expression can educate and inspire cultural change. It has been an integral part of my early art career and my outlook on the importance of dialogue and holding space for raw creative practice with fellow artists from different backgrounds. An unforgettable experience." Akissi Beukman is an artist practicing in Pretoria, South Africa. She specializes in performance art, experimental sound art & painting. She works with colloquiality & volatility, symbolizing the silencing & warping of one’s own voice. Currently her work focuses on the expressions of personhood & the practice of art as a reflection on the state of being. She is heavily influenced by notions of performativity in terms of gender, race & the politics that surround, influence & engage with her body: expressing spiritual healing with art. Promote your practice: Are you an artist that has or is about to undertake a residency with a Res Artis Member? Would you like information to help you to promote your work through your residency experience? Email us and let us know which Member you have/are about to work with and we will send you a free copy of our Artist Promotion Information Pack. Simply email webeditor@resartis.org |
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Image: an open air installation by Mirante Xique-Xique artist Karlla Girotto. Image courtesy of MXX. (The artist Karlla Girotto sits on an ancient rock-face while undertaking the MMX residency in Brazil, painting letters in an orange paint onto rocks. A large pile of the handpainted rocks are behind the artist.) New Member Profile: We are delighted to introduce our new Member, Mirante Xique-Xique in Brazil. Mirante Xique-Xique is a para-institution, founded by the artist duo RodriguezRemor, focused on the authenticity of the Chapada Diamantina in terms of culture, heritage, and environment. MXX is located in the mountains of the Sertão region of Bahia, in a small community of approximately 450 inhabitants. Nearby are the ruins of the historical Xique-Xique and other villages, which together constituted the most important diamond-mining centers of early twentieth century Brazil. Today, this region is known as Igatu, a small village made of stones in the heart of Chapada Diamantina National Park. MXX is a place for research, production, immersion, and contact with nature. Through cultural activities, exchanges and environmental education, MXX's mission is to safeguard the region’s architectural and intangible heritage. |
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Image credit:Photograph of Aqui Thami, courtesy of Rachel King. (Artist Aqui Thami sits with her face resting in her hand, wearing a black top with long earrings and a gold nose ring.) Our next Artist Profile through our Instagram will celebrate artist Aqui Thami. Aqui undertook the prestigious VARI residency through Res Artis Member V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum, London). “If you’re not working with the community, and you’re not sharing resources… then what are you doing?” — Aqui Thami "I had just asked Aqui what she believes the role of the artist is and whether artists bear a kind of social responsibility. It is not enough for the newest V&A Research Institute (VARI) Offsite Artist in Residence, to come to the Museum, create transformational work and return to India without a trace. For Aqui Thami, empowering marginalised communities and ‘making art to reclaim’ is a relentless concern." — Rachel Feldman, Victoria and Albert Museum Many of the artists that undertake our Member's programs will choose to create socially-engaged work. Residencies can allow opportunities to connect with new creative and non-creative communities, providing time and space to exchange questions, share cultural traditions and trade stories. Aqui Thamiis a Janajati/Indigenous artist from the Himalayas , she lives and works in Bombay. Aqui uses social exchanges and develops safe spaces to position art as a medium of healing in community. Aqui's interdisciplinary practice ranges across ceremonial interventions, performances, drawings, zinemaking, fly posting & public intervention. Brought together by participant involvement, most of her work is self-funded and realised in collaboration. |
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Image credit: Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan. Image courtesy of Akiyoshidai International Art Village. (The Akiyoshidai International Art Village building - a dominating stone, glass and steel structure, made from a series of block formations, in the manicured grounds of the Art Village.) Established Member Profile:Akiyoshidai International Art Village designed by the architect, Arata Isozaki, was founded in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for artists in residence as well as for a variety of art forms and cultural activities. AIAV’s main hall has a capacity of approximately 300 and its residence hall can house 100, and the village also features a restaurant, seminar room, studios, gallery, and cafe. AIAV is located far away from the noise of everyday city life and is surrounded by natural resources. Isozaki himself referred to it as an “archipelago”, (an expanse of water with many scattered islands), and it consists of many different facilities. The term “village” suggests that AIAV is not a one monolithic structure but rather a collective of small neighboring buildings reminiscent of a traditional Japanese village. |
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Image credit: On the Move. (A white poster for the On the Move 'Cultural Mobility Forum' 2022. The poster has a background design made up of softly flowing pale green and pale blue forms. The poster reads 'Cultural Mobility Forum; 25 May 22 9:00 ETS, Helsinki and Online' and has logos for the European Union, Nordic Culture Point, Howlround and On the Move.) Res Artis President Lea O'Loughlin presented at the 'REFLECTING RESIDENCIES #2' International Symposiumorganised by Arts in Résidence - National Network - at the Carreau du Temple in-person Paris (and streamed online) at the beginning of this month, amidst an amazing selection of speakers! 'Reflecting Residencies' is an international symposium dedicated to artist residencies. Proposed for the first time in 2020 by Arts en résidence - Réseau national and envisaged as a biennial event, it brings together the actors of residencies in France and internationally to discuss the evolution of the issues at stake for the hosting organisations, for the resident artists and for the variety of partners that these experiences are likely to bring together. By dealing with national, European and international issues, 'Reflecting Residencies' allows for the sharing of models and the discovery of experiences during two days of thematic round-table discussions. It also includes four ‘professional workshops’ that offer time for the development of skills for professionals in the sector, in relation to the themes addressed. Lea also attended On the Move's annual Cultural Mobility Forumin Helsinki, alongside fellow Res Artis Board Member Clymene Christoforou. On the Move hosts these forums as a way to examine the issues and possibilities of cultural mobility. This year's forum centered around ideas of digital mobility. |
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Initiative to aid arts and cultural professionals in the Ukraine | |
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In lieu of our conference How to inhabit instability?to be hosted byIZOLYATSIA in cooperation with Ukrainian Institute, House of Europeand Goethe-Institut Ukraine that was scheduled to take place in Kyiv in late 2022 and is now cancelled due to the war, we have diverted our focus to work with our partners on building a special section of our websiteto support Ukrainian arts and cultural workers in need. Head to ourwebsite to read our statements, expressing solidarity with our Ukrainian partners; to learn about Emergency Residency opportunitiesfor Ukrainian creatives; for Humanitarian Resources; for information on like-minded organizations implementing aid solutions and to learnhow you can help. If you have an Emergency Residency or opportunities that can be added to this section of website, please email webeditor@resartis.org |
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Member Packs and Benefits | |
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Image courtesy of Domaine de Boisbuchet, France. (A group of people sitting in a circular formation in discussion on the lawn at Domaine de Boisbuchet in France. a castle-like building is behind them.) As a Res ArtisMember you get a wide range of benefits. These include promotion of your program and Open Calls to our extensive network; information on the global residency sector; Member-support from our dedicated team; opportunities to connect with like-minded organisations and institutions; advocacy support; information on digital opportunities and exclusive access to our annual conferences. We have been busy building Member Resource Packs that can assist Members in professionalising their programs. The Packs we have produced so far include information on program promotion, artist promotion, residency agreements, advertising support and advice on how to create meaningful online experiences. Already a Member? Login in to the Member Portal on the Res Artis website to view the packs for free. Not yet a Member? Follow the link below to learn more... |
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Image credit: Citizen ship project by ZK/U. Documentation courtesy of ZK/U. (A ship constructed from salvaged materials from the ZK/U residency building in Germany, sailing with people on board, enroute to Documenta Fifteen in Kassel, Germany.) Our Berlin-based Member Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (ZK/U) have recently turned renovation into artistic innovation. A decade of collective brainstorming and action has thoroughly shivered the timbers of the pitched roof at ZK/U and charged it full of energy. For Documenta Fifteen, ZK/U literally raised the roof of their building (prior to a full-scale renovation), turned the roof into a ship and set sail. For several weeks, the upturned roof becomes a roof-boat, a Citizenship, carrying the crew through central Germany to Kassel, on the Havel, Weser, and Fulda rivers and the Mittelland canal. |
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Image credit: Section of cover design for On the Move Cultural Mobility Yearbook, 2022. Courtesy of On the Move. (A blue pale blue background, with a medium toned blue book design and the words 'On the Move; Cultural Mobility Yearbook 2022' in black.) Our friends at On the Movehave just published their Cultural Mobility Yearbook for 2022. This invaluable annual resource provides a reference framework of data related to cultural mobility. This year they have focused on digital mobility – the formats and opportunities it encompasses, but also the limits, which echo to a large extent the characteristics of in-person mobility (in terms of access, geography, and power relations). Access for and value of cultural mobility is integral to the global art residency sector that Res Artis works to sustain. Follow the link below if you would lke to download a free copy of the handbook. |
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