Residency Programme
1 MAY - 31 JUL 2020
Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw, PL (& Online)
Some territories may find their circumstances different to others with regards to government issued lockdowns and the re-strategising of arts funding. As there’s an uncertainty surrounding when physical art and exhibition activities will take place publicly. Numerous organisations launch online exhibitions and programmes. Wanting to ensure that the authenticity of a project is maintained, and not simply lifted from once part of a physical exhibition platform to now an online one, resulting in a loss of depth, we will look further into commissioning and understanding artist’s needs
The last few months have undoubtedly changed artistic practice. Until now, artists could exist in studio/residency territories, lab’s editing suites, as well as cafes to limit the costs of their activity. Today, during covid-19, an artist could find themselves in a position of struggling, re-strategising or thriving (due to new demand), and considering how they can make work in this time of lockdown. Most of them have been deprived of their working spaces, playing such an important role in their creative process. Many of which may now be facing the challenge of finding their place in the new normal, and shifting their work into their homes.
Artist & curator Joseph Cutts is collaborating with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute on welcoming a new initiative that welcomes proposals from an open call for Art House, a residency programme, inviting Polish digital and visual artists to reflect on adapting in the times of the new normal. For two months, without the need to leave their homes, 20 Polish artists in residence will be developing their artistic concepts for new projects, while consulting mentors who work for top institutions in the world, such as Serpentine Gallery, and V&A.
The mentors will help the artists pave their way to creating a prototype of their work, providing them with their expertise during their biweekly consultations. The mentors are: Sandra Gaudenzi (University of Westminster), Julia Kaganskiy, Maya Dvash (Design Museum Holon), Kay Watson (Serpentine Gallery), Janina Prudenko, Bregje Benecke (International Film Festival Rotterdam), Katharina Meissner (MUTEK), Hussain Currimbhoy, Christopher Turner (Victoria & Albert Museum), and Katrin Bucher Trantow (Kunsthaus Graz).
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