PAST ART RESIDENCIES
Collaborator: Milena Kiourtsidou (MIKIDOU LIFE DRAWING)
Residents:
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Rosalie Kause
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Neeltje de Jong
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Clara-Lilian Berger
ARTE, TERRA, COMUNITÀ IN TOSCANA - Exploring community building and relational practice through drawing and food culture
The residents partook in regular experimental drawing workshops facilitated by Milena, complemented by a co-created program of workshops designed by and for the residents. This approach aimed to inspire holistic knowledge-sharing rooted in relational principles, fostering community through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Inspired by Bell Hooks’ emphasis on learning through connection, these principles were deeply spiritual, promoting transformation through self-enquiry and collective feedback.
Tactile experiences like manual drawing and engaging with the Tuscan land provided pathways to mindfulness, offering creatives and culture shapers a chance to slow down and reconnect with themselves, each other, and nature. The residency prioritized artistic process, creative exchange, critical thinking, and experimentation over tangible outcomes.
Partners:
Villa Romana Residency, Villa Travignoli Winery
Collaborator: Alessia Pasquini
Residents:
Textiles Residency
'Senses and Sustainability: reimagining fashion, textile production, consumerism and our connection to nature'.
Exploring the tension between consumerism and environmental consciousness, the residency delves into the paradox of materialism and spiritual connection to nature in Tuscany, particularly within the influential fashion and textiles industry. We explored concepts like self-sufficiency and de-growth mindset, and looked into new initiatives and solutions like recycling strategies, biodegradable fabrics and other ways of closing the waste loop.
Partners:
Villa Romana residency, LottoZero, Terrafranta, Galeotti Piume, Museo del Tessuto Prato, Altremani, Rifò, FashionRoom Bookstore, Alessandro Pierattini, Beatrice Gallori, Victoria DeBlassie, Brigitta Roselli, EarthBody, Trewhitts, MaxZara Sterck, Faith Robinson, Beatriz Sandini, Marie van Femme
* This residency was funded by the Dutch Embassy in Rome
2023 SPRING
Residents:
Theme: Art Exchange
An exchange between the international residents, through critical dialogue, peer-to-peer review moments and collaborative workshops; as well as an exchange between the residents and the local culture and creative scene, through excursions to Florence, art studio visits and connecting to the Tuscan food culture. The second aspect of the residency was to delve into what it means to partake in an interdisciplinary art residency, where program, intention and scope of the residency itself was researched and simultaneously questioned, in order to explore the most intentional and beneficial residency framework for the residents.
Partners:
Villa Romana residency, Secci gallery, Tenuta Licina winery, Trebbio olive farm, Lorenzo Brinati, La Tinaia al Bosco, Manifattura Tabacchi, Spazio VEDA, TOAST Project Space, Alessandro Scarabello, Vinicio Venturi, Il Bisonte Foundation, Anna Capolupo, Luigi Presicce
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