From Soil to Spirit : Small Rituals of Coming Together
As fluid systems of movement once tied to ecosystems and seasonal cycles grow rigid, how have migrations—internal, transregional, and international—reshaped the lives of those rooted in the land, forests, and rivers? How do people from farming and pastoral traditions navigate fractured knowledge …
This residency presents an exciting chance to grow my artistic practice, which explores the relationship between speech rhythmicity and brain activity and has the potential to rhythmic processing in animals may offer insights into the evolution of language; it aligns perfectly with my current independent research in brain activity with EEG sensors while…
*1987, lives and works in Lima, Peru
Residency period : May to July 2024
Fatima Rodrigo’s practice delves into the definition of modernity as opposed to non-Western practices from the so called “Global South” and different issues around gender identity in Latin America. She’s particularly interested in confronting the unilineal history of modern…
*1991, Lagos, Nigeria, lives and works in Lagos
Residency period: April to June 2024
In collaboration with Pro Helvetia Johannesburg and RAIOG
Mr. Danfo is an artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. His work is inspired by the streets of Lagos and the everyday struggles of life in the city. Through his practice, he replicates and redefines various …
ART & TERRITORY
residency period from July to October 2023
The urbz collective specialises in governance and participatory urban planning. Our collective works in Mumbai, Geneva, Paris and Bogota with citizens, organisations and governments. Our approach combines anthropology with urban planning and design. We pay particular attention to the relationship…
ART & TERRITORY
Born in 1959 in Rapperswil, Switzerland
Period of residence: September to October 2023
I believe there is a need for new tools of awareness and action in a future world of life in which we still have to grow up.
I favour objects, materials and processes with which humans have a long-standing relationship and which, consciously or unconsciously,…
ART & TERRITORY
*1992 in Freiburg (Germany)
Period of residency: July to September 2023 + September to October 2024
Trained as an architect, I work on territories in transition through questions of participation, collective practices and narratives. At the crossroads of architecture and social design, I see my projects as an opportunity to create social…
ART & STORIES
*1993 in Lagos (Nigeria), lives and works in Berlin (Germany)
Residency period: October to December 2022
Artist, scholar
Nnenna Onuoha is a Ghanaian-Nigerian researcher, filmmaker, curator and artist based in Berlin, Germany. Her films and videos centre Afrodiasporic voices to explore monumental silences surrounding the histories…
*1985 Barcelona, lives and works in Madrid
Architecte and curator
Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco is an architect, curator, and scholar. He has a joint appointment as a curator and scientific advisor for the new architecture and design collection at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and at the Education Department.…
*1987 Grenoble, lives and works in Geneva.
Residency period: July – September 2022
Manon Thomas Pavlowsky is an object designer and scenographer. She defends a sensitive approach to design and pays particular attention to the associations of materials and textures, to the harmony of colors, but also to the gestures induced by the devices she designs.…