Date: 8 June, 2021
I was invited to be a guest-speaker to the annual meeting of Finnish residencies. The theme of the online event was a discussion about the residencies’ development in light of unavoidable changes due to by the Covid-19 pandemic and inconsequence, the need to reflect on possible new models.
Press-release and more information here below.
AiR Network Meeting Finland 2021
The event was organized on Zoom on Tuesday June 8 th , 10 am – 4:15
This year’s annual meeting of Finnish residencies will focus on issues relating to the long-term development of the residencies’ operations and theirfuture. The meeting will discuss the role and interfaces of residencies in the field of art now and in the future. In the morning, international residency researchers will give individual presentations on the themes. In the afternoon workshops, we will get together with the experts of the Future Research Center to look at alternative visions of the future, changes in the operating environment and new directions. How can the residency be an active player in making the future and influence the future with its actions and choices?
A meeting of the Finnish residency network is held annually. The focus of the meetings will be on the exchange of information between the actors, peer discussion and development work in the field of residencies. The meeting of 2021 is organized in cooperation with the Studio Foundation of the Finnish Artists’ Association and the Residence of Saari Manor. The event is aimed at residency actors operating in Finland or parties dealing with residency issues.
Welcome aboard!
‘Configurations of Time: Time and Residencies’, by Angela Serino
According to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, time as commonly discussed does not exist in science. On the contrary, what science tells us is that the temporal structure of the world is more complex than a simple linear succession of instants. Time is not one continuum, homogeneous dimension. And space and time are better understood as events and relations.
Looking at Rovelli’s ideas of time, as well as notions of ‘care time’ and ‘soil time’, we will embark into a short speculative exercise to look at various kinds of time, each with its own rhythm and its processes.
What kind of time would you like to keep, and which one you prefer to leave aside when picturing your (post-pandemic) artists-in-residency programme?
Original link and programme here:
https://www.ateljeesaatio.fi/suomen-residenssiverkoston-tapaaminen/