Residences as Learning Environment at “Residencies Reflected” symposium at HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, Helsinki (Finland) 16-18 November 2016
Date: 18 November 2016
‘Residencies Reflected’ was a two-day symposium whose aim was to reflect on residencies as spaces for artistic development at cultural thresholds that have been opened up by accelerated globalization – between people, places, languages, climates, species, things. It brought together more than sixty international and Finnish residency professionals to articulate the position of residencies within the ecological and economic frameworks present today. Looking at the notions and realities of artistic work, on the one hand, and of mobility, on the other, it raised acute questions about sustainability and inclusivity – in terms of both access and limits to resources, knowledge, time, and the space necessary for artistic practice and movement.
The symposium was co-organized by the University of the Arts Helsinki / Academy of Fine Arts, the HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme and Frame Contemporary Art Finland, with support from Kone Foundation. It took place between 16-18 November 2016.
Among the key-note speakers were: Nina Lübbren, Pascal Gielen, Adam Sutherland, Donna Lynas, Laurel Ptak, Lex ter Braak, Nikos Doulos, Ika Sienkiewicz-Nowacka, Taru Elfing.
You can read more about the Symposium online here:
https://residencysymposium2016.wordpress.com/about/