“A Transformation Framework for Artist Residencies”, International Research Meeting, Hamburg HIAS Institute for Advanced Study. (2–8 July).

Together with Kathryn Roberts (University of Groninger), Bojana Panevska (DutchCulture | TransArtists) and ARRC members Pau Cata, Miriam La Rosa, Patricia Healy McMeans, I am part of the collaborative research project “A Transformation Framework for Artist Residencies”.

This project aims to open up the emerging research field by diversifying knowledge about contemporary artist residencies and developing research agendas for future use. In particular, the research explores the following three themes: ● Contemporary challenges/Internal critiques: How have organisers and artists conceptualised the challenges facing residencies today, and how have they responded in their own practices? ● (Counter)histories: How have residencies changed over time, and what alternative histories of travel, hospitality, and exchange might inform the residencies of the future? ● New trajectories: How are residencies redefining the limitations of geo-political borders and unequal resources, and encouraging meaningful community participation?

The research combines intensive residency stays in Hamburg, Madrid, and Montpellier, alongside online work, including a series of interviews with selected residency participants and organizations, among others. Our first meeting took place at Hamburg HIAS Institute for Advanced Study over one week in July.

You can read more about the project on DutchCulture | TransArtists website here. And on the research stay in Hamburg here.

The project is made possible by the Constructive Advanced Thinking (CAT) Program of NetIAS, the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study, which is supporting a series of four research residencies over a three-year period (2023-2025). Research visits have taken place at the Hamburg Institute of Advanced Study (HIAS) in 2023 (2 – 7 July) and the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS) in 2024 (8 – 15 September).