This book offers an alternate lens to rethink how we process art—and life—inside residency time.

Looking beyond the conventional and managerial, Angela Serino sets out in search of what is put in motion by the experience of being “in residence” that is not instantly visible or quantifiable. In a culture where the pressure to produce tangible results is paramount, Configurations of Time holds space for an environment that values process in its own right, unlearning and research. Finding inspiration from a wide range of artists’ works and conceptualisations of time in science and cultural theory, such as Carlo Rovelli, Lisa Baraitser, and María Puig de la Bellacasa, Serino looks at how time is spent in residencies through the different and overlapping concepts of space time, care time, and soil time.

Through speculative storytelling and fostered by analytical hypotheses and first-hand experiences, this book offers an alternative reference guide. It creates a highly poetic space, providing insights into the ethics of the residency field in today’s accelerated and contested times.

Author: Angela Serino. Graphic design: Cleo Tsw. Copy editor: Olamiju Fajamisin. Editorial advisor: Freek Lomme. Published by Set Margins’. Artists: Sema Bekirovic, Louise Bourgeois, Every Ocean Hughes, Toril Johannessen, Tamara Kuselman, Katja Mater, Harriet Rose Morley, School of Temporalities (Annette Krauss, Maja Bekan), Saša Spačal, Laura Wiedijk. Thanks to Mondriaan Foundation.

Link to purchase the book on Set Margins’ here.