The two year project RE-tooling RESIDENCIES, which came to and end last month, involved five residency organisations embarking on discussions with curators, artists and organisers about the theoretical and practical aspects of residencies. The project began in November 2009 with an international conference followed by an exchange programme for art professionals and institutions new to the field of residencies.
They have been followed by a publication on rethinking residencies and issues relating to the mobility of art professionals, along with a website offering a platform for sharing theoretical and practical knowledge around the idea of residencies. The book and related website aim to stimulate much-needed analytical and practical investigation in the field by asking: can the experience of the art scene in Eastern Europe be used as a basis for creating unique ways of organising artistic work and which possible stratgeies could provide a critical framework for the institutiuon of artistic residencies?
