AIRSA, Artist in Residence South Africa, offers visual artists space and time for investigation and promotes research, innovative art practice, interdisciplinary collaboration that is out of the ordinary, using mainly natural material, with the added possibility of unplugged sound/music and spoken word/storytelling as well as dance/movement/performance art all of it being within the realm of visual art.
Our residencies for artists are funded, with the conceptual focus on interacting creatively with the history, ecology, politics and culture of a given place.
We particularly encourage artists to explore ‘place’ as a concept which incorporates the environment and the people who engage with it. We believe that artworks created at our residencies not only imply a respect for place, but also a desire to reveal and comment upon our relationship with it, rather than exploiting it for the sake of art.
Tankwa Artscape Residency is an intense outdoor experience open to the elements, ranging from extreme heat, cold, wind, sand, rain with basic tented infrastructure for shelter. Starry night skies, silent spaces, the scale of geological time. The desert will even more deeply and emotionally impact the inside in unexpected places. No one leaves the desert unchanged.
Bodhi Khaya Residency conceptual focus is “Land”, as in research on environmental challenges, land ownership, how colonialism changed the ecosystem and the mapping of land, the politics of ownership vs custodianship etc but also visions, dreams and the spiritual aspects of being on earth.
Our residencies are held without live audiences, they are conceptualised as cells of intense learning. We invite a small group of curators, gallerists, journalists towards the end of a residency to create connections.
Country: ZA South Africa - Localisation: South Africa - Email: artistinresidencesouthafrica@gmail.com - Website - Instagram
