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Mediterranean Crossed residencies
As part of the festival, Art Explora and the Island Club are initiating a programme cross-residencies, in partnership with nearly 15 international residency spaces and cultural institutions throughout the Mediterranean basin. Benefiting from the support of programme Creative Europe, this project intends to support contemporary creation from a transdisciplinary perspective and aims to create a strong and interdependent network of cultural partners throughout the region.
Programme of residencies
Artists from the various countries through which the Art Explora Festival passes over a 2-year period are selected by the various curators, grouped into trios, to take part in a month-long residency in one of the stopover cities on this cultural odyssey.
Each resident benefits from a working studio in the host residency, a living and production grant as well as professional support to bring their project to fruition, and is invited to take part in the Art Explora Festival programming.
Conceived as a platform for exchanges and narratives across borders, this programme directly supports contemporary creation and federates a vast community of artists, scientists and art professionals around crucial social, cultural and ecological issues linked to the Mediterranean.
ALL RESIDENCIES
The residency trios - France-Albania-Tunisia; Croatia-Italy-Malta; Morocco-Spain-Greece; Portugal-Turkey-Egypt; Algeria-Lebanon-Cyprus - support around thirty artists from the different countries visited by the Art Explora Festival, selected by the exhibition curators associated with this project.
The Island Club is a non-profit exhibition space founded in 2017 by artist Christodoulos Panayiotou and directed by Androula Kafa since 2019. It aims to support and promote local artistic production, while also developing networks with international cultural institutions. The space hosts exhibitions, film screenings, performances, readings, and book presentations by artists from Cyprus and abroad.
Artists in Residence
The Office of Hydrocommons is a curatorial platform manifesting through exhibitions, international residencies, public programmes, publications and a research office. It investigates critical issues affecting the Mediterranean Sea through interdisciplinary collaborations. Conceived and curated by Eleni Riga, it was initiated following an invitation of Vassilis Zidianakis, Artistic Director of ATOPOS cvc. The platform continues its aquatic journey, building lasting partnerships along the way. Recent collaborations include the Bath House of the Winds (Museum of Modern Greek Culture), All of Greece, One Culture, the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus – Festival of Athens and Epidaurus, Auberge de France in Rhodes, Institut Français de Grèce, Pro Helvetia, Goethe-Institut, among others. ATOPOS cvc is a non-profit, cultural organisation interested in the expression and adornment of the human body. It researches and initiates innovative projects of contemporary visual culture in an ‘atopic’ manner. The word ‘atopos’, from the ancient Greek “άτοπος”, refers to that which is the strange, the unwonted, the eccentric and the unclassifiable. It was founded in 2003 by Stamos Fafalios and Vassilis Zidianakis and has collaborated with numerous institutions, including the National Library of Greece, the Greek National Opera, the Benaki Museum in Athens, La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, the ModeMuseum (MoMu) in Antwerp, the Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean in Luxembourg, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht and the 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo among others.
Artists in Residence
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The Kamov Artist-in-Residence Program – Creators in Residence was founded in 2011 by the Department of Culture of the City of Rijeka with the aim of enhancing the cultural offer, fostering art, and supporting the non-institutional art scene. The program bears the name of the most renowned Rijeka writer Janko Polić Kamov (1886–1910). As Kamov’s style was characterized by an impressive artistic depth and avant-garde approach, which expanded the horizons of Croatian and global literature, the guiding principle of Rijeka's artist-in-residence program is the idea of questioning, provocation and progress. To date, the Kamov artist-in-residence program has welcomed over 500 artists, theorists and creators from Croatia and globally. It has established collaborations with numerous cultural organizations, institutions and individuals dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional media and practices. The program provides artists with a space for inspiration, research and experiment in a new environment, giving them time and support to conceptualize and develop their ideas and projects. In addition to writing and production residencies in the field of performing arts, the program specifically supports research, open-ended and post-studio residencies.
Artists in Residence
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Located in the former home of dictator Enver Hoxha, renovated by the architectural firm NeM, Vila 31 x Art Explora offers the public a reappropriation of this historic site. programme The Vila 31 x Art Explora artist residency program hosts up to twenty artists per year for three-month residencies spread across three sessions. Artists receive accommodation, a production and exhibition space, as well as a living and production grant to develop their artistic projects. To showcase each resident, open days are organized for each session, offering the public the opportunity to discover the research and creations produced during the residencies through a rich program of visits, workshops, performances, and screenings. The ambition of this new ecosystem is to revitalize local contemporary art while also opening it up to the international scene.
Artists in Residence
La Térmica is a center for contemporary cultural creation, production, and training, inaugurated in 2013 in Málaga, Spain. Its activities are guided by a current, open, and multifaceted approach that seeks, through culture and citizen initiatives, to develop a new perspective on reality. Today, La Térmica is a key meeting place for cultural, educational, and recreational agendas aimed at creators, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and artists. It is a space for creation, learning, and leisure that offers unique events across a wide range of artistic forms: live music, exhibitions, conferences, and more, as well as a range of activities covering all areas of culture. La Térmica is a breeding ground for talent and initiatives, a dynamic space where cultural creators and entrepreneurs work together to shape interesting, experimental, and innovative projects.
Artists in Residence
Think Tanger is a multidisciplinary, non-profit cultural platform founded in 2016 that aims to promote culture, creativity, innovation, and knowledge exchange in Tangier, Morocco. The organization brings together artists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and local communities to explore new ideas and facilitate dialogue on urban development and cultural policies. Think Tanger recognizes the significant influence of the urban environment on individuals and communities and believes that positive change can occur through alternative education, creative entrepreneurship, artistic production, and social innovation.
Spazju Kreattiv is a programme A dynamic hub of creative arts and cultural events, primarily taking place in Malta and Gozo, guided by the core principles of artistic excellence, community engagement, and internationalization. Established by the Fondazzjoni Kreattività in 2000, it is headquartered at St. James Cavalier in Valletta, a 16th-century fort converted into the National Centre for Creativity. Under the slogan Il-Qalba tal-Kreattività (The Heart of Creativity), its annual season encompasses a rich tapestry of over 500 events, ranging from visual arts exhibitions and performances in our open-air theatre to films in the island's only art-house cinema, workshops in dedicated studios, and more. programme artists in residence, and tailor-made events for children and their families as part of the ŻiguŻajg component.
Artists in Residence
Triangle-Astérides is a contemporary art center of national importance, established since its founding in 1994 within the cultural cooperative La Friche la Belle de Mai, a former tobacco factory in Marseille. Triangle-Astérides articulates a programme demanding exhibitions through research and experimentation residencies for artists from the French and international scenes, a programme artists and associated professionals aimed at the local scene (in conjunction with the City of Marseille Workshops), in addition to events, editorial projects and careful work carried out with all audiences.
Artists in Residence
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The Island Club
The Island Club is an independent, non-profit space based in Cyprus, hosting exhibitions by local and international artists as well as film screenings, performances, and readings.
Frequently asked questions
An artist residency is a space that hosts an artist, collective, curator, scientist, or researcher to carry out research or creative work, without the obligation of a final presentation. Providing living and working space, as well as financial, technical, and human resources, allows for the support and development of a residency project.
The residents are selected by the local curators associated with the Art Explora itinerant festival project in the Mediterranean.
As part of their residency, artists, scientists, exhibition curators or researchers benefit from a workspace, resources and production tools made available to them to create, produce works of art, or carry out their research work, in an environment adapted and conducive to the development of their project.
Each resident stays for one month in one of the cities along the route.
To discover their projects, follow Art Explora's social media channels, as well as the project log, which chronicles the various projects that make up the Art Explora Festival. Some of the artists will also have the opportunity to showcase their work, perform, or speak at festivals in the cities along the touring route between 2024 and 2026.