AiR Collections
The AiR Collections Archives
Undercover
August 2014
An artist can be anyone: an anthropologist, a spy, taxidriver, stockbroker and so much more. This collection focuses on embedded artists and residencies that are 'undercover' participants blending in a community, a system or a company. Get into the mood here.
Includes:
- Deloitte
- MI6
- Heathrow Airport
- the British Library
- Crossrail Limited
- Luxury hotels
Read the Undercover AiR Collection here.
The AiR Roadtrip
This issue focuses on the roadtrip: a virtual AiR roadtrip with google streetview from Oysterville on the West Coast to New Orleans on the Gulf Coast. Interested in driving this route yourself? It is 3,967 mi, 64 hours of driving; please see the right column for directions. Get into the mood here.
The Roadtrip goes from Willapa Bay AiR (Washington State) to May Residency (Louisiana).
Read the AiR Roadtrip here.
Film AiR Collection
This Film AiR collection offers you an eclectic selection of residency programs, in which film is either in the center, or sneaking in at the margin. From Do It Yourself community environments (no.w.here) to fully equipped facilities (Banff), residencies show that artists can do anything with film: roaming, researching, discussing, copying, and yes, even burning. Get into the mood here.
Includes:
- no.w.here
- Kran Film
- Wex
- San Francisco Film Society's Filmhouse
- La Bande Vidéo
- Exploratorium
- Links to other residencies, funding schemes, festivals and other resources for artists wanting to jump into the world of film-making!
The Sustainers
The Sustainers looks at an inspiering and dedicated wave of thinkers, researchers, actors, collaborators and pioneers dealing with sustainability in multiple ways.
Includes:
- Centre for Alternative Technology
- ISLAND Hill House Residency
- Cambridge Sustainability Residency
- Bamboo Curtain Studio
- Guapamacátaro Center for Art and Ecology
- links to articles, researches and guides from Translocal, Julie's Bicycle, the Alliance of Artists Communities, ASEF, etc.
Artist residencies + activism
October 2013
This issue focuses on artist residencies + activism. This collection can be seen as a starting point; a place for plural views and stories on this theme. An Air Collection is long; either meant for hour-long read or just for you to pick out what interests you.
Includes:
- Townhouse Cairo
- The Silent University
- Daar Residency
- Design Studio for Social Intervention
- and many more...
Read Artist residencies + activism
The Water Cycle
September 2013
This issue focuses on the water cycle -from ice to steam- and how artists in residence relate to this. We have prepared a collection of 14 artist in residence stories, opportunities and calls related to water in all its forms for you.
Includes:
- Watershed
- EAWAG
- Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences
- SOMA residency program
- Jentel Artist Residency
- Beppu Project
- EMPAC
- Hotel Mariakapel
- Cheng Long Wetlands
Rituals in Residence
February 2013
A daily ritual can be seen as 'closing the gap between art and life, many contemporary artists incorporate everyday rituals, from kissing to cooking to teaching and talking, into their performances' as mentioned in the intro of a radio interview at The Museum of Modern Art; or as 'somewhat deadening to the senses, because it promotes a familiarity with the world that allows one to tune out essential information.' as artist Scott Benefield beliefs.
This issue focuses on daily rituals.
- Do artists in residence recreate new daily rituals for themselves while being in residence or rather stick with their familiar routines?
- What are these rituals and are they important?
Today all will be different
"Thinking about artists-in-residence experiences in urgent situations." Trans Artists / Platform AiR NL organized a meeting on May 22 in Amsterdam for artists and organizers of artist-in-residence programs about facing the unforeseen, with a focus on Japan post 3/11.
- How can AiR organizers continue working in a situation of urgency?
- How can artists prepare for working in an unstable environment?
- How to assist artists who come from unstable situations?
Read the report of our meeting Today all will be different
Encounters in Research & Experiment
Includes:
- Empac: creative exploring
- EKWC: laboratory in ceramics and design
- Art Serde: interdiciplinary research group
- Verbeke Foundation: culture, nature and ecology
- SymbioticA: biological science
- The STUDIO for creative enquiry
Read Encounters in Research & Experiment
The Notion of Remote
December 2011
Includes:
- Fogo Island Arts Corporation
- Cape Farewell
- Cill Rialaig Project
- The Island Residency
- Rabbit Island
- Izolyatsia
- Visual Arts in Rural Communities
- Nes Artist Residency
New York City Newsletter
October 2011
Includes:
- My Island
- In DUMBO
- Alone on the rooftops
- Interview with Tomaz Hipólito at the New Museum cafe
- A day at Prospect Park
Special Effects
Summer 2011
Includes:
- Blasting Artspace
- Rainbow oh Rainbow
- Coincidental Table Dance
- New Dehli Mists
- Green Cloud over the city
- Galaxy Jacket
- Lightness
- Animation Courses at School for Visual Arts
The Interview
March 2011
Includes:
- The edg of the world
- New works & Berlin winters
- Are we looking at the same moon?
- Graham's construction zone
- Nasa's first and only artist-in-residence (The end of the moon)
- Pépinières interviews
Indonesia
January 2011
includes:
- TransArtists abroad
- Ruangrupa
- Cemeti Art House
- Indonesian stories
Curating
2010
includes:
- HIAP Curatorial Residency
- 3331 Artist and Curator Residency
- Curating Contemporary Art, Zurich University of the Arts
- CCA Kitakyushu Research Program
- De Appel Curatorial Programme
- Banff International Curatorial Institute
The Border
2010
Includes:
- Art School of Ideas
- BridgeGuard
- Border Art Residency
- Thapong Visual Art Center
- BAR International
- MeetingInZdonov
- V4
Brazil
2010
includes:
- FAAP Artistic Residence Program
- Road by CAPACETE
- Cultural Mapping Brazil
- Favela Painting
- book and film tips
On Love
2010
includes:
- courtship display
- Don Quijote morse code
- kiss of a lifetime
- In the salt mines
- book tips and more!
Recession !
October 2009
Includes:
- The Form of Practical Memory
- No Money, No Problem
- Headlands Center for the Arts
- Union Bank Art Center
- Short list of financially fully covered residencies
Summer
Summer 2009
includes:
- SVA summer residencies
- Trailerpark summer academy
- Summer design & Intervention workshops
- Life at Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony
- Literary seminars
A Field Guide To Getting Lost
April 2009
includes:
- to walk the city
- the urbanbivouac
- how to get lost in New York
- what you can do with the city
- book tips and more!
Read A field guide to getting lost.
Technology
includes:
- the factory
- the swimmer
- the speaking object
- the cloudcar
- in the lab
Diary
February 2009
includes:
- On Sunday it rained
- Hello and welcome to my studio. Ok, it's a garage
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Diary in research
- Postcards from the road
Arctic Circle
January 2009
In the Arctic Circle, close to the ice-covered ocean and under a sky full of optical illusions, artist residencies offer a great base camp for artistic expeditions.
Includes:
- Jyväskylä Centre for Printmaking
- BAR International
- Nummer 9
- KulttuuriKauppila
Animals
December 2008
includes:
- Sea monsters
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- The Cairo Nile crocodile
- Wolfs are waiting in the mountaintops
- Sofia stork nest rooftops
Back to crafts
November 2008
includes:
- Blacksmithing
- Ceramics
- Woodcraft and Stone Carving
- Printmaking, handmade paper
- Jewellery
- and more!
Flanders
October 2008
includes:
- Mesure made residency
- Nadine
- FLACC
- Turkish Bath
Museums
September 2008
includes:
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Fresh Concrete
- Mobile museum
- The will of Isabella Stewart Gardner
- IMMA
- Exploratorium
- Victoria & Albert Museum
Myths
August 2008
includes:
- Roswell & UFO
- Holy Grail
- Transylvanian bat
- Trondheim troll
- Yeti spotting
The Sea
July 2008
includes:
- Footpaths to Creativity Center
- Greatmore Studios
- Altos de Chavon
- Aland Archipelago Guest artist Residence
- Anam Cara
- Seaside Institute
White nights Scandinavia
June 2008
includes:
- Diva
- Nordic AiR Bergen
- IASPIS
- CPH AIR
- Baltic center for writers and translators
- Trondheim
Big City Life
May 2008
includes:
- Tokyo
- New Delhi
- Mexico City
- Sao Paulo
- Seoul
- New York City
Sounds
April 2008
includes:
- OMI International Art Center
- Harvest Work
- Visby
- International institute of Electroacoustic Music
- The Pharos trust
Sport
March 2008
includes:
- Centre d'Arte i Natura de Farrera
- Olympics in Beijing