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bulletin/nieuwsbrief 2006-1
artist-in-residence
news bulletin 2006
this newsletter gives information about:
In winter 2005-2006 the first artists
participate in the artist-in-residence program. It was possible to invite 4
young artists and they stay from
November 2005-March 2006. It was interesting
that this first group came from 4 different continents and they all met in
Haukivuori Finland. This little village in the country side is growing to one of
the most international places in Finland.
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| many things are going on:
an exhibition at the end; intensive work in the basement; creating digital
art work |
The art centre organizes this artist-in-residence for the first time and got
support by the Arts Council of Finland for this initiative.
A period of 5 months is a long time when you start, but by realizing your ideas
and taking part in activities the period seems to be very short. The winter is
dark, the days are short and live in wintertime is slowly. This aspect of the
residence period is something we all have to realize. Living in a sunny country
is different than a winter in Finland. Day and night are almost simular.
Temperatures below zero and months of a white world. All these elements make
this residence as it is.
The second group of artists in this program is coming from Cameroon. During
winter 2006-2007 they will stay and work on their own plan.
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| different activities:
skiing in the area of Saksala; making contact on the Christmas fair; having
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The first residence period was
valuable experience. Creating a place were artists can stay is one, making it
comforable is two and let the artist participate in the local community is
three. It depends on the individual artist how he or she participate. Not
any residence is able to give everything what is expected. The rural area
has its pros and cons, but is a real challange. The work space is like it is and
in winter most of the work has to be done inside. It is not your own home and
not everything is like there, but unexpected possibilities are given.
The first residence period has ended with the exhibition
'5 continents' with the work from
all four artists. It was a great happening and a real succes. Visitors were very
interested and it has showed the power of this concept.
As surplus 5 artists from Cameroon were taken part in this exhibition. It
shows the international character of the art centre.
One artist has stayed for a longer time and uses his expertise in
artist-in-residence to work for the EU-project ART ENLARGES THE AREA. During the
Kampus Festari in Mikkeli Sarawut Chutiwongpeti has also showed 'parts his
VIDEO-DV 'wishes, lies
and dreams'.
During summer and autumn 2006 there were the artists
Jolanda Schouten from the Netherlands and
Cully
Renwick from the USA. Both artists had their own program and did their own
investigations.
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Jolanda Schouten has during two
weeks prepared
the
installation EDESTAKAISIN UNELMASSA/UNELMASTA
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Cully Renwick has worked for three weeks in the art centre.
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After one year the network of the art centre in the art world has expand and
every artist related to the art centre can have profit from this.
On the conference
'TransCultural Exchange' 2007 in Boston USA art centre Saksala ArtRadius is
invited to take part in the program.
Saksala ArtRadius is a partner in the
residence project from the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences and is
building with other partners a group of residencial artistic exchange.
To start an intensive relation between Finnish artists and foreign artists we
want to create an 'artist parent plan'.
Finnish artists will be invited to take part in a group who is guiding foreign
artists during their stay.
We try also to find our own contacts abroad to give the possibility for an
artistic exchange from Finnish artists.
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