Past Residents
Past Resident2024: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Mandy Gehrt
In her practice, Mandy Gehrt engages with forms remembering and preserving, exploring cultures of commemoration and the construction of history. Her interest extends to private collections, diverse archiving methods, and rituals of remembrance. Gehrt crafts personal collections and artistic archives, selectively presenting them in exhibitions, public spaces, or educational institutions. Her approach is characterized by exploration, as she continuously uncovers novel forms and displays to bring forgotten or overlooked histories to light, fostering a meaningful dialogue around them.
Mandy Gehrt has exhibited work at Artwall Gallery, Czech Republic; Kultur Leioa Auditorium, Spain; and Museo Rautenstrauch-Joest, Germany, among others.
Mandy Gehrt, miners rest, 2021-22, 12 GDR steel tube chairs, 3 GDR steel tube tables and foil prints.
Mandy Gehrt, I‘m not just German; I‘m an East German woman!, 2020, 11 archival prints.
Mandy Gehrt, Meyerland, 2018, installation, 3 tables, 3 lamps, archival prints, and sound.
Mandy Gehrt, heirlooms, 2019, installation.
Past Resident2024: The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, Michael Lett, Harriet Friedlander Residency
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila
Kalisolaite ‘Uhile, originally from Tonga, creates unique visual art that conveys ideas metaphorically, sparking reflection in viewers. His performances involve immersive experiences, such as living on the streets in Auckland, inhabiting a pig crate, and conducting the waves of the Pacific Ocean from its shore. Uhila’s work delves into cultural, social, and political themes, examining the intersection of traditional Tongan notions about the relationship between people and sacred animals with Western concepts.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila has exhibited work at Māngere Arts Centre; Aotea Square; and USP Cook Islands, all in New Zealand.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Umu Tangata, 2013, performance.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Pigs in the yard, 2011, performance.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Tangai one'one, 2015, performance.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Simavao, 2014, performance.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Fa'e Huki, 2022, performance.
Past Resident2024: The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
Raffaela Naldi Rossano is a multi-disciplinary artist who explores a wide range of media, including installation, video, sculpture, text, drawings and performance. Her artworks are research-driven and process-based, intended as relational vehicles that seek to trigger new possible relationships, both psychological and socio-political, between spaces, bodies and objects. The Mediterranean area, starting from her hometown Napoli, stands at the epicenter of her practice.
Raffaela Naldi Rossano has exhibited works at Swiss Istitute, Milan; TBA21 Academy, Venice; and Kunst Institute, Basel, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2024 Spring Open Studios
April 12–April 13, 2024
Raffaela Naldi Rossano, WARP, 2022, video installation.
Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Serpentina, 2023, multimedia installation.
Raffaela Naldi Rossano, We are the granddaughters of the witches you were never able to burn, 2020, glazed ceramic.
Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Undomesticated Voices, 2021, multimedia installation.
Raffaela Naldi Rossano, I Confess, 2019, multimedia installation.
