Current Resident: Dec 1, 2019–Nov 30, 2020
Bunkacho - Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Studio #217
Artist
Zai Nomura
Zai Nomura describes his work as a kind of “indecisive point” between death and life. His abstract work drifts between artificial and natural, sculpture and photography, and static and dynamic. According to Nomura, this kind of indecisiveness is based on the ephemerality and vulnerability of the Japanese environment in relation to natural disasters and nuclear experiences.
Zai Nomura has exhibited work at Aichi Triennale; gallery αM, Tokyo; and ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, among others.
Zai Nomura, Soul Reclaim Device (A portrait of my departed sister), 2018, water tank, water, inkjet printer, PC, 40 x 50 in; 36 x 35 in.
Zai Nomura, Untitled (CMYK), 2015, performance with glass, ice, wax, fire, and burner, dimensions variable.
Zai Nomura, Life (498600s), 2019, Lambda print and wood, 30 x 30 in. each.
Zai Nomura, Same wave never comes, 2015, acrylic resin, 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm).
Zai Nomura, Japanese Breakfast, 2015, Lambda print, 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm).
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2020–Dec 31, 2020
Studio #218
Artist
Antoinette Zwirchmayr
Antoinette Zwirchmayr’s work consists of concise juxtapositions that reveal sensitive relationships between human beings, objects and nature. Her lyrical visual compositions show vulnerable surfaces separating the inner from the outer, where she examines stereotypical ideas of physique and identity. The reduced formal aesthetic that she employs is marked by a critical ambivalence and directs the viewer’s attention to details that are correlated in the transient and physical quality of analog film.
Antoinette Zwirchmayr has exhibited work at Berlinale, Germany; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; and Austrian Film Museum, among others.
Antoinette Zwirchmayr, Oceano Mare, 2020, 16 mm film, 6 min.
Antoinette Zwirchmayr, Oceano Mare, 2020, 16 mm film, 6 min.
Antoinette Zwirchmayr, The Seismic Form, 2020, 16 mm film, 15 min.
Antoinette Zwirchmayr, House and Universe, 2014, 16 mm film, 4 min.
Antoinette Zwirchmayr, Jean Luc Nancy, 2018, 16 mm film, 4 min.
Residents from Austria
Current Resident: Jan 1, 2020–Dec 31, 2020
Mondriaan Fund
Studio #219
Artist
Maja Bekan
Maja Bekan is calling upon Brooklyn residents to participate in a timely exploration of (art) work, (art) institution and (art) community, in her project (Rehearsing) Togetherness HOLD IT TOGETHER. WE HAVE EACH OTHER. Click here to view the open call.
Maja Bekan’s work explores and questions mediation and delegation of artwork production. She is interested in a collaborative and social approach to explore personal histories, truths, economies and social relations. Bekan works on long-term research-based projects that involve different levels of collaboration, presented to the public in the form of performances, site-specific environments, and video/audio/text-based installations.
Maja Bekan has exhibited work at Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Kunsthaus, Graz; and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, among others.
Maja Bekan, Performance Class, 2017, site specific installation with light, floor intervention, paint, objects, construction elements, costumes, text and performance.
Maja Bekan, Social Room, 2017, constructed situation within the site-specific installation with custom-made furniture and text. Photo by Bartosz Górka.
Maja Bekan, A series of unexpected incidents, 2016, theatrical event.
Maja Bekan, Troublemakers And Other Wayward Subjects?, 2018, constructed situation. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
Maja Bekan, At some point we all have to dance, 2018, HD video, 57 min.
