Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński is a writer, artist, and scholar. Her research-based and process-oriented practice rooted in Black feminist theory revolves around archives, specifically the gaps and blanks in public archives and collections. Her works, which intertwine documentary and fiction and are presented in a wide range of mediums, examine the present of an everlasting colonial past. Kazeem-Kamiński’s first artistic monograph a past without closure will be published by Sternberg Press in 2023.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński has exhibited work at 2023 Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom; Camera Austria, Austria; and Kunsthalle Wien, Viena, among others.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Unearthing. In Conversation, 2017, video, 13 min.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, The Letter, 2019, video, 18 min.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Fleshbacks, 2021, video, 6 min.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, In Search of Red, Black, and Green, 2021, photograph, 31 × 46 in. (78.74 × 116.84 cm)
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Respire (Liverpool), 2023, video, 16 min.
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2023: Danish Arts Foundation
Carl Mannov
Carl Mannov uses painting and other mediums to explore the role that fiction plays in the formation of identity, drawing on his own experience and theatrical upbringing as a source of maxims.
Carl Mannov has exhibited work at Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria; Overgaden Contemporary Art Institute, Denmark; and La Casa Encendida, Spain, among others.
Carl Mannov, Forestilling (Apparition/Play), 2023, gesso, acrylic, linen and resin on cotton canvas mounted on wood and aluminum, 591/8 × 435/16 × 13/16 in. (150.11 × 109.98 × 3.05 cm)
Installation view of 'The fiction reader' and 'Veil' from Den Frie by Carl Mannov, Centre of Contemporary Art, 2023
Carl Mannov, Chamber Play (Roots), 2021, pencil, watercolor and guache on papers and artist-made passepartout, 161/2 × 317/8 × 11/16 in. (41.91 × 81.03 × 1.78 cm)
Installation view of 'Chamber Play' by Carl Mannov at Overgaden Contemporary Art Institute, 2021
Installation view of 'Kammerspil (Chamber Play)' by Carl Mannov at Overgaden Contemporary Art Institute, 2021
Residents from Denmark
Alex Nowak
Alex Nowak is a transdisciplinary artist creating sculptures and paintings in the realm of a comical archeology. Blurring the lines between the built environment and the natural world, his artworks are characterized by raw texture and organic forms. Nowak explores spatial stories about the human figure that are influenced by folk props and horror fiction. His work aims to interweave artistic materiality with contemporary social and philosophical theory.
Alex Nowak has exhibited work at Folkwang Museum, Germany; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada; and KIT, Germany, among others.
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable
Alex Nowak, Angelisa Frayed, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, 90 × 20 × 20 in. (228.6 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable
Alex Nowak, Untitled, 2017, paint, styrofoam and stucco, from the group exhibition "Mary and the Vulcano" at KIT, Düsseldorf, 80 × 80 in. (203.2 × 203.2 cm)
