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: International Visegrad Fund
Ezra Šimek
Ezra Šimek uses time-based media, site-responsive installations, sound pieces, and literature to explore queer identities and linguistic sensitivity. They explore gender as a form of mythology, fostering synergy among many subjectivities in order to create a new inclusive and speculative reality.
Ezra Šimek has exhibited work at National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic; Gianni Manhattan, Austria; and Phoinix Gallery, Slovakia, among others.
Ezra Šimek, Joyful Flame, 2022, 4K video, 22 min.
Ezra Šimek, Bodie, 2022, video and installation, 7 min.
Ezra Šimek, No offense, but, 2020-2023, performance, 20 min.
Ezra Šimek, the trans masculine urge to not take up space, unless you want me to, then I can, as long as you‘re sure that‘s cool, 2022, 7 vinyl wall stickers, 28 × 50 in. (71.12 × 127 cm)
Ezra Šimek, You May Say I'm a Dreamer but I'm Actually Dissociating, 2022, multimedia installation, dimensions variable
Residents from Czech Republic
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)
