Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Zara Pfeifer
Zara Pfeifer shows interest in social and spatial phenomena by blending into the world she is documenting, both as an observer and as an active part of her surroundings–as a co-driver in a truck on a route through Europe(Good Street!) or joining the social life in the housing project Alterlaa(Du, meine konkrete Utopie). Besides photography, she reveals her findings in lectures, audio, and video recordings.
Zara Pfeifer has exhibited work at Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin; Galerie Kernweine Foto und Raum, Stuttgart, Germany; and Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
Zara Pfeifer, B-Block, 2017, fine art print, 35 × 47 in. (90 × 120 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Du, meine konkrete Utopie, 2019, c-prints on textile, 39 × 137 in. (100 × 350 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2021, fine art print, 15 11/16 × 23 5/8 in. (40 × 60 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2017, print on poster, 118 × 78 11/16 in. (300 × 200 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2016, print on poster, 78 11/16 × 118 in. (200 × 300 cm)
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2021: Italian Cultural Institute of New York
Francesco Simeti
Francesco Simeti creates site-specific installations, which the artist describes as “aesthetically enchanting scenes” that reveal a complex subtext upon closer inspection. Since the late nineties, he has explored the environmental crisis, the numerous conflicts and consequent displacements of people, through sculptures and video animations. The artist conceive of these as a form of collage.
Francesco Simeti has exhibited work at Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy; Mass Moca, North Adams; and Rhode Island School of Design among others.
Francesco Simeti, Unrelenting, 2020, animation projection, 5 min. loop
Francesco Simeti, Curtain, 2017, printed velvet, 1023/8 × 2285/16 in. (260.1 × 579.88 cm)
Francesco Simeti, Curtain (detail), 2017, printed velvet, 1023/8 × 2285/16 in. (260.1 × 579.88 cm)
Francesco Simeti, Swell, 2017, printed sintra and motors, dimensions variable
Francesco Simeti, Bensonhurst Gardens, 2012, printed glass, dimensions variable
Residents from Italy
Past Resident2021: AES+F
Aslan Goisum
Aslan Goisum tends to mine memory–collective and personal, political and cultural–for clues about colonial realities, how they have been endured and how they might be undone. Identities come into play in his work, as embodied effects of violence perpetrated or unfreedom suffered but also as possible openings, new beginnings. So far, his prime artistic tools have been the moving image, sculptural installation and various paper-based techniques.
Aslan Goisum has exhibited work at Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam; and Kohta, Helsinki, among others.
Aslan Goisum, Volga, 2015, single-channel, HD video projection, 4:11 min
Aslan Goisum, People of No Consequence, 2016, single-channel, HD video projection, 8:34 min
Aslan Goisum, Numbers, 2015, 50 metal plaques, 77/8 × 11 in. (20.07 × 27.94 cm) each
Aslan Goisum, Untitled, 2015, one metal jug, six glass copies
Aslan Goisum, No Need for Theories, 2011, book, soil, 411/16 × 3 × 10 in. (11.94 × 7.62 × 25.4 cm)
