Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Stichting Stokroos2022: The Netherland-America Foundation
Ginta Tinte Vasermane
Ginta Tinte Vasermane is an artist and curator working in a variety of mediums including motion picture, multi-channel video installation, film, sculpture, and costume design. She creates theatrical scenes that are filmed in cinematographic settings and then set up as multi channel video installations. In her work, she experiments with behavioral patterns, social norms, and role play.
Ginta Tinte Vasermane has exhibited work at the European Media Art Festival, Germany; Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and Residency Unlimited, New York, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Ginta Tinte Vasermane, Almost never present, 2022, 5-channel video installation, 8:11 min.
Ginta Tinte Vasermane, Almost never present, 2022, 5-channel video installation, 12:15 min.
Ginta Tinte Vasermane, Supportive Structures, 2016, 4-channel video installation, 33:17 min.
Ginta Tinte Vasermane, Supportive Structures, 2016, 4-channel video installation.
Ginta Tinte Vasermane, Working Frames, 2014, 5-channel video installation.
Past Resident2023: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Ella den Elzen
Ella den Elzen is a Montréal-based artist and curator. Her multi-disciplinary practice engages with writing, installation, sound, and film, to explore and critique the politics of the built environment, with a focus on archives and institutions. Her writing has been published by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, CMagazine, and Public Parking Journal.
Ella den Elzen has exhibited work at ACUD Galerie, Germany; Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany; and Canadian Centre for Architecture, Canada, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Ella den Elzen, Dunn's River Still Life, 2022, backlit transparency film and lightbox, 331/8 × 4613/16 in. (84.07 × 118.87 cm).
Ella den Elzen, Green Screen, 2022, digital print on PVC, metal clamps and photo backdrop stand, 551/8 × 7013/16 × 271/2 in. (139.95 × 179.83 × 69.85 cm).
Ella den Elzen, Value (to come from nowhere), 2023, UV print on aluminum dibond, engraved alumnium panel, audio, water infused with annatto and jar.
Ella den Elzen, A warm and homey feeling, 2020, video, 4 min, single channel.
Ella den Elzen, The trouble with disorderly detail, 2023, lasercut aluminum frame, aluminum lightbox and backlit transparency film with archival photographs, 235/8 × 353/8 in. (59.94 × 89.92 cm).
Residents from Canada
Past Resident2023: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Helena Keskküla
Helena Keskküla works with a variety of mediums including video, performance, and installation. She uses comedy, self-consciousness, and failures to address universal topics. Her artistic practice has recently centered on mythology and stone carving, which she combines with performance and contemporary materials. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2015 and received her master’s degree from the Sandberg Institute, Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2021.
Helena Keskküla has exhibited work at Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, The Netherlands; Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Estonia; and Avangard Galerii, Estonia, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Helena Keskküla, Moss Doesn't Grow..., 2021, performance.
Helena Keskküla, Moss Doesn't Grow..., 2021, performance.
Helena Keskküla, Birdbaths III, 2022, alabaster, steatite and metal.
Helena Keskküla, Birdbaths I, 2022, petit granite, steatite and metal.
Helena Keskküla, "Cries in Concrete, Curses Curbstones, Dreams in Drywall, Rests in Rainfall", 2023, performance.
