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2022: Artis

Artist

Yael Frank

Yael Frank is a multi-disciplinary artist working mainly in sculpture and video. Her satiric projects conceptually hack cultural and textual systems, arguing for emotional connections between historical memory and esoteric consumerist goods. Frank employs comedic strategies to expose multiple points of view on the precarious state of ethical concepts. Her work aims to test the seriousness of political ethos by orchestrating situations that are physically beyond language.

Yael Frank has exhibited work at The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; and FuturDome, Milano, among others.

$\Permanent installation of a fake coconut tree bending down from the roof along the facade of Artport Residency Building$

Yael Frank, IN A NUTSHELL, 2020, fake coconut tree, metal, styrofoam, epoxy and industrial paint, 240 × 60 in. (609.6 × 152.4 cm)

Installation shot from the solo exhibition GRID at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art

Yael Frank, GRID, 2021, video, sound, PVC, wood, metal, paint and ceramics, dimensions variable

A still shot from the video A Problem, where three dental set jaws give a speech about a problem

Yael Frank, A Problem, 2018, video, 4:30 min

11 large scale pink thumbs sunk into the floor in a composition influenced by Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Jericho

Yael Frank, A Monument for Monuments, 2015, styrofoam, paint, plaster and wood, 240 × 94 × 63 in. (609.6 × 238.76 × 160.02 cm)

Yael Frank, YES (no), 2019, architectural intervention, drywall and paint, dimensions variable

Residents from Israel

Ruthi Helbitz Cohen

Beloved women portraits, heroines such as poets, politicians, personal beloved ones, my mother, my daughter, paper works ink on paper, stains, coffee leftovers mixed with ink

Israel

Haaretz Art Collection

Studio #206

Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin

A black wolf sewn out of fabric stands on a cylindrical black base. It has human teeth in its mouth and a small woman wearing a red t-shirt in its belly.

Israel

Artis

2023

Ruth Patir

Israel, United States

Artis

2023

Belgium, Slovakia

Past Resident
2022: International Visegrad Fund

Artist

Kristian Nemeth

Kristian Nemeth’s work offers a reflection and critique of the Christian Church and how it operates in the context of twenty-first-century democracy. The artist focuses on its hidden mechanisms and contradictions, secrecy, the unconfessed sins of those who serve as its official representatives, and the injustice suffered by those affected by these actions.

Kristian Nemeth has exhibited work at Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava; Museum of Moscow; and Czech Center New York, among others.

Crystal glass is known for its fragility. By layering crystal glass objects I multiply the feeling of fragility. Individual crystal glass objects are not glued together and as such may break by simple sound waves produced by passer-by.

Kristian Nemeth, Fragile, 2012, installation

The video shows the relation between the Church and homosexuality through the real confession between me and the priest.

Kristian Nemeth, The Bars, 2009, video art

The exhibition project brings performance and installation together. A semi-naked young man kneels against the wall motionless. The viewer does not see his face; he remains anonymous. It is not clear whether he is praying or whether it is an act of punishment.

Kristian Nemeth, In The Name, 2016, exhibition project

The exhibition project titled The children of Jan Mokso deals with the issue of sexual abuse of children by the Church presented through the stories of my mother and her cousin.

Kristian Nemeth, The Children of Jan Mokso, 2020, exhibition project

In this exhibition project I continue working with the recurring theme - the Catholic Church, where I doubt its dogmas, power, stability and importance.

Kristian Nemeth, Monument of Possible Fall, 2019, exhibition project

Residents from Slovakia

Adrián Kriška

Stream of consciousness leather piece inspired by the wall in my favourite club Ankali in Prague.

Slovakia, Czech Republic

International Visegrad Fund

2024

Gregor Petrikovic

Two figures watching a colourful film projection installation

United Kingdom, Slovakia

International Visegrad Fund

2023

Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar de Carmen

Gathering in front of parlament of Oslo, as protest, assembly, practicing collective nap.

Norway, Slovakia, Spain

Oslo Kommune Internasjonalt

2022

Greece

Past Resident
2022: ARTWORKS

Artist

Dimitra Kondylatou

Dimitra Kondylatou is a video producer, editor, writer, and host interested by the boundaries of art and how it interacts with tourism and daily life. Kondylatou explores gestures, practices, and correspondences through the lens of hospitality and exchange contexts and spaces. Her work merges ideas and crosses boundaries with other disciplines such as anthropology.

Dimitra Kondylatou has exhibited work at the 27th Athens International Film Festival; State of Concept, Athens; and W139, Amsterdam, among others.