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: Artis
Ruth Patir
Ruth Patir is a media artist and filmmaker who combines historical and national narratives with her personal history to explore gender paradigms and power dynamics. Patir’s works push the frontiers of representation in the digital age, challenging the gender and racial inequalities that exist in the fields of animation, 3D simulations, and AI.
Ruth Patir has exhibited work at Center of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv; Danspace Projects, New York; and Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv, among others.
Ruth Patir, My Father In the Cloud, 2022, film, installation view from solo exhibition at Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, 24:46 min.
Ruth Patir, My Father in the Cloud Dancing at my Wedding, 2022, Net.art, website installation view from solo exhibition at Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Ruth Patir, Petah Tikva, 2021, 3D video animation, 5 min
Ruth Patir, Marry Fuck Kill, 2019, 3D video animation, 13:21 min
Ruth Patir, Love Letters to Ruth, 2018, film, installation view from solo exhibition at the Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv
Residents from United States
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)
