Past Residents
Past Resident2012: Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Bettina John
Bettina John’s work explores her fascination with the ever-growing importance of the world’s largest cities and what they mean to the individual experience. She looks at how people manifest their identity in their appearance as well as what is behind that surface and investigates the insecurities a global life brings about, as well as displacement, isolation, anonymity and the construction of one’s image.
Bettina John (born 1981) lives and works between London and Halle, Germany. After graduating from Burg Giebichenstein, she expanded her practice into the field of performing arts. During her master studies at Goldsmiths University in 2009 she met two artists whom she continues to collaborate. Together they showed at live – and performance – art events such as the Stockholm Theatre Festival Stoff and the Accidental Festival in London and participated in several group exhibitions across the UK.
Bettina John, City-People-Media, 2007, Photo collage. Courtesy of the artist.
Bettina John, City-People-Media, 2007, Photo collage. Courtesy of the artist.
Bettina John, Shopping in Higienopolis, 2012, Pencil on paper, 111/2 × 81/4 in. (29.21 × 20.95 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Bettina John, Play Fashion, 2010, Photo collage. Courtesy of the artist.
Bettina John, Virtual City, 2012, Aquarelle and pencil on paper, 40 × 28 in. (101.6 × 71.12 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2012: Foundation for a Civil Society
Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin
Artist group Sandra Dukic & Boris Glamocanin work in the field of art activism in their home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Yugoslav wars, the Bosnian city of Ljubija was the most dramatic example of a marginalized community with a large population of people forgotten by their new government. The artists viewed this city in light of a long-term series of projects that would act as a setting for them to answer the question, “What will the future bring this country?” The project is envisaged to have a number of chapters in the series. First and foremost, Dukic & Glamocanin look to raise public awareness about Ljubija and its continued marginalization by the govenment. The most recent project in the series, Ljubija Kills, emerged from the study of and participation in activist and humanitarian work with women in the local community. Ljubija Kills raises questions, draws attention and opens a discussion as it gives a clear artistic attitude about the place where life ends and which currently has no positive platform for future development.
Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin, I don't hear I don't see, 2010, Knitted wool, Intervention-Installation.
Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin, Ljubija Kills, 2010, Wood table-wood, crocheted tablecloth, four pairs of speakers, two lamps, Audio installation.
Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin, I don't hear I don't see, 2010, Knitted wool, Intervention-Installation.
Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin, Saht mat, 2010, Red stencil, Intervention in public space.
Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin, Saht mat, 2010, Red stencil, Intervention in public space.
Residents from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Past Resident2012: SEAT Pagine Gialle S.p.A.
Simone Martinetto
Simone Martinetto’s practice consists of photography and installations. His work is an investigation on the importance of memory, freedom, coincidences and dreams. Martinetto has created a new form of narrative, using an original photographic language to tell small stories with symbolic meanings. He uses photography as a tool to examine the minds of others. Without Memory is a series of photographs and installations with the artist’s grandmother as the subject matter who lost her memory and subsequently fills her home with reminder notes. The series, Travellers, documents racing pigeons and the images they see during their return trips. Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On is made of “talking photos” where the viewer is able to relive the dreams of other people.
Simone Martinetto (born 1980, Turin, Italy) has a degree in philosophy. He has exhibited in over 40 exhibitions in Italy and around the world, including Claudio Bottello Contemporary Gallery, Torino and Frost Art Museum, Miami. He began to practice photography when his grandfather, shortly before his death, passed on to him the camera he bought on the occasion of his birth. Martinetto works as an artist, cinematic still photographer and teacher.
Simone Martinetto, Travelers (Viaggiatori), 2005-2007, Sequence of C-print photographs, feathers of pigeons, 193/4 × 291/2 in. (50.16 × 74.93 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Simone Martinetto, Without the Memory (Senza la Memoria), 2004-2005, Sequence of C-print photographs, Objects and a plexiglas box where you enter a memory that you would never forget, 193/4 × 291/2 in. (50.16 × 74.93 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Simone Martinetto, The Thread of Time (Il Filo del Tempo), 2008, Sequence of C-print photographs, 6 × 9 in. (15.24 × 22.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Simone Martinetto, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On, 2011. Courtesy of the artist.
Simone Martinetto, Such Dtuff as Dreams are Made On – Valeriu’s Dream, 2010-2011, Talking C-prints photograph, 193/4 × 291/2 × 2 in. (50.16 × 74.93 × 5.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Italy
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture
2024
