Past Residents
Taloi Havini
Taloi Havini utilizes a wide variety of media to explore issues about maintaining inherited knowledge systems across time and space, including ceramics, sculpture, installation, photography and film. Her practice centers on deconstructing the politics of location.
Taloi Havini was born in Bougainville, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. She currently lives and works between Sydney and Bougainville. Havini received a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University where she majored in ceramics, photomedia, and art and politics. She engages with collections and archives and often responds to these experiences with experimental installations and exhibitions at institutions including the Sharjah Biennial 13; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Taloi Havini, Beroana (shell money), 2017, porcelain, earthenware, and steel, dimensions variable
Taloi Havini, Blood Generation: Jedi and the Mona, 2009, C-print, 473/16 × 313/8 in. (119.89 × 79.76 cm)
Taloi Havini, Habitat, 2017, 3 channel HD 5.1 surround sound video installation , 51113/16 × 1181/8 in. (1299.97 × 299.97 cm)
Taloi Havini, Habitat, 2016, single channel HD sound video installation , 1181/8 × 7811/16 in. (299.97 × 199.9 cm)
Taloi Havini, KapKaps from the mysterious isles of Melanesia, 2015, stoneware, copper, and gold lustre, 271/2 × 395/16 in. (69.85 × 99.82 cm)
Past Resident2018: Danish Arts Foundation
Sofie Krogh Christensen
Sofie Krogh Christensen is a curator, writer, and editor. She is interested in the dialogue between artist and curator and political narratives in contemporary art exhibitions today.
Sofie Krogh Christensen (born 1988) received her MA in Cultural Studies from University of Copenhagen. She was the Assistant Curator, 15th Istanbul Biennial, a good neighbor, 2017 and Curatorial Assistant, PRAXES Center for Contemporary Art, Berlin.
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2018
April 27–April 28, 2018
Sofie Krogh Christensen, a good neighbor, 2017, 15th Istanbul Biennial, installation view, Pera Museum, mixed media. Photo by Sahir Ugur Eren
Latifa Echakhch, Crowd Fade, 2017, 15th Istanbul Biennial, 'a good neighbor,' installation view, Istanbul Modern, mixed media. Photo by Sahir Ugur Eren
Christina Mackie, Drop, 2014, installation view, PRAXES Center for Contemporary Art. Photo by Eva Lechner
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2018: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Andreas Duscha
Andreas Duscha creates work based on images that are often associated with specific places, historical events and political phenomena. He subjectively portrays events that are both banal and of importance to develop new narratives.
Andreas Duscha has exhibited work at 21er Haus, Vienna; Kunsthaus Zürich; and Manifesta 7, Rovereto, Italy, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2018
April 27–April 28, 2018
Andreas Duscha, Brutparasit, 2016, pigment on paper, 19 x 14 in. each
Andreas Duscha, Telephone I+II, 2016, glass, silver nitrate, steel and paint, 79 × 40 in. (200.66 × 101.6 cm)
Andreas Duscha, ..wir lassen alle Uhren zerschlagen, 2015, photography, 24 x 14 in. each
Andreas Duscha, Deadline, 2017, photography, 24 x 14 in. each
Andreas Duscha, Cinder Match, 2017, glass, silver nitrate, and UV print
