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crossover residencies in the mediterranean
As part of the festival, Art Explora and the Island Club are initiating a programme cross-residency project, in partnership with some 15 international residencies and cultural institutions around the Mediterranean basin. Supported by programme Europe Créative, this project aims to support contemporary creation from a transdisciplinary perspective, and to create a solid, interdependent network of cultural partners throughout the region.
Programme of residences
Artist-researchers from the countries covered by the Art Explora Festival over a 2-year period, selected by trios of curators, are invited to spend a few days criss-crossing the Mediterranean aboard the ship, followed by a one-month residency in one of the stopover towns on this cultural odyssey.
Each resident benefits from a workshop in the host residence, a living and production grant and professional support to bring his or her project to fruition, and is invited to take part in the programming of the Art Explora Festival.
Designed as a platform for exchanges and narratives across borders, this programme direct support for contemporary creation federates a vast community of artists, scientists and art professionals around crucial social, cultural and ecological issues linked to the Mediterranean.
ALL RESIDENCES
The residency trios France-Albania-Tunisia; Croatia-Italy-Malta; Morocco-Spain-Greece; Portugal-Turkey-Egypt; Algeria-Lebanon-Cyprus support some thirty artists, each for a two-year period. All come from the various countries covered by Festival Art Explora, and are selected by the curators associated with the project.
Spazju Kreattiv is a dynamic programme of creative arts and cultural events taking place mainly in Malta and Gozo, guided by the fundamental principles of artistic excellence, community involvement and internationalization. Created by Fondazzjoni Kreattività in 2000, it is based at St James Cavalier in Valletta, a 16th-century fort converted into the National Centre for Creativity. Under the slogan Il-Qalba tal-Kreattività (The Heart of Creativity), its annual season includes a rich tapestry of over 500 events, from visual arts exhibitions to performances in our open-air theater, films in the island's only art-house cinema, workshops in dedicated studios, a programme artists-in-residence, and tailor-made events for children and their families as part of the ŻiguŻajg strand.
Artists in residence
Triangle-Astérides is a contemporary art center of national interest, established since its founding in 1994 within the Friche la Belle de Mai cultural cooperative, a former tobacco factory in Marseille. Triangle-Astérides articulates a demanding programme of exhibitions with research and experimentation residencies for artists from the French and international scenes, a programme of artists and associated professionals for the local scene (in complementarity with the Ateliers de la Ville de Marseille), to which are added events, editorial projects and attentive work with all audiences.
Artists in residence
The Island Club
The Island Club is an independent non-profit space based in Cyprus, hosting exhibitions by local and international artists as well as film screenings, performances and readings.
Frequently asked questions
An artistic residency is a place where an artist, collective, curator, scientist or researcher can carry out research or creative work, with no obligation to produce a final product. The provision of a place to live and create, as well as financial, technical and human resources, enable us to accompany and support the development of a residency project.
Residents are selected by the local curators associated with the Art Explora itinerant festival project in the Mediterranean.
As part of their residency, artists, scientists, curators or researchers benefit from a workspace, resources and production tools made available to them to create, produce works of art, or carry out their research work, in an environment adapted to and conducive to the development of their project: large rooms, workshops providing materials, work tables and desks...
After a few days in residence on the museum ship between two ports of call, each resident stays for a month in one of the itinerant towns.
To discover their projects, follow Art Explora's social networks, as well as the logbook, soon to be online, tracing the various projects that make up the Art Explora Festival. Some of the artists will also have the opportunity to show their work, perform or speak at festivals in the itinerant cities between 2024 and 2026.