Speakers:
Eduardo Cassina – University of Agder (Norway) and OpenInnoTrain Secondee
Professor Philip Samartzis – RMIT University School of Art
Josephine Mead – ResArtis: worldwide network of artists
Associate Professor Marnie Badham – RMIT University School of Art
Post seminar:
The seminar was a great success, with 30 registered attendees + speakers. Extremely insightful, and generating much discussion, also establishing potential for future collaboration!
Comment from Eduardo:
Session overview:
This research seminar delved into the transformative potential of artist residencies within communities, exploring unique frameworks for cultural exchange and site responsive practice. Traditionally spaces for artists to create and reflect in isolation, artist residencies are increasingly embedded within the fabric of the community where they are operating from, engaging directly with local histories and cultures, as well as social and global issues. Through a series of presentations and discussion with each other and the audience, we will examine the diverse models of residencies that prioritise community engagement, participatory art practices, and the co-creation of knowledge and experience.
Speakers will share insights into how residencies can act as catalysts for social change, bridging gaps between artists and communities, and contributing to the cultural, social, and economic vitality of their locales. This seminar aims to highlight the significance of place, the power of artist-community partnerships, and the innovative outcomes of these intersecting spaces.
Bios:
Eduardo Cassina (University of Agder)
Eduardo Cassina is an urban and regional planner and residency organiser. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Agder, Norway, looking at how artist residencies hosting socially-engaged practitioners can be integrated in planning processes, expanding the scope of participatory planning, making it a more inclusive and rooted field.
Professor Philip Samartzis (RMIT University)
Philip Samartzis is a sound artist, researcher and curator with a specific interest in the social and environmental conditions informing remote wilderness regions and their communities. He is the artistic director of the Bogong Center for Sound Culture, which runs a residency programme in the Australian Alps.
Josephine Mead (ResArtis)
Res Artis is a worldwide professional body for arts residencies, ensuring sustainability and development of the field through enabling connection and facilitating professional development for our member organisations. Res artis has 650+ Members in over 80 countries.
Josephine Mead is a visual-artist, writer and curator. Through her multidisciplinary practice she investigates personal notions of support. She has undertaken arts residencies in rural Victoria, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Portugal and Germany. She is the Communication & Program Coordinator at Res Artis: worldwide network of arts residencies.
Associate Professor Marnie Badham (RMIT University)
With a twenty-five-year history of art and social justice in Australia and Canada, Marnie's research sits at the intersection of socially-engaged art, participatory methodologies and the politics of cultural measurement. Her current research includes the co-creation and examination of social practice artist residencies to explore collaborative and ethical approaches to working on unceded Aboriginal land.
Acknowledgements:
OpenInnoTrain Project, is a global network of researchers and industry practitioners across Europe and Australia for promoting the translation of research between university-industry through cooperation and Open Innovation in the sectors of: FinTech, Industry 4.0, CleanTech, FoodTech. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 823971.
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia – Global Business Innovation Enabling Impact Platform (Director, Professor Anne-Laure Mention).
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