In Situ & Upcycling Art Residency
November 2021
This residency program is designed for artists to situate their artistic practice in both the historical and contemporary context of art production in Paris. The residency will take place in November 2021 as part of the imminent restoration of the last preserved atelier of the historical artists community of Cité Falguière in Paris. The Atelier 11 cultural heritage project has been initiated with the vision of establishing an International Arts Research Residence dedicated to the intercultural exchange as the legacy of the École de Paris.
Part 1: In Situ Art Residency
Before embarking on the restoration and construction programme and to celebrate atelier’s historical legacy as artists community, local and international artists are invited to engage in a creative transformation of the Atelier 11 by working directly with the building as both object and subject of their work. Selected artists will be invited to take over the Atelier for a few weeks and experiment with new ways to conceive artworks with what the site has to offer (space, history, materials, the dynamics of decay).
Selected Artists TBA
The creative output will be presented with an exhibition event (dates tba) as an Atelier send-off opportunity before the restoration works begin.
Part 2: Upcycling Art Residency
Open to all artists who wish to participate in the deconstruction of the atelier by selecting the potentially interesting residue and discarded materials to use in their artistic projects. Related to the phenomenon of upcycling or the Arte Povera movement, artists are invited to engage in a creative transformation of waste or “everyday” objects into artistic works that extend the historic legacy embedded in these materials.
Artists can explore the atelier in its pre-construction state, and then come back after the construction team dismantles the site to pick up any materials for further production in their own studios.
Dates TBA
As a continuation of our photography residency running in parallel, selected Paris based photographic artists will be offered to document this historic process and to create a portrait of each artist who comes to collect materials. Each participating artist will also be asked to document their creative process and the outcome, mentioning the project and the source of material as Atelier 11.
This residency program is designed for artists to situate their artistic practice in both the historical and contemporary context of art production in Paris. The residency will take place in November 2021 as part of the imminent restoration of the last preserved atelier of the historical artists community of Cité Falguière in Paris. The Atelier 11 cultural heritage project has been initiated with the vision of establishing an International Arts Research Residence dedicated to the intercultural exchange as the legacy of the École de Paris.
Part 1: In Situ Art Residency
Before embarking on the restoration and construction programme and to celebrate atelier’s historical legacy as artists community, local and international artists are invited to engage in a creative transformation of the Atelier 11 by working directly with the building as both object and subject of their work. Selected artists will be invited to take over the Atelier for a few weeks and experiment with new ways to conceive artworks with what the site has to offer (space, history, materials, the dynamics of decay).
Selected Artists TBA
The creative output will be presented with an exhibition event (dates tba) as an Atelier send-off opportunity before the restoration works begin.
Part 2: Upcycling Art Residency
Open to all artists who wish to participate in the deconstruction of the atelier by selecting the potentially interesting residue and discarded materials to use in their artistic projects. Related to the phenomenon of upcycling or the Arte Povera movement, artists are invited to engage in a creative transformation of waste or “everyday” objects into artistic works that extend the historic legacy embedded in these materials.
Artists can explore the atelier in its pre-construction state, and then come back after the construction team dismantles the site to pick up any materials for further production in their own studios.
Dates TBA
As a continuation of our photography residency running in parallel, selected Paris based photographic artists will be offered to document this historic process and to create a portrait of each artist who comes to collect materials. Each participating artist will also be asked to document their creative process and the outcome, mentioning the project and the source of material as Atelier 11.