Martin Llavaneras and Elena Matamoro are the resident artists in this program promoted by the Centro de Arte Fundación María José Jove (FMJJ) and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E). The main objectives of this artistic residency are to facilitate cultural exchange between Spain and Latin America, as well as to generate collaborative networks that strengthen the cultural interrelation between both countries.

Martín Llavaneras investigates infrastructures such as canals, irrigation ditches and cisterns that support agricultural and livestock production and how these structures for distributing liquids and materials can be integrated into sculpture.

Elena Matamoro reflects on how human and natural spaces coexist, and how this dialogue can be reinterpreted through installation, sound and performance.. 

Brenda Boyer is the author of TORTUGA [chromatic passage #4], the winning project of this eighth edition of BAICC – International Artistic Residences for Cinematographic Creation 2024/25. The evaluation committee, made up of a representative from each of the three entities responsible for the call, AC/E – Acción Cultural Española, (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico de A Coruña and Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto – LIFT, has decided that this proposal was selected to be developed over five weeks between September and October 2024 in Toronto (Canada).

TORTUGA [chromatic passage #4] applies the principles of colour separation using RGB filters, copying and overprinting to build a film in which the Canadian natural environment vibrates through light, opening up a space of mystery within it. The committee highlights this project’s solidity and conceptual and technological interest, as it brings a unique point of view to the process. 

Ana Pez is the illustrator selected for this residency, organized by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, with the collaboration of the French Embassy in Spain, which takes place in La Maison des Auteurs de Angoulême (France) for six months, between January and June 2025.

Ana Pez (Madrid, 1987) began illustrating in 2012 for the publishing world and since then she has not stopped collaborating with national and international publishers.Her work has been selected and exhibited among others at the Mostra degli Illustratoride Bologna (Italy), the Ilustrarte Biennial (Portugal) and the Ibero-American Catalog of Illustration (Mexico).

Alejandro Albán is the writer selected for this residency. He will be able to develop a literary project already started, between January 3 and February 27, 2025, at the Cité Des Arts, in Paris. The objective of the call is for the selected writer to have, during these two months, an adequate residence and work space, as well as to be able to establish networks with other creators and have access to the resources offered by both the Cité des Arts and the city ​​of Paris itsel

Álex Reyes is the writer selected for this residency at the Toji Cultural Foundation in Seoul, which promotes the exchange of writers between Spain and Korea and lasts two months, between September and October 2024.

Álex Reyes (Mexico, 1997) studied Hispanic Literature at the UAM. He has published poetry, short stories and opinion articles in various electronic and print media. He was resident writer of the XXI class of the Antonio Gala Foundation.

Aicha Josefa Trinidad Gououi is the artist and researcher selected to carry out a residency at Hangar (Barcelona), where she will develop her project قصص (Qisas, Stories) for two months.

Aicha's project is related to the writing of her thesis, in which she compiles oral stories and life experiences to write short stories that will serve as chapters of her final doctoral thesis.

Álvaro Escalona (Escalona’s brothers) es el residente español seleccionado para participar en el programa de residencias de la European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC) durante 12 semanas, entre el 15 de agosto y el 6 de noviembre de 2024. 

La European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC) y Acción Cultural Española organizan esta residencia dirigida a artistas, diseñadores y arquitectos españoles que nunca antes hayan trabajado con cerámica.

Ian Waelder (Madrid, 1993) is the artist selected for this residency, which aims to participate in the prestigious international residency program of the WIELS Contemporary Art Center (Brussels), between July and December 2024, with the collaboration of Acción Cultural Spanish and the Department of Culture of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium. The purpose of this call is to facilitate the creation of collaboration networks, to promote the mobility of Spanish creators, to encourage artistic production by offering residencies for artists and the provision of work spaces, as well as to strengthen links with institutions international cultural.

Ian Waelder explores memory and trace by isolating archived stories and languages in relation to his biography, working through the poetics of accident and the reuse of what is discarded. His works share a sense of porosity, which becomes a metaphor for the presence of multiple openings within a form. By choosing everyday materials such as newspapers, found objects, paper mache or cardboard, Waelder gives form to what has not been archived, photographed, recorded or written down, reflecting on the conditions and politics of the construction of memory. His work spans a wide range of media, from photography and sculpture to sound and installation.