Esther Gatón is the artist selected by the jury to enjoy the international residency program between July and December 2022 at the WIELS Contemporary Art Center (Brussels).
Esther Gatón (Valladolid, 1988), currently based in London, works through sculpture, moving image and text. She studied Fine Arts between Saint-Luc Liège Belgium, University of Barcelona, Goldsmiths London, and has a Ph.D. cum laude from the Complutense University of Madrid. Esther has exhibited work in institutions such as Capc (Bordeaux), Matadero (Madrid), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Patio Herreriano Museum (Valladolid), University Museum of Navarra, CA2M Museum (Madrid), Fabra I Coats (Barcelona), Etopía (Zaragoza), Palacio Condes de Gabia (Granada), Laboral Centro de Arte (Gijón), and Sala de Arte Joven (Madrid), and in independent spaces or galleries such as The Ryder (London), Intersticio (London), korai (Cyprus ), Nordés (Santiago), Luis Adelantado (Valencia), Irène Laub (Brussels), The Watch (Berlin), Elba Benítez & Schneider Colao (Madrid) and Verão (Lisbon), among others.
For the Wiels residency, Eshter wants to examine exaggerated attention processes such as fear or superstitious thinking, which are often dismissed as "popular" or "feminine." Through special effects, illusionism or visual distortion, she will build an installation with false mechanisms and resources to promote strange and transversal experiences. The project that she intends to build must function as a trap –made of tricks and deceitful appearances– and generate a state of distrust or fear.
Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) organizes this residency together with the WIELS Contemporary Art Center (Brussels) and with the collaboration of 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 promote artistic production by offering residences for artists and the provision of work spaces, as well as strengthening links with institutions international cultural.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Deadline: Until May 2, 2022
Period of residence: Between July 11 and December 30, 2022.
Object of the call
Facilitate the creation of collaboration networks, promote the mobility of Spanish creators, promote artistic production through the offer of residences for artists and the provision of workspaces, as well as strengthen ties with international cultural institutions.
Participants
Artists over 21 years of age, not students, with the capacity to act and of Spanish nationality or residents in Spain and in possession of the NIE who have contributed to the Spanish art scene in recent years, were able to participate in the call.
Endowment
The resident has:
- Travel from your place of residence in Spain to Brussels and back.
- Work study of 40 m2 and for individual use within the WIELS headquarters and in the period foreseen for your residence.
- Accommodation in an individual apartment fully equipped and close to WIELS, including electricity, water, heating and internet costs and in the period foreseen for your residence.
- The amount of 800 euros for each month of stay, for maintenance and production aid.
- Access to WIELS facilities, as well as participation in the activities carried out within its Resident program (subject to possible restrictions or limitations due to the Covid pandemic)
- Weekly tutorials (face-to-face and / or virtual) by artists and creators integrated into the staff of tutors of the WIELS Residency Program.
- A field trip in or out of Belgium - travel and accommodation expenses will be covered, except for meals.
- A public presentation / conference during the residency (virtual or face-to-face, the format of which will be decided in consultation with the other residents and the WIELS team)
- Visits to the studio of curators, artists or critics invited by WIELS.
- Inclusion of your project in the WIELS resident artists web archive.
All required documentation and application deadline:
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