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Nieves, who has been entrusted with setting up these meetings. For this purpose he has invited curators and directors for whose centres residencies are a priority. The meetings will be attended by Amada Cruz from artpace in San Antonio, Alessio Antoniolli from Gasworks (London) – two of the most representative places for artists’ residences – Francisca Caporali from JA.CA (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Mathilde Villenueve from Les LAboratoires d’Aubervilliers (France) and Juha Huuskonen from HIAP (Helsinki), among others: a total of eleven, who will debate for two hours on objectives and future projects of mobility programmes.‘One of the novel features of the meeting’, the director explains, ‘is that we’ve organised a VIP row, inviting managers of Spanish institution to attend as listeners so that they can meet the guests and possibly reconsider including these residencies in their sponsorship programmes in the medium term’. And there is still plenty of work to be done in this respect: ‘In Spain the political authorities that have built art centres all over the place have not been aware of the importance of residencies’.Driving force of creationQ. What would you say that their main strength is?A. Their role is extremely important, as programmes of this kind often take on functions that are more characteristic of art centres, and become genuine driving forces of contemporary creation, for example with education programmes better than museums’, or with incredible engagement with the context and civil society.Interview113Selection of projects