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there are many non-profit projects generated by artists themselves, who get to know each other and invite each other. There are also residencies for curators and the curators of the future will learn about the Spanish context. Our artists are just as good as the rest and it’s a question of networking, of positioning. This has occurred in many spaces in Eastern Europe, from the Baltic to the Balkansthere are lots of countries that have modest residency programmes but manage to position artists. We must learn from these contexts; perhaps precariousness has helped in a few cases. This meeting that will take place in Ifema is intended as a first step towards addressing thepresent and future of our residency programmes. Our institutions are going to realise the importance of these international places and how to develop projects from these residencies.‘Furthermore’, Juan de Nieves adds, ‘the famous patronage law that is in the pipeline could encourage patrons not only to collect but to invest in programmes of this kind. A vision of the future that is in fact the present. It’s not so much a question of carrying on building centres butof building programmes that require less of an investment and are highly profitable.’ Today the key lies in creating the baseline scenario.Visual arts116Results ’14