PROGRAMS

Creative in Residence

This program seeks minds who understand why the world needs to be decentralized in how it thinks, values, defines, recalls and attends to cultural memory.

To decentralize is to question who has the right to speak and for whom. To decentralize is to propel alternate perspectives on what is considered standard, original, and authentic. To decentralize is to understand the art of collaboration, of shared knowledge, and the necessity to study the hidden and the overlooked.

This program focuses on the contexts and experiences of those hailing from the globalizing souths, whose (enforced and voluntary) migratory experiences have forged transoceanic alliances of exchange and knowledge in the aftermath of colonial violence. The program endeavors to prompt critical encounters with disparate cultural memories, with the hope of challenging the assumptions of our systematized social worlds, whose realities are fashioned by hegemonic economies and histories bound to nation-building.

Inviting a range of creative thinkers—writers, artists, curators, collectors, theorists, social scientists, musicians, architects, filmmakers, and more—this program asks that residents engage our local community through their research. Through talks, screenings, seminars, workshops, music nights, or live conversations, residents are expected to spend time inspiring others rather than producing new work.

Our ‘Creative in Residence’ program is an invitation-only initiative. However, we will consider funded proposals that engage with the goals of the program and are aligned with in-tangible’s values.

 

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17 July - 7 August 2024

Shiraz Bayjoo

CREATIVE IN RESIDENCE

in-tangible institute welcomed Shiraz Bayjoo to its ‘Creative In Residence’ program from 17 July – 7 August 2024. Born in Port Louis, Mauritius, much of Bayjoo’s art explores colonial histories of exchange between and across the Indian Ocean.

1 June – 15 July 2024

James Roberson

CREATIVE IN RESIDENCE

in-tangible institute welcomed James Roberson as its inaugural ‘Creative In Residence’ program from 1 June – 15 July 2024, with thanks to the POZEN Family Centre for Human Rights, University of Chicago.