to whom I direct my longing<\/i><\/a> is an artist talk between the curator C. Grace Chang and the artists Ana Paz and Ninnie Yeo. The event will be held in English and take place at Sk\u00e5nes konstf\u00f6rening.<\/p>\nThe exhibition is a part of this year\u2019s Third Space Residency, during which each artist-in-residence was asked to create a video artwork based on a literary passage from Akwaeke Emezi\u2019s 2018 novel Freshwater<\/i>. Though various themes stick out in this passage\u2014replenishment, dreaming, longing, kinship\u2014Ninnie and Ana have examined the concept of rest in relation to loss, connection, and communities of color. Complementing the video are specifically designed soundscapes and a pervasive use of blue throughout the gallery. The exhibition title, pulled from Emezi\u2019s own words, brings to mind both the care associated with longing and the occasional directionlessness or namelessness of it. We can long for versions of ourselves, other people, specific goals, or places that don\u2019t even exist anymore.<\/p>\n
While the artists have each taken a different approach, certain commonalities have arisen. Both artworks use soundscapes that draw from symbolism and traditions in the global south\u2014specifically: Brazil, China, and Southeast Asia\u2014to create layered, immersive experiences. The color blue wends its way through the different installations of both artists, playing with the many associations with blue: a myriad of religious traditions, superstitions, sadness, soothing, or even death. The artists use this space to reflect on rest as something active, or as something that morphs with context.<\/p>\n
About The Residency<\/b><\/p>\n
to whom I direct my longing<\/i> is the exhibition for our Third Space Residency, which focuses on QTBIPOC artists in Sk\u00e5ne. Though participants can have arts degrees, we choose not to focus on formal backgrounds. Instead, we select based on ideas, talent, and drive. The residency\u2019s overall aims are to create community and opportunity, and to nurture local talent.<\/p>\n
The term \u201cthird space\u201d is used by a few disciplines. Postcolonial theorist Homi K. Bhabha uses it to describe the social and cultural in-betweenness that follows colonization. We use \u201cthird space\u201d to reflect on the ways in which marginalized people form spaces where they are not only the ones being talked about\u2014they\u2019re also the ones doing the talking.<\/p>\n
Third Space Residency<\/i> was created by Sk\u00e5nes konstf\u00f6rening\u2019s curator C. Grace Chang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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