Artistic Residency and Creation in An International Perspective

The talk opened with the sharing of various international large-scale exhibitions, such as Documenta in Kassel, Germany, and other origins of overseas residencies. The three speakers talked about their respective residency programs and their life experiences at home and abroad. The residencies in different regions fed their diverse creative inspirations, which were ultimately combined with local characteristics and their own in-depth reflections on the region in their presentations.

During the exchange, some audience members asked what are the main types of residency programs? The guest speaker gave an in-depth answer, stating that in the Chinese context, the early residency programs were mostly opened in the form of pure painting; international creative programs are mostly visual arts, but there are also multi-dimensional art forms such as literature and music, etc. Residency programs usually seem to be in the same lineage with the curatorial programs of the traditional museums, but they are very different from each other.