Art Residencies 



The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation receives artists' residencies at the Foundation to develop and accompany their projects. See the previous residencies below.


JTC + Arles 

Chuan Lun WU


Residency realized in June and July 2023


"JTC is a project I initiated in Tainan, Taiwan, in 2012. It has evolved from typological photography to a mixed-media installation. Replacing the usual paper prints with sublimation prints on custom-designed metal plates, as well as transposing industrial containers into elegant ceramic pots, represent the project's two main innovations.

During my residency in Arles, we produced two new types of ceramic pots locally. Attraction Terrestre skilfully fashioned common local terracotta into an industrial-style barrel, adding a precious touch of terroir style to the project. The rectangular pots, which represented an initial challenge, were made by Memento Temporï in Brittany and poterie Le Chêne Vert in Anduze, both of which demonstrated experienced craftsmanship and a willingness to take on challenges. These pots, which I thought impossible to make, became reality. Throughout the residency, I also documented the streetscape of potted plants in the La Roquette district of Arles, discovering distinct cultures of intertwined plant pots," says Chuan Lun WU.


With the support of the Centre Culturel de Taïwan in Paris, and partners: ChromaLuxe, Pacific Colour, Attraction terrestre, Le Chêne vert and Memento Temporï.















Doublure

Juline DARDE GERVAIS


Residency realized from June to July 2022.

DOUBLURE performance for the opening of the exhibition DRESS CODE. Following the residency, Juline directed the film DOUBLUNE shown at the Foundation.



Doublure

Female name
1. A person who temporarily replaces the one who should be there. 2. Fabric used to cover the intimate surface of a garment.

The performance proposed by Juline Darde Gervais questions the timeless figure of the Arlesienne through her gestural and clothing lining. The performer Nikita Goile goes in search of her, taking with her the audience of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation.



Juline Darde Gervais is a visual artist & designer based in Paris, France. A graduate of the Arts Décoratifs de Paris in clothing design, she has enriched her practice through numerous experiences and collaborations in the performing arts and cinema. As a researcher, she explores the plastic potential of the body as a "stage body", in its capacity to deploy strong images between fantasy and abstraction.



 Le nid 

Francesca TODDE


Residency realized between october, december 2022 and march, april 2023.

"When I arrived in Arles, I thought I would work on a project about jackdaws, small blue-eyed corvids that populate ancient cities in great numbers, nesting in the hollows of ancient walls and towers. I have been going to Arles for seven years now during the Rencontres, and every time I arrive in the city, I am greeted as I get off the train by the soft, rhythmic sound of jackdaws playing in the mistral wind. While living during my residency on the top floor of the Foundation, located in the Hôtel Blain, 18 rue de la Calade, I gradually got to know each stone, chimney, wall and door of this marvelous palace, which houses one of the finest examples of a seventh century staircase still visible in Arles. Driven by the desire to bear witness to the beauty of intimacy with a place, I began a photographic survey of the palace, during my nightly visits.The hotel, after passing through the hands of many owners, became in the 1960s an annex of a birthing clinic, the Clinique du Nid, located at the next number on the street. So there was a connection, at least nominal, between the two objects of my interest, the palace and the jackdaws, and I began to work in that direction.I began to collect the testimonies of people who were born in the Nest Clinic, or who lived in the palace, or who worked there. At the same time, I began to learn about the nesting and meeting places of the jackdaws in the area of the city.These two researches will be combined in a single project called The Nest." explains Francesca Todde.

These two researches will be combined in a single project called Le Nid.
Production in collaboration with L'Atelier du Palais, a risography printing studio in Arles.

               

                                                  

       
                                                                     
                                        

                                     

Invasion

Dmitry ERET
Katerina KIRTOKA
Yevheniia KRIUK
 


Residency realized from May to July 2022.

In the emergency of the situation in Ukraine, the Foundation opened an emergency residence to accompany young Ukrainian photographers.
In addition to an artistic accompaniment, Invasion was developed, a collective and evolving exhibition, and a fanzine accompanied by a production of numbered and signed poster that allows to anchor a trace of their situation as artists but also as Ukrainians in exile.
It seemed necessary to us to accompany the young generation of artists who have been forced to leave their country and their culture in danger for an indefinite period. A war in Europe that for many reminds a dark period, but for others from a generation in search of freedom, it seems inconceivable.

All sales of Fanzine and posters are paid in full to the artists.




















Dmitry Eret started with drawing at the Academy of Design, with a special interest in video and editing. Then his interest in animation and motion design developed. He is also interested in other artistic practices such as drawing, calligraphy, collage, photography and finally 3D design. Experimentation is important to him, he particularly enjoys the hidden aspects of his artistic process.












                             












Katerina Kirtoka began her career with drawing, then digital animation and finally photography. She captures moments, people, stories. In the past, the drawing was transformed into photos with a correction of vivid colors. In the context of the war in Ukraine, the need to express even more his opinion about this situation of instability. This can be seen in his recent works, which are no longer limited to photography but to collage, animations.












Yevheniia Kriuk studied architecture at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev and then began studying fine arts at the Hrinchenko University in Kiev. At the same time, she also took a photography course at the school of conceptual and artistic photography Myph.