ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
Welcoming and supporting
The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation offers artist residencies to develop and support their projects in a privileged setting in the heart of Arles.
Past residencies
Discover the artists who have benefited from this programme and the projects they have developed.
JTC + Arles
Chuan Lun WU
Residency completed in June and July 2023.
"JTC is a project I started in Tainan, Taiwan, in 2012. It has evolved from typological photography to a mixed installation. The replacement of paper prints with sublimation prints on metal plates, as well as the transposition of industrial containers into elegant ceramic pots, represent the two main innovations of the project.
During my residency in Arles, we produced two new types of ceramic pots locally. Attraction Terrestre skilfully shaped local terracotta into an industrial-style barrel, adding a precious touch of local style. The rectangular pots, which presented an initial challenge, were made by Memento Temporï in Brittany and by the Le Chêne Vert pottery in Anduze, both of which demonstrated experienced craftsmanship. These pots, which I thought were impossible to make, became a reality.
Throughout the residency, I also documented the landscape of streets adorned with potted plants in the La Roquette neighbourhood of Arles, discovering distinct cultures of intertwined potted plants.
Chuan Lun Wu
With the support of the Taiwan Cultural Centre in Paris
partners ChromaLuxe, Pacific Colour, Attraction terrestre, Le Chêne vert et Memento Temporï
Shivtown
Hillel Ben-Zeev Perlov
Residency completed in January and February 2023.
"The Shivtown project looks back on the three years I spent as a military photographer at the Shivta artillery base in Israel's Negev desert. I was a soldier called up for compulsory service, during which I carried a camera like a weapon.
During the winter of 2020, during the second lockdown, I was in Arles. Confined, I was able to engage in introspection and write about my service. The intense writing process prompted me to look at the negatives I had photographed at the base at the time from a new angle. In a short documentary currently in production, I am attempting to bring these memories back to life through the process of silver printing.
This long process of introspection confronts me with the trauma I experienced as a soldier. I want to question and deconstruct the image of heroism and national pride through the story of my father, who miraculously survived the Yom Kippur War, as well as an episode of sexual harassment I experienced in Shivta, which was photographed without my knowledge.
While in Arles during my residency at the Foundation, I continue to reactivate these memories through the historical and ancient similarities between these two territories located on either side of the Mediterranean: the ancient Nabataean city of Shivta, whose ruins remain next to the artillery base that bears its name, and the Roman antiquities of the city of Arles. This is how I wish to address the fragility of the geopolitics of my native country."
Hillel Ben-Zeev Perlov
This research is the result of the Maïell duo.
Le nid
Francesca TODDE
Residency completed in 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 large numbers, nesting in the hollows of old walls and towers. I have been going to Arles during the Rencontres for seven years, and every time I arrive in the city, I am greeted as I step off the train by the soft, rhythmic sound of jackdaws playing in the mistral wind.
Living during my residency on the top floor of the Foundation, located at the Hôtel Blain, 18 rue de la Calade, I gradually got to know every stone, fireplace, wall and door of this marvellous palace, which houses one of the most beautiful examples of a 17th-century staircase still visible in Arles. Driven by the desire to bear witness to the beauty of intimacy with a place, I began photographically documenting the palace during my night-time visits.
After passing through the hands of numerous owners, in the 1960s the hotel became an annex of a maternity clinic, the Clinique du Nid, located at the next number on the street. There was therefore a link, at least nominally, between the two objects of my interest, the palace and the jackdaws.
I began collecting testimonials from people born at the clinic, who lived in the palace or worked there. At the same time, I researched the nesting and gathering places of jackdaws in the city. These two areas of research will be brought together in a single project called Le Nid (The Nest)."
Francesca Todde
Produced in collaboration with L'Atelier du Palais, a risograph printing space in Arles.
Doublure
Juline DARDE GERVAIS
Residency completed from June to July 2022.
Performance DOUBLURE at the opening of the DRESS CODE exhibition. Following the residency, Juline made the film DOUBLUNE, which was screened at the Foundation.
Doublure (feminine noun)
- A person who temporarily replaces someone who was supposed to be there.
- Fabric used to line the inside of a garment.
Invasion
Dmitry ERET
Katerina KIRTOKA
Yevheniia KRIUK
Residency held from May to July 2022.
In response to the urgent situation in Ukraine, the Foundation opened a residency to support young Ukrainian photographers. In addition to artistic support, Invasion, a collective and evolving exhibition, was developed, as well as a fanzine accompanied by a production of numbered and signed posters. These media allow them to leave a trace of their situation as artists but also as Ukrainians in exile.
We felt it was necessary to support the young generation of artists who have been forced to leave their country and whose culture is in danger for an indefinite period of time. A war in Europe that for many is reminiscent of a dark period, but for others from a generation seeking freedom, seems inconceivable.
All proceeds from the sale of fanzines and posters go entirely to the artists.
Dmitry Eret began drawing at the Academy of Design, with a particular interest in video and editing. His interest in animation and motion design grew. He is also interested in other artistic practices such as drawing, calligraphy, collage, photography and 3D design. Experimentation is important to him, and he particularly appreciates the hidden aspects of his artistic process.
Katerina Kirtoka began her career in drawing, then moved on to digital animation and finally photography. She captures moments, people and stories. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the need to express her opinion in the face of this instability is evident in her recent works, which are no longer limited to photography but also explore collage and animation.
Yevheniia Kriuk studied architecture at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev and then began studying fine arts at Hrinchenko University in Kiev. At the same time, she also took a photography course at the Myph School of Conceptual and Artistic Photography.
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