is organized by the project team with contributions from external experts. We run it once a year, and the timeframe is one month. A total of 12 artists work and live in the residency simultaneously
We provide artists with accommodation, cover travel expenses within the EU, and refund the cost of production materials (the estimate is agreed upon individually). Residency does not cover daily allowance or meals;
Each time, we suggest working with a specific theme;
DOM Art Residence focuses on creating artwork and hosting a final exhibition;
We do not set restrictions on media, but we acknowledge that we are not yet equipped to work with high-tech art;
Communication is an essential value of our residency; we aim to facilitate new and exciting professional connections for the artists and expect their openness to communication with the local public;
The residency will coincide with a group exhibition featuring artwork by artists-in-residence. For each residency, we create a cultural and educational program featuring resident artists and invited experts;
Erich Weiss (°1966 Belgium) lives and works in Barcelona and Brussels.
Recent projects as external expert or curator :
‘FLOW WITH THE TOW’ (Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen) – Art Miami 2019
‘CONTEMPORARY PRESENCES’ Marijn Van Kreij - Museo Picasso Barcelona 2019
’THE FOUNTAIN ARCHIVE’ (Saâdane Aff) + ’STUDIO INFRAMINCE’ Fundacion Antoni Tapies Barcelona 2021 ‘ ’THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA & OTHER BOOKS’ Kulturfenster Kassel -Documenta 15 - 2022 ’ ‘LE GRAND JEU’ MCBA Lausanne - 2024
Upcoming Residence
This fall DOM residency will be in Barcelona. Direction: Carrer de Sant Pere Mes Alt, 39
Dates: 04.10.2024 – 31.10.2024
Artists-in-Residency 2024
Events
On-topic
In recent years, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek has extensively explored the concept of the future and its current state. His approach is realistically pessimistic—humanity is moving fast towards various global catastrophes, whether ecological, nuclear, or of any other nature.
Despite being fully aware of this trend and able to predict consequences, mankind consistently continues following the same direction.
Many social scientists state that we currently exist in an era where optimistic scenarios for the future are exhausted, and we are only left with a variety of predictions perfectly consistent with the best of the best horror movie collection. Žižek believes that to alter the future, we must effectively work to change the past; we must act as if the catastrophe has already happened
that perhaps we have had no contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings because, as "the dominant species on a relatively small planet developing their civilization toward multiple kinds of self-destruction (ruined ecological balance, nuclear self-annihilation, etc.)," we are simply not of interest to them. What can we do to earn their attention? The focus is on us rather than them. Are we capable of changing our future? How can we change the past (most likely by altering our collective memory)? We believe that artists could play a critical role in seeking answers to these incredibly ambitious and very relevant questions.