{"id":3525,"date":"2022-06-27T12:55:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artinres.fi\/?page_id=3525"},"modified":"2022-06-29T16:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:17:28","slug":"titanik-residency-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fairenetwork.com\/en\/information-and-tools\/interviews\/titanik-residency-en\/","title":{"rendered":"An interview with Titanik residency"},"content":{"rendered":"
27.6.2022<\/h5>\n
Interview: Vilma Pimenoff<\/h5>\n
The article is part of a series of interviews which presents various Finnish residency providers and examines the role of residencies in the field of art and in the society.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Titanik Residency – Photo: Hertta Kiiski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Turku based gallery Titanik and the Titanik residency are run by Arte Artists\u2019 Association, which has operated in Turku for over sixty years. The members of the association are visual artists, critics, and cultural workers. Since 2013 the Titanik AiR program has been oriented to sound art – more precisely, to the intersection of sound and contemporary art. The vice-chairperson of Arte, Sami Pikkarainen explains that the idea of a sound art residency came about naturally as Turku has a long tradition in sound art, and because there is an active and dedicated community of sound artists living in Turku. The legacy of Erkki Kurenniemi, a strong \u2018do-it-yourself\u2019 attitude and the Turku Synth Club all reflect the lively tones of the Turku sound art scene. <\/span><\/p>\n

The residency studio workspace is located right next to the gallery Titanik by the river in the center of Turku, and the flat accommodating the residents is just a ten minute walk from the gallery.\u00a0 There is space for one artist or artist duo at a time, and the residency has an open call once a year. Titanik also invites curators in residence for shorter periods. The residency artists are selected by the board of Arte.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The residency\u2019s ideas and values go hand in hand with Arte\u2019s strategy. An experimental approach to art is encouraged and celebrated and Titanik\u2019s activity overall aim is to support diversity.\u00a0 Director, Mirjami Schuppert, is clear in stating Titanik\u2019s commitment to promoting a fair and just operating space for everybody.\u00a0This commitment includes giving due attention to Titanik\u2019s statistics on the selection and promotion of artists in terms of gender and country of origin:\u00a0 to attend to bias within the system and to make the necessary changes that ensure a fair and impartial environment.\u00a0 Developing consciousness of how the organisation\u2019s own cultural context and biases impact decision making is a priority.\u00a0 Schuppert states it is essential to attend to and factor in the different structures of art education around the world when evaluating residency applications.\u00a0 The competence of an applicant should not, for example, be undervalued based on the standard of their written English.\u00a0 Residency applicant\u2019s experimental approach to work and high artistic quality are paramount.\u00a0In the process of choosing the resident artists it\u2019s also considered how the different applicants\u2019 practice compliments each other.\u00a0 Ideally, the project proposal will reflect genuine interest in Titanik and for the Turku region, but the project itself doesn\u2019t have to be site specific to Turku.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Titanik Residency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Schuppert describes the art scene in Turku as spontaneous and organic.\u00a0Different cultural agents such as galleries and museums support each other in mutual cooperation, but, at the same time, independent operators such as Titanik have an important role to play in challenging the structures and customary ways of working in the art world.\u00a0The intentions may be different for small art organisations in comparison to larger ones, such as museums.\u00a0 Without small, independent art organisations such as Titanik, there would be a danger for art to become something valued only based on productivity and audience numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone involved with Titanik is delighted that the residency brings inspiring international artists to Turku, enriching the Finnish art scene. Not everyone is able to leave Finland to go abroad, and this makes the exchange of thoughts and ideas with the international residents even more valuable. Topics such as posthumanism in all its forms, and new materialism have been common research subjects at the residency in recent years. Schuppert says that it is important that not only the artworks travel: artists themselves also need to move and meet. People encountering each other create the conditions for the exchange of ideas promoting different ways of thinking and acting.\u00a0The residencies\u00a0encourage dialogue and further diversity in the field of art and, importantly, this creates long-lasting meaningful relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n

More information: Titanik Residency<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

27.6.2022 Interview: Vilma Pimenoff The article is part of a series of interviews which presents various Finnish residency providers and examines the role of residencies in the field of art and in the society.     The Turku based gallery…
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