Our homage to the project Making neighbourhood, with all our gratitude to the 15 artists and the people who gave their time to collaborate and make it possible. Thank you for these creative journeys that gave us the most wonderful moments and experiences.
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Sigrún Hardardóttir – musician in residency
Sigrún studied music in Iceland, Berlin and Colorado and graduated with an M.Mus in violin performance in 2014. As a violinist she has played with groups like Skark, Caput and Sinfonia Nord, and played in studio recordings for artists like Björk and Ólafur Arnalds, played soundtracks for movies and TV series, and recently played on...
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Paula Suominen – Visual artist in residence Feb 2018
Paula Suominen is a Finnish artist, living and working in Posio, Lapland. She is graduate in Fine Art, University of Applied Sciences Tartu Körgem kunstiskool, department of painting, Tartu Estonia. Suominen is members Finnish Painters´ Union, Artists Association of Lapland and Turku Artists´ Association. Paula Suominen is interested in natural light and colours. Her artworks...
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Melisa Freund – Playwriter in residence 2018/01-02
Born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Is a graduate in Dramaturgy from the School of Dramatic Arts of the city of Buenos Aires (EAD). She attended private dramaturgy workshops. She completed a Master’s degree in playwriting at the National University of Arts (UNA). She is currently in process of writing her thesis on the nature...
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Anastasia Akhvlediani – Visual artist in residence 01/2018
Anastasia Akhvlediani is a Tbilisi (Georgia) based artist working in painting, sculpture and installation. Currently she studies Visual Arts, Architecture and Design School (VAADS) at Free University , Tbilisi. Her works mostly are inspired by her Surroundings. Lately she started working to translate anccient Georgian artifacts and ornaments into the Contemporary art.
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Artists conversation 2: Elif Gülen (Istanbul) & Raquel Friera (BCN)
Elif Gülen and Raquel Friera exchange their experiences as artists in Barcelona and Istanbul and discuss about memory, public and private space, time and visual arts in eastern and western world.
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Artists conversation: 1. Mohamed El Harb & Domènec
Jiwar starts its conversation program between an artist in residence and a local artist. Domènec and Mohamed El Harb share their projects and visions about Barcelona, Beirut and Jerusalem linking the gentrification processus, the manipulation of memory and the social challenges between these Mediterranean cities.
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Working together Alter Krapp and Cegep Gaspé students
The students from the program of Arts, Letters and Communication from the little town of Gaspé (Quebec, Canada) working together the 11th of March 2017 in Jiwar with the artist Alter Krap. Sharing experiences. Video: Tash McCammon
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Tamrat Gezahegne Performance “Our climate and the clothes we wear”
The Italian writer Tommaso Merlo give us his vision of the Tamrat Gezahegne’s performance in Galeria d’Art Lola Ventós (Figueres). Tamrat Gezahegne is a visual artist from Ethiopia, granted by the AIR grant 2015 from Africa Centre and Jiwar. A collaboration Jiwar-Africa Centre With the support:
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“Home-made” by Israel De La Paz (Spanish subtitles)
Follow-up on the work of the Mexican artist Israel De La Paz, who was selected in the third edition of the project Building neighborhoods “Home.” November and December 2015. Video by Anne Murray.
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