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Ruth Weigand’s Residency (DEU)
This gallery contains 17 photos.
Ruth Weigand’s work examines natural landscapes through the spaces, volumes, lines and forms that they consist of and their possible transformations. She is interested in the fragment and the abstract. During her residency she explored those notions by isolating and accenting natural motifs both through drawing and photography, as well as collecting material for future … Continue reading
Gaspar Acebo and Marcos Mangani’s Residency (ARG)
This gallery contains 34 photos.
ORDENES is the title of site specific installations by Argentinian artists Gaspar Aceco and Marcos Mangani as a result of their artAmari Residency. It is the artists’ first collaborative work and it was inspired by the vast abandonment they encountered in the area and more specifically at the Asomati monastery where they decided to concentrate … Continue reading
Special Greek Edition October 2016
This gallery contains 36 photos.
The 10th artAmari Residency coincided with the 150 years anniversary from the Cretan Revolution at Arkadi Monastery. The residency was included in the official commemorative events and was therefore decided that there wouldn’t be an open call for non-Greek artists (as normally) but an invitation to Greek artists, with the specific focus on the anniversary. … Continue reading
Hadas Tapouchi’s Residency (ISR)
This gallery contains 14 photos.
Hadas worked on her on going, photographic project Transforming concerning the Holocaust of Amari and forced labour in the area during WWII. “The concept behind Transforming is to document … social transformation and the manner in which an historical catastrophe can become normalized or neutralized. The objective is to encourage observers to integrate their own … Continue reading
Ivana Ivkovic’s Residency (SRB)
This gallery contains 25 photos.
Ivana almost immediately decided that she wanted to work around the Byzantine churches in the area. The result was a series of temporary installations by the general title Fire. The main one was done with traditional blankets woven by local women. The blankets were placed outside of iconic Arkadi Monastery, in the shape of a … Continue reading
El Ka’s Residency (FRA/BEL)
This gallery contains 14 photos.
El Ka duet came to Amari to work on their on going, photographic project Flying Sculptures. They collect rubbish walking around in the landscape and capture, in a fragment of a second, the visual aesthetics of this bundle by tossing it up in the air. This time there were three artists talks organised, in the … Continue reading
Ana Lucia Mariz’s Residency (BRA)
This gallery contains 18 photos.
Ana Lucia’s residency broaden her practice to more than photography. On one hand she followed local life closely and most particularly the life of the shepherds and captured images that portray harsh, mountainous life in a gentile way. On the other hand, while visiting the Minoan settlements of the area, she was looking for something … Continue reading
Jennie Booth’s Residency (USA)
This gallery contains 13 photos.
Jennie has been persistently creating both paintings and sculpture on the theme of the Dark Matter of the universe. This couldn’t have been any different in the case of her residency. During her time in Amari, though, she was equally fascinated by local flora. That, along with the landscape, were her main focal points for … Continue reading
Gonzalo Paramo’s Residency (ESP)
This gallery contains 15 photos.
Gonzalo made works using techniques that were familiar to him, such as collage and embossing, but went on to explore new territories, such as using curving in the final work, rather than just as a means for embossing paper. He was fascinated by traditional, olive-oil production equipment which served as his inspiration for all of … Continue reading
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