Free from the Daily Grind for the Arts Stories from Elsewhere
Since 2016, artists-in-residence have shared uncensored accounts of their personal experiences and characteristics of their residencies under the International Residency Program of the BMWKMS and provided future participants with hints for orienting on site upon invitation by Away Art Residencies. They have created colorful diaries that offer private insights and tell about experiences and artistic creation, about where their thoughts were traveling and how it felt to live in an unfamiliar environment.
While some artists-in-residence deliberately decided not to take part, others reported that they were inspired by Away Art Residencies to sketch out their explorations. A steadily growing archive of personal chronicles is waiting to be discovered.
Laura Wagner
On Sundays until 2 p.m., there is a market at Place de la Bastille. Tourists, Parisians, pensioners, children, wealthy and less wealthy people all shop here. Crabs crawl in buckets, couples slurp oysters, and children pull tired arms toward flashing plastic cars. What happens here above all is that people who do not know each other talk, strike up conversations, negotiate, and come to…
Zita Oberwalder
William Shakespeare
The Winter’s Tale
Act 2
Scene 1
