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| the cultural foundation i . 2015 (for 'emirati expressions:conventions of arts') |
hello october! i am happy to announce that i'm off to abu dhabi for the next three months for an artist residency at the cultural foundation. i was supposed to start my residency earlier in the year, but between working on a few projects, which later got canceled because of the pandemic, and then the immediate lockdown, i was able to push my residency for the last three months of 2020. let's hope things don't get worse and not lead to another lockdown.
the reason i applied to be a part of the residency was because i wanted to concentrate on making work without having to follow any briefs or exhibition themes. i've prioritised a lot of client based projects of late for the obvious reason of being financially self-sufficient. because of this, i haven't been able to focus on a studio practise that's explorative or just making work for myself. i'm hoping the residency allows for me to be playful and explore ideas and projects i have yet to come up with. i also think the residency will be a great opportunity to really have some time to myself, away from distractions of home, friends, social media and the depressing news of the world.
i plan to share my artist residency experience, as well any projects that come my way. the next three months should be exciting, so stay tuned.