Living in the image-world of today is accompanied with the demand for the instant gratification and the increasing need for always-connected state of being. According to Manuel Castells, it brings the notion of shrinkage in spatial distances; he writes about “spaces of flow”, addressing to the furious flow of information between the interconnected nodes within the network. It produces the hybrid forms of correspondence, so the artists have a chance to form the new type of collective – the one that equally relies on mediated and non-mediated communication.

The artists’ collective Centre de recherche urbaine de Montréal (CRUM) offers its services as Documentalist in Residence to articule throughout the 2009-2010 programming year. This year-long commitment of service is part of the 30th anniversary of articule, one of the oldest artist-run centres in Montréal. As Documentalist in Residence, the CRUM has been working with [...]

Imagine an old lady working out on her balcony in a small town of Montenegro. It is an early morning and her granddaughter, a contemporary artist, is amazed by what she sees. This was the first time that she came to visit at such an early hour, and the ritual that she sees looks very [...]

The plane looks like a flying fish. This winter of 2010, it landed back home, at apexart, in New York City. And there, I found myself again. I must admit that in every journey is composed a travel as a winning trip through time and space. Thus, the journey is conquest, but also a discovery. I do not think that it should be a Columbian discovery, but I believe that the journey always brings a kind of magical Columbian width of the space itself, the one that represents immaterial, personal, timeless, and rich, colourful land of the spirit and the soul.

A text by ALEXANDRO DO CARMO
“The aim of the residency program is to facilitate communication between the artist and the public,”—variants of this phrase appear in residency programs the world over.  Though in many cases, the interaction, for funding or promotional reasons, is created by channeling the public into the artist’s studio—to see them at [...]