Past Residents
Past Resident2010: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Elisabeth Byre
After working as the curator of the independent gallery space Projekt 0047 in Berlin, Germany in 2005‐06, Elisabeth Byre independently curated several exhibitions and events at museums, kunsthalles, independent spaces and biennials in Norway, Sweden and Turkey. During the last three years, her curatorial practice focused on performance art, often in relation with media- based art such as film, video and photography. Recent projects and exhibitions include Everyone Got Something Great (co-curator Susanne Ø. Sæther) at the National Theater, Oslo, Norway; Lessons in the Art of Falling Photographs of Norwegian Performance and Process Art 1966-2009 (co‐ curator Jonas Ekeberg), at Preus National Museum of Photography, Norway; Storyteller– Organizing Time and Space, 0047 Oslo, Norway; Ghost in the Machine (co-curator with Susanne Ø. Sæther) at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway; and Animotion, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway. With Curatorlab (Konstfack, Stockholm). She was invited by Raqs Media Collective to participate in Manifesta 7 to create a response to Raqs’ exhibition The Rest of Now.
Byre holds a curatorial degree from CuratorLab (a postgraduate residency program organized by Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden), and an MA in Film Science from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Byre is currently the director of the BFA program at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway and works as a curatorial consultant for KORO/ Public Art Norway.
Elisabeth Byre, Everyone Got Something Great, 2010. Courtesy of the curator and National Theater, Oslo, Norway.
Past Resident2011: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Ana Santos
Ana Santos’ work explores the relationship between thought/action and thinking/practicing. It also evolves around the idea of drawing as projective art, creating a specific type of ‘distance’ with the materials used and final form. She relates to materials in a direct and pragmatic way, looking for the shortest gesture that may transform things.
Ana Santos (born 1982 in Espinho, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. She participated in various group shows including Uma mesa e tres cadeiras, Etic, Lisboa, Portugal; Drawing by Numbers, Espaco Avenida 211, Lisboa, Portugal; Bolseiros e finalistas do Ar.Co, Espaco Tranquilidade, Lisboa, Portugal; Open Studio da residencia artistica O sitio das Artes, Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal; Ana Santos / Dalila Goncalves, Galeria Plumba, Porto, Portugal; Anteciparte, Galerias do Terreiro do Paco, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Santos, Untitled, 2008, Lead and paper, 18 × 14 × 7 in. (45.72 × 35.56 × 17.78 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Vasco Barata.
Ana Santos, Untitled, 2009, Red pigment on cardboard, 12 × 14 × 12 in. (30.48 × 35.56 × 30.48 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Susana Pomba.
Ana Santos, Untitled, 2009, Wood, 40 × 11 × 15 in. (101.6 × 27.94 × 38.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Susana Pomba.
Ana Santos, Untitled, 2009, Five elements on wood, paper, 78 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (198.12 × 1.02 × 1.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ana Santos, Square, 2010, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Appleton, Recess#1. Photo courtesy of Vasco Barata.
Past Resident2010: Foundation for a Civil Society
Jiri Skala
Jiří Skála is known for his playful and witty conceptualist approach to various social contexts and situations. He often employs participants in gamelike interactions in his work, or institutes subtle interventions creating objects that have only been minimally altered but which are no less effective in altering our own perspectives of the given situation. His recent work has focussed on the written word and inter-personal communication, for example, in his ongoing project Handwriting Exchange Skala, and someone chosen from a completely different social and cultural background, become acquainted through a daily process of learning how to copy each other’s handwriting.
Jiří Skála, born 1976, lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, and at the post-graduate program at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. His work has been exhibited widely including the following: Tirana Biennale I, Albania; Palais de Tokyo, France; Prague Biennale, Czech Republic; and the UBS Gallery in New York. He is a co-founder of the Etc. Gallery in Prague, established in 2004, and a member of the PAS group, together with the artist Tomáš Vaněk and curator Vít Havranek. He is listed in the Younger than Jesus Artist Directory compiled by the New Museum in New York, and in November of 2009 was awarded the Jindřich Chalupecký Award for young artists in the Czech Republic by Vaclav Havel.
in collaboration with Zbyněk Baladrán, It Always Makes Her Sick When She Thinks Of The Infinite, 2008, Reading machine performing severals sort stories, 68 diapositive slides,construction, 8 slide projectors, wood, and metal. Courtesy of the artist.
Jiri Skala, Exchange of Handwriting, 2006, A play for 2 actors, 2 school chairs, 4 notebooks, and 2 pens. Courtesy of the artist.
in collaboration with Zbyněk Baladrán, The Involuntary Archivist, 2009, Watching machine performing a sort story, digital video, construction, hard disk driver, speakers, HD media player, projector, wood, and metal. Courtesy of the artist.
Jiri Skala, One Family of Objects, 2009, Book, A5 format. Courtesy of the artist and JPR Ringier and tranzit.org.
Jiri Skala, To Be Titled, first and second version, 2006 - 2008, Audio installation, 2 CD player, 2 hi-fi receiver, iron construction. Courtesy of the artist.
