Past Residents
Past Resident2010: FONCA - Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Tania Candiani
Tania Candiani was born in Mexico City in 1974. Her work is a reflection about contemporary aesthetic patterns. She is interested in producing objects or images which represent the perception of contemporary urban spaces and their rituals. Beyond a specific remark on the body, her approach explores the emotional state of a person or social group and its context and simultaneously proposes research on materials and techniques. At the moment, Candiani is developing a project of urban interventions where textiles, architectural design and the experiences of the people whom she works with become the detonators of the artwork. ‘I believe the circumstance, the process, and the documentation are the most important tools for dialogue.’ Between her most recent projects are Otros paseos, Otras historias, Mexico City, Mexico; Kaunas Grafiti, Textile 09, Lithuania; Refranes, Centro Cultural España, México.
Tania Candiani, Refranes, 2008, Public art project at Centro Cultural España, Mexico City.
Tania Candiani, Kaunas Graffiti, 2009, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Textile 09, Kaunas Bienial, Lithuania.
Tania Candiani, Writers Y Escritores, 2009, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City.
Tania Candiani, Habita Intevenido, 2008, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
Tania Candiani, Battleground, 2009, Live performance and streaming Regina Jose Galindo & Tania Candiani El Paso, Texas & Ciudad Juárez, and Chihuahua.
Christoph Weber
Christoph Weber was born in Vienna, Austria in 1974 and received a MFA and PhD in Fine Arts at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany. Current exhibitions include Psychosculptures, Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands; loose concrete, a solo exhibition at Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph Weber, Untitled (Gegenstueck), 2010, Concrete, 235/8 × 235/8 × 913/16 in. (59.94 × 59.94 × 24.89 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwaelder, Vienna.
Christoph Weber, Untitled (Barrier), 2010, Clay, 1407/8 × 462 × 37/8 in. (357.89 × 1173.48 × 9.91 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwaelder, Vienna.
Christoph Weber, Untitled (Ramponeau), 2008, Paper, 6 × 51/2 × 8 in. (15.24 × 13.97 × 20.32 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris.
Christoph Weber, Stack, 2008 , Aluminum and wood, 77/8 × 235/8 × 235/8 in. (20.07 × 59.94 × 59.94 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Temporary Gallery, Cologne.
Christoph Weber, The First Minutes Of October, 2007, Steel, 114 × 157 × 3/16 in. (289.56 × 398.78 × 0.51 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Neue Galerie Graz.
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2010: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Chao-Tsai Chiu
Chiu’s work focuses on interactive mechanisms. He considers ‘interaction’ as the core concept of his work. An interactive mechanism is embedded in the work, and through the involvement of its audience, the structure of the work deviates from its usual rigid form and becomes dynamic and ever-changing , providing the audience with instant feedback. Chiu hopes that the mechanism will create a more reciprocal relationship between the work and its audience and thus the latter gains a sense of release from reality, or more, to fulfill one’s desire to manipulate and control.
Chiu Chao-Tsai was born in Miaoli, Taiwan in 1977. He obtained his M. F. A. degree from Taipei National University of the Arts. Chiu currently lives and works in Taipei. Chiu’s solo exhibitions include The World of Fatigue, VT Artsalon, Taipei, 2009; The Object Park of Gravity, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, 2004. Group exhibitions include Dream in a contemporary Secret Garden, Chelsea Art Museum / Taipei Cultural Center of TECO, New York ,2009, Speak-Describe-Cross-Strait Contemporary Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2009, Material Language — Stainless Steel, Juming Museum, Taipei, 2009,Room19, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, 2008; Bubble Tea — Art of Taiwan and Its Contemporary Mutations, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, 2008.
Chao-Tsai Chiu, Seven Bamboo-Hermit Eight-Rrigram Chair, 2004, Mixed media, 83 × 83 × 116 in. (210.82 × 210.82 × 294.64 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Chao-Tsai Chiu, The World Of Fatigue – King, 2009, Mixed media, 161/2 × 231/2 × 491/2 in. (41.91 × 59.69 × 125.73 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Chao-Tsai Chiu, Sitting And Watching, 2002, Mixed media, 51 × 781/2 × 86 in. (129.54 × 199.39 × 218.44 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Chao-Tsai Chiu, 1/2…, 2008, Mixed media , 67 × 36 × 411/2 in. (170.18 × 91.44 × 105.41 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Chao-Tsai Chiu, Singing Chair, 2010, Mixed media , 271/2 × 341/2 × 191/2 in. (69.85 × 87.63 × 49.53 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
