Past Residents
Past Resident2010: Foundation for a Civil Society
Maja Hodošček
The idea of democracy is defined by important characteristics such as freedom and equality. In her work, Hodoscek explores deviations from this concept, but also explores to what extent democracy is actually present in contemporary societies. Furthermore, Hodoscek surveys the impact of global capitalistic systems on our everyday lives, the essence of her work being the exploration of social exclusion. Her work is based on participatory, process-based approaches and is most often in the form of video, photography, installation and intervention in the public space.
Maja Hodoscek lives and works in Celje, Slovenia. She graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally at multiple video festivals and exhibitions. In 2010, Hodoscek received the OHO Award for Young Visual Artists organized by Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maja Hodošček. Courtesy of the artist.
Maja Hodošček, Promised Land, 2010, Video still. Courtesy of the artist.
Maja Hodošček, Landscape, 2010. Courtesy of the artist.
Maja Hodošček, Landscape, 2010, Photographs. Courtesy of the artist.
Maja Hodošček, Promised Land, 2010, Postcards. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Slovenia
Past Resident2011: National Arts Council, Singapore
Sookoon Ang
Sookoon Ang works with various media, including video, installation, drawing and printmaking. Her work addresses both the physical and metaphysical world—the space which we physically dwell and the interior space within us that is our spiritual, emotional and imaginative world. Ang explores how these two both reflect and have an effect on each other. Her artistic endeavour is to create visual representations of the eclipse between these two realms. Ang often takes common or everyday objects and occurrences, and presents them in a way that goes beyond their practical functions or mundane appearances. Ang majored in sculpture at the School of Visual Arts, New York and has participated in the Rijksakademie Artist Research Residency in Amsterdam. Her work has been shown internationally.
Sookoon Ang, It Came Out of Now Here (Love Is The Ultimate Outlaw), 2007, Metal, acrylic sheets, and tube lights, 72 × 23 × 10 in. (182.88 × 58.42 × 25.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, Gentle Good Night, 2009, Mixed media, 78 × 59 in. (198.12 × 149.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, 6 Horses, 2007, Sheet metal and mylar balloon, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, Love Is The Ultimate Outlaw, 2007, Watercolor and pencil on paper, 47 × 67 in. (119.38 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, The Waves/Waifs, 2009, Wood, strings, and artificial hair, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Singapore
Past Resident2010: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Regine Muller-Waldeck
Regine Müller-Waldeck was born 1975 Greifswald, Germany. She studied media arts, and photography at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, and received a Meisterschüler degree in 2008.
A frequently encountered feature of Müller-Waldeck’s object installations is the construction of usually two linked elements in which the structures of relationships and power are reflected, a gamut that ranges from the individual’s relationship to him or herself through interpersonal relationships to the relationship between the State and civil society. Müller-Waldeck sees her works as ‘psycho-social landscape’. Although they transmit images that seem harmless and even playful at first sight, whose fragile construction appear vulnerable and in need of protection, her installations later drag the viewer towards the uncanny, the latent violence of an imminent collapse. (Gregor Hose)
Regine Muller-Waldeck, I think It Has Been Overcome, She Is Showing Interest In Her Surroundings, 2008, Metal, fabric, resin, paraffin wax, and glass, 905/8 × 63 × 1711/16 in. (230.12 × 160.02 × 44.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Separation, 2007-8, Resin, wood, and fabric, 351/2 × 91/2 × 7811/16 in. (90.17 × 24.13 × 199.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Wall, 2006, Bricks, paraffin wax, and fabric, 57 in. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Ribbons, 2006, Paraffin wax and fabric, 391/2 × 913/16 × 1113/16 in. (100.33 × 24.89 × 29.97 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Fence, 2007, Wood, metal, paraffin wax, and fabric, 861/2 × 861/2 × 55 in. (219.71 × 219.71 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
