The Socially Distant Artist Residency
Since March 2020, I have participated in the Socially Distant Artist Residency program. The group of artists quickly grew from 16 to 44 and has since become a virtual community for idea exchange and collaboration. From the program website:
"The Socially Distant Artist Residency program was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social distancing practices put in place in early 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, we are facing substantial effects on our social lives. As social gatherings and events have been cancelled, and public spaces have been closed, we may find ourselves in solitude more than ever.
The Socially Distant Artist Residency started in March 2020 and will continue until W.H.O declares the coronavirus pandemic over. While the world works to resolve the COVID-19 outbreak, our Artists in Residence are dedicating their time in isolation or quarantine to making work that about loneliness, solitude and social (dis)connection.
Many sociologists and scientists in the last decade have written about the ever growing “loneliness epidemic” in contemporary societies around the world. While the COVID-19 outbreak has heightened our experiences of social isolation, solitude, and community, these themes are relevant beyond this specific historic event. The Socially Distant Artist Residency Program hopes to use the potency of our experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore social connections - or the lack of them - in our lives and cultures overall.
The Socially Distant Artist Residency Program was created and organized by Brooklyn-based visual artist Patricia Kalidonis."
"The Socially Distant Artist Residency program was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social distancing practices put in place in early 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, we are facing substantial effects on our social lives. As social gatherings and events have been cancelled, and public spaces have been closed, we may find ourselves in solitude more than ever.
The Socially Distant Artist Residency started in March 2020 and will continue until W.H.O declares the coronavirus pandemic over. While the world works to resolve the COVID-19 outbreak, our Artists in Residence are dedicating their time in isolation or quarantine to making work that about loneliness, solitude and social (dis)connection.
Many sociologists and scientists in the last decade have written about the ever growing “loneliness epidemic” in contemporary societies around the world. While the COVID-19 outbreak has heightened our experiences of social isolation, solitude, and community, these themes are relevant beyond this specific historic event. The Socially Distant Artist Residency Program hopes to use the potency of our experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore social connections - or the lack of them - in our lives and cultures overall.
The Socially Distant Artist Residency Program was created and organized by Brooklyn-based visual artist Patricia Kalidonis."
Check out my residency profile here. The residency's first group exhibition, "Liminal Beings," opens April 2021 and will be on view here.
