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Masaha Residency Cycle 6
17 September 2023 - 03 December 2023
Language: Arabic
Conceptualize the Future Through Tradition
Misk Art Residencies aims to support artistic development and practice by promoting the possibilities of meaningful exchange between the local community and the global cultural landscape. The Masaha Residency is designed to cultivate the art sector by facilitating discourse, research, and experimentation around themes that concern the local community.
This cycle of Masaha Residency invites artists to interpret the future of tradition through visual art, conceptualizing imagined futures of the Kingdom, the region, and the world.
Art movements such as Afro, Gulf, and Arab Futurism have attempted to visualize future generations through a complex web of well-informed speculations. Can we imagine new technologies informed by traditional cultural practices? Can we create innovative urban landscapes inspired by materials used by ancestors? Can we revise and alter current visualizations of the future to pick up the pace of today’s world?
In collaboration with a guest curator and expert mentors, the sixth cycle of Misk Art Institute’s biannual Masaha Residency invites ten emerging visual artists and two Saudi Arabic writers to consider possible transformations that might shape the future.
Who’s It For?
The Masaha Residency is open to
- Ten full-time emerging Saudi and international visual artists who meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Two full-time Saudi Arabic art writers, preferably with professional writing experience—not creative writers.
How it works
The 3-month Masaha Residency is specifically designed to support 10 artists and 2 Arabic writers-in-residence to conceive and create pivotal art projects. The Residency is designed to allow artists to pursue new projects and ideas with the aid of cutting-edge supplementary programing to further their artistic development. The Masaha Residency supports regional, national, and international artists in the creation of new art, engaging with local communities towards global art practices and experiences.