LIMMATSTRASSE
RESIDENCY
MARCH – AUGUST 2020
The Limmatstrasse Residency was initiated as a form of
emergency hospitality in response to the extraordinary circumstances caused
by
the Covid-19 pandemic and its immediate consequences for artists, designers and
professionals from the cultural field. The project is taking place within the
context of the interim occupation of an empty building in Zurich’s centre. It
offers temporary working spaces at no cost to a group of residents in order for
them to pursue their activity despite practical difficulties currently
affecting them.
Operating in an intuitive and non-bureaucratic way, the
residency aims to value forms of non-monetary exchange based on individual
commitment, the sharing of resources and experiences. It places notions of
mutual support and empathy at the core of the interactions between occupants of
the building. In this sense, the community of residents actively takes part in
the residency’s development by contributing to shape its outcomes as well as
formulate the questions underlying its organic character.
Beside supporting the residents in their respective
practice, the project intends to foster a collaborative culture through site-specific
projects, both among the residents themselves and in partnership with guest
contributors. These interventions are conceived to materialize within and out of
the premises of the residency. They are made public through a series of events that open the doors of the building to external audiences, inviting them to engage with this ongoing dialogue about temporary sites of production and adaptive modes of creation.
Residents:
Joshua Andres
Andriu Deplazes
Nina Emge
Jasmin Gregory
Marie Griesmar
Ivy Monteiro
Tracy September
Karolin Braegger
Aglaia Brändli
Organisers:
Giovanna Lisignoli
Simon Marin
