Free from the Daily Grind for the Arts Stories from Elsewhere
Since 2016, artists-in-residence have shared uncensored accounts of their personal experiences and characteristics of their residencies under the International Residency Program of the BMKOES and provided future participants with hints for orienting on site upon invitation by Away Art Residencies. They have created colorful diaries that offer private insights and tell about experiences and artistic creation, about where their thoughts were traveling and how it felt to live in an unfamiliar environment.
While some artists-in-residence deliberately decided not to take part, others reported that they were inspired by Away Art Residencies to sketch out their explorations. A steadily growing archive of personal chronicles is waiting to be discovered.
Ulrike Königshofer
My trip to New York starts in September. Almost ten years before, I already spent a month there so that I already know the city a bit and had even been a guest at the apartment that now waits for me. When I arrive there, the panoramic view of Manhattan, nevertheless, quite overwhelms me. I move my bed next to the window so that I can fall asleep with the sparkling high-rises in view and…
Zita Oberwalder
William Shakespeare
The Winter’s Tale
Act 2
Scene 1
