Nabi Artist
Residency 2019
Art Center Nabi operates a global
residency program for media artists. Continuing from 2016, Art Center Nabi
holds the 4th Nabi Artist Residency program which works as the platform that
communicates and experiments at the intersection of art and technology with
talented artists from a diverse cultural background. Collaborating
with V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media in the Netherlands, Art Center Nabi
introduces two selected artists including Jasper van Loenen, the exchange
artist from V2_, and Timo Toots. The artists will work closely with the Curatorial Team
of Art Center Nabi, and are expected to improve on their competence, and
produce experimental/creative outcomes through various programs such as open
studio, exhibition, and networking events provided by Nabi Artist Residency
program.
- Residency
Period
September 16th, 2019 ~ November 8th, 2019
- Venue
Art Center Nabi, SK UX HCI LAB (Tazak Madang), Han-ok (Nabi Future Studies)
- Participating Artists Jasper van Loenen (the Netherlands), Timo
Toots (Estonia)
- Partner V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media (http://www.v2.nl)
- Sponsor CROWN GOOSE
- Inquiry Curatorial team (curatorial@nabi.or.kr)
Jasper van Loenen (the
Netherlands, b.1987)
Jasper van Loenen is an artist based in
Rotterdam who mainly works with open source code and technology. Jasper’s work deals with the relationship
between us and the technology we use on a daily basis. His goal is to expose
the hidden workings of these technologies and to offer users an insight into
the processes and systems that lie below the surface. Through his work he tries
to stimulate users to explore and learn about what those systems entail, not
because of an aversion against technological progress, but because most of us
don’t fully realize in what ways technology is being
used by companies and governments, and what decisions and agendas have led to
their development. By mastering and critiquing these technologies and
using them for new artistic purposes, Jasper reveals the actual significance of
these technologies.
He studied Interaction Design at the ArtEZ Institute for the Arts in
Arnhem, and Networked Media from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam.
https://jaspervanloenen.com/
Timo Toots (Estonia,
b.1982)
Timo Toots is a new
media artist living and working in the south of Estonia. His work is
concentrated on researching of, experimenting with and reflecting on the
relationships between people, technology and nature. He does not limit the
medium of expression, but usually, the outcome takes a form of
machines. Toots studied computer science at Tartu University and
photography at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His artistic practice combines the
new technological wonders with analytical and conceptual properties of
photography. He has participated in over 50 exhibitions in Estonia,
Europe, Asia and the USA, and in 2012, he won Golden Nica in Interactive Art at
Prix Ars Electronica for his work Memopol-2 which deals with individual privacy
in the information age.
https://www.timo.ee/