A Tour of The Most International Art Residency in New York City
August 1, 2018
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Housed in a former factory in Brooklyn, with 35 light-filled work studios, two galleries, and a project space, The International Studio & Curatorial Program is New York’s most comprehensive international visual arts residency program, founded in 1994. Every year, artists from all over the world get a chance to take on a project and strengthen their skills. On a recent Tuesday, I stopped by to capture artists in their studios at the annual open house.
The open day at ISCP turned out to be one of the most well-organized art open days I’ve seen — with every artist’s nameplate and a photo next to the studio doorSimone Couto is a United States-based interdisciplinary artist. Couto’s private and collective practices explore communication and the relationship between place and identity
One of the books on Alexis Dahan’s desk by urban activist Jane JacobsAn interactive artwork — while you scan the symbols, different sounds play through the headphones
To give participants a collaborative and dialogical space, Danish artist Stine Marie Jacobsen creates open structured sociocultural and participatory projects with clearly defined themes, with a focus on film, language, gender, violence, death, taboos, anonymity, and psychologyModupeola Fadugba’s multimedia practice encompasses painting, drawing and socially-engaged installation. She explores the social history of communal swimming pools, within a greater context of visibility, access and representation.
