This page shows residents and their projects in 2024.
Other pages show residents and their projects in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 and 2013 and 2004-2011.
A visual collage of residents is in this slide show.
Other pages show residents and their projects in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 and 2013 and 2004-2011.
A visual collage of residents is in this slide show.
This page tells about most of the residencies and related events that took place in 2024. The most recent are in the newsletter.
Ella Zirina (Latvia, living in Holland) is jazz guitarist and composer. In February she came to OBRAS-Holland hoping to find a quiet space to compose music without distractions and responsibilities from the outside world. At her residence she felt that she could reconnect to her musical influences and, by taking walks in the nearby forest, ground herself into a calmer mindset that allowed her creativity to flow. She composed several pieces on guitar to be performed and recorded for her next album.
Tam Eastley (Canada, living in Berlin) was working on her second novel: “An Extinction Level Event". It tells about three women who have experienced similar events yet deal with them in different ways. They all saw a comet, suffered during the COVID pandemic, and feel stuck in their lives. In 2003, Gem and Penelope they saw a comet. Penelope now lives in Calgary and is obsessed with the comet and the past. Gem is an artist living in Berlin and is in a creative slump. Sam’s story takes place in 2032 in Calgary where she works online as a "background wife". She hates her job. As the novel progresses, the women will break free from what is holding them back—albeit in different ways and with differing outcomes.
The novel is about events that change us—seemingly large and small—and who we are when we come out the other side. Kayla Kurin (Canada) left her country for a long-term tour along residencies in Portugal, Iceland, Greece and more. OBRAS was her first.
Kayla was working on her debut novel. It is story about two best friends trying to save their source of magic, which is disappearing. It touches on themes of climate change, capitalism, and extremism and features queer and disabled characters. At the end of her residency, she was nearly ready to submit a draft to literary agents. Kayla was also working on a series of audio stories: bedtime stories for adults. Stefano Falcone, jazz pianist from Naples, Italy, had a residency with us in 2021. We hope to organise a concert for him in Evora in the summer for 2024.
Stefana composed a series of beautiful works, all dedicated to OBRAS. They were first brought to stage on the piano festival of Lecce, Italy in September 2022, and later published on SoundCloud. A beautiful teaser is on YouTube (see below). It gives a sample of his music, but also indicates how his music inspired fellow residents. A CD entitled OBRAS is released (www.worklabel.it) and distributed (www.IRD.it). The CD includes a flyer with texts by several residents. The CD cover was designed by Tim Gleason. |
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