More recently I have been taking part in the (w)ORD residency exchange between Norwegian and Scottish artists – hosted by the Society of Scottish Artists and Bergen Atelier Gruppen – BAG ArtCamp. The residency took place in two locations – offering a city and rural base with talks, visits, seminars and time to explore and discover in the amazing remote Fjordland setting of Tjuvika and the contrasting city location of Bergen – including a visit to the studios of the Bergen Atelier Gruppen located in the city centre container port.
The residency exchange was initiated by David Faithful in Scotland and Imi Maufe in Norway and is part two – the first residency taking place in Mull last summer, hosted by David Faithful at Tor Mor. The focus of the project was conceived to explore the many cultural and historic links between the two countries through the work and interchange of ideas between contemporary artists.
The residency was incredibly well organised and structured thanks to the hard work and logistics of Imi and Sarah and a pleasure to take part in due to the great company and inspiration from the participants David Faithful, Imi Maufe, Sarah Jost, David Lemm, David Rios, Calum Wallis, Marit Tunestveit Dyre, Randi A. Strand.
I feel like I’ve learnt a lot.
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