Residir.net: debates en torno a la definición de las residencias artísticas virtuales

Resumen

When we talk about art and mobility, art residencies programs are a mandatory mention. In the last few decades, these programs have taken an unprecedented major role in artists’ curriculum. Art residencies promote the idea of the nomad artist that gets inspiration from the daily experiences offered by a cross-‐border world resulting from a increasingly globalized society. The need to experiment with a wide range of contexts leads the artist to reflect and produce art experiences in the cyberspace where some concepts such as “to reside”, “mobility”, “space” or “community” demand a new re-‐coding. With the aim of meeting different points of view about what a virtual art residency is, some individuals and organizations that have run this kind of programs have been contacted and interviewed. The current poster expects to show some fundamental characteristics about virtual art residencies, as well as some controversial aspects arisen when it comes to define them.