Individual Residencies
2018 | Fabien Marques
My works stems from historical, scientific and visual research and explores territories marked by invisible stories where past moments are re-contextualized. This residence enabled me to better understand issues of migration in an Italian political context marked by the rejection of European ideas and the return to populism. How does the province of Isernia experience contemporary migratory flows today? How can the Brexit process and the question of independence be put into perspective in this territory, thousands of miles away from Edinburgh or London? How are local communities affected? I concentrated on notions of identity and homeland, questioning Ernst Bloch’s idea of Heimat; being between a sense of belonging and the freedom to leave.
Fabien was the museum’s second <<IDEAL>> resident. The <<IDEAL>> Residency is for artists based in the Hauts de France region of France and is organised in partnership with artconnexion, contemporary art production and mediation consultants, Lille. Supported by the City of Lille and the Institut Français.