Corina del Carmel creating beautiful paintings in ARTErra

Pela segunda vez a pintora Corina del Carmel, de nacionalidade Mexicana, chega ao nosso espaço de residências para criar .
Acompanhe no facebook mais sobre o que está a desenvolver durante a sua estadia, e por favor visite o seu site para +INFO: www.corinadelcarmel.com

For the 2nd time Corina del Carmel, a artist born in Mexico arrives to our residency spot to creat.
Follow on FB what she´s developing during this stay, and please visit she´s website for more details and INFO- www.corinadelcarmel.com

Merryl Custers(australian) creating in ARTErra

Merryl Custers completou o curso de Belas Artes em 2013 e tem trabalhado predominantemente em programas com a comunidade, e ao longo dos ultimos 6 anos colaborou em murais, intervenções em espaços públicos e design de cena conceptual.

Pintora de coração, o seu trabalho em estúdio envolve a sua fascinação e atenção pelas normas sociais, tanto cultural como visualmente.

" Através da manipulação e interpretação visual , procuro desconstruir as normas e práticas que fazem parte do" instinto animal humano para se "encaixar" socialmente.
O que significa a procurar " aceitação social" ?Como é que isso é para si??
O que isso me faz sentir?
Ao envolver-me no simbolismo que os animais e objetos evocam através da arte, eu esforço-me a explorar a sociologia e a psicologia circundante à identidade cultural , práticas sociais  humanidade profunda. "

+INFO www.merrylcusters.com

Having completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from ECU, Perth in 2013, Merryl Custers has worked predominantly in community art programs over the last six years, specialising in conceptual stage design, murals and public spaces.

A painter at heart, Merryl's studio work indulges her life-long fascination with societal norms, both visually and culturally. 

"Through visual manipulation and interpretation, I seek to deconstruct the social norms and practices which form part of the human 'animal instinct' to 'fit in'. 
What does it mean to seek 'social acceptance'?
What does this look like for you?
What does this look like for me?
By engaging in the symbolism that animals and objects evoke through art, I endeavor to explore the sociology and psychology surrounding cultural identity, social practice and deepest humanity."

Nina Hurny Lima (escultora) no ARTErra a criar MENinas

"Foi com muita alegria que recebi a confirmação da minha estadia em ARTErra/Tondela. Espero por dias intensos de muita criatividade!Estou positivamente ansiosa pela oportunidade de trabalhar com, conhecer e sentir uma outra “terra”, a “terra preta”... e com ela dar forma e corpo a minha inspiração, lembranças e sentimentos! Estou também curiosíssima para ver o resultado do modo particular em que a argila será mais tarde queimada!Comecei desde muito nova meu trabalho com modelamento de argila. Antes mesmo de terminar o liceu, abri meu pequeno atelier, três pequenas salas comerciais de uma casa de enxaimel medieval  (Fachwerkhaus) em Paderborn, no meio norte da Alemanha. Lá, paralelamente a pintura, que sempre foi o meu meio de expressão principal, produzi várias pequenas esculturas.Viagens pela região do Mediterâneo, Oriente Médio e América do Sul, as impressões de tantas paisagens, culturas, pessoas e músicas têm sempre influenciado fortemente minha arte. A Música é simplesmente essencial quando eu estou a criar. Ela permite-me imergir e viajar no fluxo da inspiração. Experiências vividas e impressões serão então transpostas nas telas ou nas formas da argila. Minhas exposições foram exclusivamente feitas no meu aterlier ou em casas privadas, na Alemanha em Paderborn, Munich, Regensburg; em São Paulo, no Brasil, ou no Porto, Portugal. Sinto-me especialmente ligada a Portugal. Os três anos que vividos no Porto, de 2011 a 2014, foram extremamente inspiradores e férteis, levando minha arte a um outro nível de produção. Desde janeiro de 2014, voltei a me dedicar intensivamente a modelagem de corpos em argila e a sua reprodução em bronze. Daí surgiu “MENinas”... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nina-Hurn%C3%BF-Pimenta-Lima-MENinaS/671917379558527?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Tenho certeza que no  ARTErra, encontrarei todas as condições que preciso para abrir a “válvula”das emoções e traduzi-las em Arte!Estou a contar os dias que faltam para estar ai!"

"It was with great joy that I received confirmation of my stay in ARTErra-  Tondela. I hope by intense days of great creativity! I am positively looking forward to the opportunity to work with, know and feel another" land ", the" black clay ".. . and with her body shape and my inspiration, memories and feelings! I am also very curious to see the result of the particular way in which the clay will later be burned! I started from an early age my work with clay modeling. Before you even finish high school, I opened my little studio, three small commercial offices of a medieval half-timbered house (Fachwerkhaus) in Paderborn in northern half of Germany. There, alongside the painting, which has always been my main means of expression, producing several small sculptures .Viagens by mediteraneo region, Middle East and South America, impressions of many landscapes, cultures, people and music have always strongly influenced my art. Music is simply essential when I'm creating. It allows me to immerse in and travel inspiration flow. Experiences and impressions will then be transposed on screen or in clay forms. My exhibitions were exclusively made in my atelier or in private homes, in Germany in Paderborn, Munich, Regensburg; in São Paulo, in Brazil, or in Porto, Portugal. I feel especially connected to Portugal. The three years he lived in Porto, from 2011 to 2014, were extremely inspiring and fertile, taking my art to another level of production. Since January 2014, I returned to me intensively dedicating to modeling in clay bodies and their reproduction in bronze. Hence arose "MENinas" ... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nina-Hurn%C3%BF-Pimenta-Lima-MENinaS/671917379558527?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

I'm sure the air-ground, meet all the conditions that need to open the "valve" of emotions and translate them into art! I'm counting the days until be there!

Diana Vega- Dialogues in ARTErra

Diana Vega é o nome da nossa próxima residente, colombiana a viver e a trabalhar na Alemanha. O seu processo de trabalho foca-se na multiplicidade de relações que o corpo cria com os objectos num determinado espaço.  A Fotografia, performance e collage tem sido a base para a exploração do seu trabalho.
" Durante a minha residência no ARTErra explorarei a paisagem do local em collage. Estou interessada nas múltiplas narrativas que são criadas em contextos diferentes, dependendo das caracteristicas fisicas e as relações que cada individuo realiza nas suas rotinas. Interessa-me explorar a cor e texturas emergindo assim na ambiência da paisagem  observando a configuração do espaço e tempo. O meu objectivo é estabelecer um constante diálogo com as imagens que trabalho (collages) e criar discussão sobre a sua composição, transmitindo sentidos e gerando novas possibilidades e novos niveis de observação."
Diana Milena Vega is a colombian artist who is living and working in Germany at the moment.Her working process is focussing on the multiple relations between the body and the objects in acertain space. The photography, performance and collage have been her base and experimentation.“During my residence in ARTErra I will realize a collage work basing upon the landscape of theplace. I am interested in the multiple narratives which are created in different contexts, dependingon the physical characteristics and the relations which establish individuals in their daily living. Iam interested in exploring the colours, textures and the immersed mood in the landscape,observing the configuration of space and time.My aim is to establish a constant dialogue with the images I worked on, from Collages, andgenerate a discussion through its composition, transmitting the found sensations and generatingnew possibilities of images and new levels of observation.”

+INFO

2015 CALL FOR ARTISTS (ongoing to 1st March)

ARTErra rural artistic residency is a multidisciplinary hosting program in the North/Center Portugal. Several work spaces and different facilities and services are provided to the artists to develop the work project proposed. 

We are happy to help you finding in our residency the perfect conditions and reatreat for your artistic process.

You can apply for a residency for 2015.

  To apply the following elements (you can send by email )

- C.V. artist(s) and Bio
- Portfolio, videos, photos

- Description of the project to be undertaken ARTERRA out, including the project's objectives, needs and expectations of residence and all the details necessary to understanding the proposal.

- Dates and Duration(nº of days,weeks) of residence(2 options)we still have vacancies for march, april and may.

- Details (needs for meals, work characteristics,tools, number of persons,,nº of rooms,work methodologies, additional information relevant to the work process)

After i have all this information i will budget the stay. We are open all year.

I can tell you as a reference price  that 1 week 1 person in a single room is approx 150€.(+23%Vat) and 2 persons in a double room is approx 240€(+23%VAT)

Extra Day- 35€ 1 person

For more information visit our website or send us an email

MAIL:arterra.geral@gmail.com

SITE: www.arterra.weebly.com

Julia Montyka@ARTErra residency" Breakwater" Project -4 weeks Feb/March 2015

Julia Motyka é actriz,escritora e ativista norte americana.
O seu trabalho tem sido visto em NYC Off- Broadway e em alguns dos principais teatros regionais de seu país. Ela ganhou prêmios de desempenho em San Francisco e Denver, e foi nomeada , em Los Angeles

Julia Motyka-

 "Eu estou vindo para Arterra para trabalhar nomeu monologo multi- media , "Breakwater", que é uma performance  multi- disciplinar sobre a maleabilidade da memória e do seu impacto na nossa narrativa pessoal individual e de bem-estar mental.

Estou completamente absorvida pela maneira como a memória funciona : como ela se transforma ao longo do tempo e como ela nos informa o que conhecemos a nós mesmos para ser. Estou igualmente fascinada pela doença mental - particularmente a amplitude e a intensidade da doença mental nas mulheres da minha família- e sua relação com a memória. Se , para o momento , definimos a memória como a história que contamos sobre nossas vidas , quão profundamente  estas histórias- sejam elas baseados em mito pessoal ,  famíliar ou social- nos dizer quem éramos, somos , e nos estamos tornando ? Tecendo o conteúdo de áudio de várias entrevistas de membros da minha família , com os meus próprios pensamentos , lembranças e percepções , esta performance multimedia funciona como um cérebro coletivo contendo diferentes versões das muitas verdades do passado da minha família e presente tanto com a loucura e da vida. Podemos mudar o futuro , mudando a nossa forma de contar a história do passado?

 Is a US-based actress, writer, and activist with a national reputation. Her work has been seen in NYC Off-Broadway and in some of her nation’s top regional theatres. She’s won performance awards in San Francisco and Denver, and been nominated in Los Angeles.

"I’m coming to ARTErra to work on my multi-media solo piece, Breakwater, which is a multi-disciplinary solo performance piece about the malleability of memory and its impact on our individual personal narrative and mental wellbeing.

I am completely taken with the way memory works: how it mutates over time and how it informs who we know ourselves to be. I am equally fascinated by mental illness - particularly the scope and degree of the mental illness in the women of my family- and its relationship to memory. If, for the moment, we define memory as the story we tell about our lives, how deeply do these stories- be they based on personal myth, family lore, or society’s ideals- tell us who we were, are, and are becoming? By weaving the audio content of various interviews of my family members with my own thoughts, memories, and perceptions, this multi-media solo performance piece operates as a collective brain containing different versions of the many truths of my family’s past and present tango with madness and life.  Can we change the future by changing the way we tell the story of the past?"

+INFO www.juliamotyka.com

Rosanna Moreda (escritora Uruguai)

Rosanna Moreda publicou ata o momento dous ensaios nas Editoriais Fapa

(Barcelona, 2006) e Mandala (Madrid, 2013) e un poemario en Versos &

Reversos (Barcelona, 2010).

Na actualidade traballa nunha novela familiar, así como nunha Antoloxía

poética con 14 participantes, cada un ou unha asociada/o a un lema.

Gústalle pensar neste proxecto en relación coa “auga viva” como se di no

país da súa nai: Uruguai (augamar en galego) pero sen picadela, ou en

todo caso que contaxie moita enerxía e colaboración, as grandes claves dos

nosos tempos. Tamén colaborou e colabora en revistas literarias varias, e

fixéronse referencias ás súas obras/artigos en medios como a recoñecida

revista venezolana Letralia Tierra de Letras (2012). Porén, a súa actividade

literaria estivo sempre moi entrelazada coa súa ampla experiencia na

Intervención social e no Ensino.

As veces que combinou o seu labor creativo co traballo con poboacións

marxinalizadas como é o caso da súa experiencia como formadora nun

obradoiro de escritura creativa no cárcere catalán de 4 Camins (2010);

sentiuse chea.

No entanto, a escritura é unha máis das súas facetas, pois aférrase á

máxima de Susan Sontag "para escribir é prioridade vivir". Está segura que

atopará en ARTErra , concentración e paralelamente redes de

creación cultural moi oportunas para a busca de participantes dentro da

poesía de acción; así como unha natureza idílica que invita plenamente a

escribir.

+INFO: http://rosannamoreda.blogspot.com.es/
FB: https://es-es.facebook.com/pages/Rosanna-Moreda/1392274997677507 

Foto de: IRIA OTERO

Akiko Ono (choreographer) from Japan to ARTErra

Akiko Ono é uma bailarina/coreografa japonesa de tóquio que nos últimos anos tem desenvolvido trabalho em Londres.
Está muito interessada em explorar as nossas atmosferas, música e ideias que transformam o movimento e a forma como reagimos aos mesmos.
O objectivo desta residencia é perceber até que ponto o ambiente inspira as pessoas.
SITE:   https://vimeo.com/80495904

 " As a choreographer, I am very interested in what kinds of tasks, atmosphere, music and ideas makes dancers move and how they response  to them.  The main question in this project is how does specifically created space inspire people ? In this residency I create meditative and interesting space  & dance at that space ,and share this space with people to explore the body,feeling and movement at the space. I hope to have a session with people on  end of my residency."

Patrick Reynolds (visual artists) @ARTErra residency

Patrick Reynolds, tradicionalmente trabalha com fotografia e video, e esta residência fará parte da sua formação na School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
O Patrick é luso descendente e durante a sua residência artística que abrangerá diferentes disciplinas irá ter como ponto de partida a devastação em area ardida e consequencias.
É a sua primeira vez em Portugal.
Visite o site do artista para saber mais sobre o seu trabalho.

SITE  patreynolds.tumblr.compatreynolds.tumblr.com

"I am pursuing this residency program as part of my Master's thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My work is typically in photography and video production, and I am currently exploring the ways in which these media can be approached that take into consideration their contemporary roles as democratized and dethroned image-making processes. I am interested in the contemporary state of photographic authorship, the physical existence of the digital image, the contentious definition of the contemporary art photographer, the insatiable legacy of art history on the contemporary image-making world, the intermingling of current and outdated technologies, and the displaced role of the narrative within the contemporary film and photograph.

For this project, I will be creating a photo series and accompanying documentary video about Tondela and any lasting effects that have remained in the wake of the area's recent wildfire.  This project will be presented in the context of my own experience as a Portuguese-American experiencing the country for the first time, and as a foreigner."

Mexico: Corina del Carmel

Corina del Carmel chega-nos do México para uma residência de 4 semanas.
Vai estar a pintar usando tintas acrilicas, lápis e carvão.
O seu tema será inspirado numa serie de esboços de dança recolhidos de ensaios a que assistiu no México.

No ARTErra tentará encontar o espaço e o tempo que lhe permitam explorar possibilidades e estes materiais.

"My project is to work with a series of paintings on paper using water mediums, like ink

and liquid acrylics. As well some drawing on pencil and charcoal.

The images will be based of sketches of ballet and aerial dancers rehearsals I made in

Mexico City and New Mexico in the past years.

My plan is to work in the movement of the human body with free and fast strokes and to

experiment with the possibilities of these water mediums. I would like to take this time to

separate myself from my detailed oil painting and play with these mediums."

Site: http://www.corinadelcarmel.com

Collective work group "Souls in Motion" based on Dubai

Souls in Motion collective will develop  work during the 2 weeks stay in our residency.

"Theatre is ritual. We aim to build a poetic ritual comprised of 4 to 8 explorations of music, poetry, movement, language, art and rhythm. These explorations will be inspired by our collective and individual experiences as young adults of the “third culture”—born, raised, and living in countless cities across the world. Influenced by globalization, as well as tradition, we are souls in motion. We aim to highlight the resilience of the human spirit and speak straight to the soul. "

Dana Dajani

Dana Dajani is an award-winning Palestinian actor and writer based in Dubai where she quickly gained recognition for her performances in Arabic and English. On stage, Dana wrote and starred in Kalubela, winner of Time Out Dubai’s award for Best Theatrical Performance of 2012. Her short films have been in film festivals across the Middle East, garnering awards such as Best Actress in Tropfest 2011 and Best Film at the Arab Film Studio Competition 2013. Later that same year, Dana was one of only two international artists invited to Australia to develop and perform a new work at the Sydney Opera House.  

Additionally, Dana is a published author and poet and can often be spotted performing her spoken-word poetry in a musical collaboration called Floetics. A freestyle riff on rhythm and rhyme, Floetics have performed at many premier music venues and festivals in Dubai. Independently, Dana has recently collaborated with Dubai-based cellist and producer, Aaron Kim, to create an EP which fuses electronic sounds and poetry.

Tim Hassall

Tim Hassall is an internationally established performer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Dubai. Drawing on a diverse range of influences, Hassall's eclectic musical taste inspires his unique 'pop/rock with soul' style.
His second full-length album 'Gallatin' reached number 9 on the Virgin UAE Charts (Feb 2014), gaining rave reviews from fans and critics alike. Described as "a real wordsmith" by Grammy award winner Doug Sax, his music has featured in major motion pictures; City Of Life (UAE), international music festivals; Secret Garden Party (UK), Blended (UAE), Unspangled (GER) and has twice earned him a TimeOut Dubai Nightlife award.

Katy Hassal

A recent graduate from Glasgow School of Art and winner of the RSA New Contemporaries Award.Katy Hassall was born in New Zealand, grew up in Dubai and studied in Glasgow. She has moved around the world all her life and continues to be inspired and make connections with the places she has been.

 Her work features performances involving the engagement of the senses manifested through the bodily awareness of space, sound, and the search for self in relation to the world. She is interested in the physical impact of sound and its ability to bring people together. The energy of sound through the body allows which allows us to remember, heal and experience space in a new way. 

Our existence is based upon experiences that force us to repair and grow. Katy Hassall´s work features performances celebrating and communicating this sense of time, craft, and the universality of human experience.

Layla K

Having grown up between Sydney, Australia and Dubai, UAE, Layla was exposed to all genres of music, and started to develop great appreciation for world music at a very young age, with her major influence being jazz and soul.

Her experience spans from musical theatre and television, to collaborative projects, performing with local rappers and singers in Australia, and writing lyrics and melodies for their tracks.

At 18 she began to focus on poetry and a fusion of traditional middle-eastern music and jazz, which saw her work with some great names in the Arab world. Today she continues her music ambitions with writing and performing original acoustic music with an Arabic flavour, as well as performing jazz standards at live music venues in Dubai.

David Somló & his guitar @ ARTErra

David Somló em residência no ARTErra.
Este músico Hungaro está a estudar em Londres.
Estará no ARTErra para continuar a compor para o seu album.
Usará diferentes suportes de gravação para o seu album de guitarra.
Acompanhe este acolhimento!
"I am a freelancer composer/improviser currently studying interdiciplinary composition at Goldsmiths College, London. In my works I am interested in physicality, honesty, and the small important moments.
At Arterra I will compose and record the second part of my first solo guitar album I recorded last summer in five nights in five different places of Budapest. At Arterra I will create the material that I would record there, at the village and in the surrounding places. In the album I would also use the soundscapes I record during my stay.
The concept of my album is that I record my solo guitar pieces with a small portable amplifier in spaces with a strong ambience. For the recordings I used different quality recorders from digital portable recorder to dictaphone, to be able to play with their different atmospheres. This technique gave the recordings the unique taste of field recordings of folk music and a unique almost ‘visible’ environment. "
https://soundcloud.com/davidsomlocompostions/szavadivi

Noe Kidder (filmaker)3rd time with us!

Noe Kidder estará no ARTErra pela terceira vez até ao final de Junho.
Anteriormente esta realizadora filmou KU´UIPO nesta região com os actores Gui Garrido (Portugal) e Marianna Vogt (Inglaterra).
A apresentação deste filme terá lugar no próximo dia 27 (sexta feira) pelas 21h30, na Casa dos Vidros, em Lobão da Beira, no Largo Candido Figueiredo. Convite aberto a todos!
Durante esta residência Noe irá estar a trabalhar o som da sua nova curta A PARADISE OF CHILDREN, já em fase de pós produção. Este trabalho explora a relação amorosa entre  aluno e  professor, e utiliza uma serie de tecnicas do cinema documental e com traços semelhantes a outros trabalhos desta artista.
Para ver alguns dos seus trabalhos por favor visite a página: http://noekidder.blogspot.com

Noe Kidder will visit ARTErra for the third time this June! Previously, Noe made the film KU'UIPO in the area with performers Gui Garrido and Marianna Vogt. She will be screening this film for the public during her stay. Noe will also be working on the soundtrack to her new short film, A PARADISE OF CHILDREN, which has already been shot (see production still). This film explores the love between teacher and student, and employs several of the techniques of experimental documentary and personal cinema that can be found in Kidder's other films. To watch some of her films online please visit http://noekidder.blogspot.com/