INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCIES 2020

The Museum of Loss and Renewal was delighted to host the following 2020 residents: Luc Debuyser, Akelei Loos and Judith Schrijver, Elin Karlsson, and Laura McSorley. Welcoming such an interesting range of creative practitioners in this year was particularly special given the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the arts.

AUGUST 2020 | Luc Debuyser, Akelei Loos and Judith Schrijver

During an intense period of collective working at The Museum of Loss and Renewal we developed a solo dance performance about belief and consolation. The piece builds on Judith Schrijver’s investigation into the life and work of American artist Loïe Fuller (1862-1928), the highly original performer who pioneered modern dance and theatrical lighting. Loïe2 (working title) will in fact signal a farewell to Loïe Fuller; it is about the moment when, as a young woman, Judith Schrijver can courageously foreground her own voice, commenting “It’s great that you inspire us, but let’s now stand side by side in the line of women who continue to fuel each other, to enable me to become me”. The work will be shown at Zaal3, The Hague and Bellevue, Amsterdam in 2021.

Luc Debuyser is a musician and producer and is part of the Dutch band Love Couple.
Akelei Loos is a sustainable fashion and costume designer and a graduate of ArtEZ, Institute of the Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands. http://akeleiloos.com
Judith Schrijver is a Dutch singer, theatre maker and actress. She is a graduate of the Amsterdam Theater School and Kleinkunstacademie, the Netherlands.

Funded by het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Voor Vrouwen Door Vrouwen, The Museum of Loss and Renewal and 70 generous crowd funding donors.

SEPTEMBER 2020 | Elin Karlsson

I was delighted to be able to spend time at The Museum of Loss and Renewal to pursue my research into Emperor Augustus’ daughter, Julia. Punished by her father for her promiscuous behaviour, she spent seven years in exile on what was at the time the remote island of Ventotene in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Naples. Through her story and the subsequent (sexual) histories of the island my work explores the shedding and layering of tales of the land, (female) sexuality, a methodological understanding of the island as a place away from the continent’s (social) ideals, and sailing as a means to navigate between these points.

During the residency I worked through three interconnected strands of research – writing, video work and sculptural installation. A focal point was the video material I collected when on the Ventotene in 2019.

www.elin-karlsson.co.uk 

Funded by University of the Arts London.

SEPTEMBER 2020 | Laura McSorley

I am developing a practice that combines the roles of artist, cultural producer and leader, motivated to be part of a shift towards a new and better art world.

For the last year I have been co-running the artist-led initiative GENERATORprojects in Dundee, Scotland. Having learned how to be an artist who can support other artists and consolidated new skills, I realise that I want to strengthen my personal art practice. Time in The Museum of Loss and Renewal’s nurturing environment has helped me to reconsider how both my practice and research can move forward.

I worked on a new project, taking the book Bluets by American author Maggie Nelson – a lens on memory, loneliness, and the paradoxes of love – as a jumping off point from which to explore ways of making work that reflect the swirling meta-narrative nature of the writer’s aphorisms; small pieces of beauty and knowledge.

Integrated into my residency was a bespoke Guided Learning Programme, devised by Tracy and Edwin, that focussed on strategies and methods to develop my practice.

www.generatorprojects.co.uk

Funded by GENERATORprojects Incubator Fund and Creative Scotland.