Breath is Tide x Art Explora Festival

In the framework of a long-term collaboration with Art Explora Festival touring across the Mediterranean region, TAP nominates one artist for each stop-over of the festival for a fully funded residency hosted by curatorial allies and institutions across the Festival’s journey.

In a landscape of relentless crises, where cultural life in Lebanon remains deeply shaken, these cross-residencies provide artists with breathing spaces – a moment of respite – without the expectation of production or a final outcome.

As part of the festival, Art Explora and the Island Club introduce a Crossed Residencies Programme, in collaboration with around 15 international residencies and cultural institutions across the Mediterranean basin. Supported by the Creative Europe programme, this project supports contemporary creation from a transdisciplinary perspective and builds a solid, interdependent network of cultural partners throughout the region.

IN RESIDENCE 

VILA 31 / Vartan Avakian (Lebanon), multimedia artist and member of the Arab Image Foundation.
His practice reimagines human narratives and explores materiality through varied media. Represented by Kalfayan Galleries, Athens-Thessaloniki, and Marfa’ Projects, Beirut. Residency hosted at Vila 31 in Tirana, Albania.

KAMOV / Nathalie Harb (Lebanon), multi-disciplinary artist and designer whose work addresses well-being and spatial justice, challenging notions of home, shelter, and agency through diverse practice formats, including public interventions, installations, and scenography. Residency hosted at the KAMOV residency in Rijeka, Croatia.