Eyebeam internship in the morning. Class is taking a field trip here around mid-day. After that, we’re heading to Taeyoon’s studio for a workshop on how to apply for artist residencies.
Red Hook bus in the mornin’
On the subway
Window selfie
I got to Eyebeam a little bit after 10am to work on some videos. The class was due to arrive at 12:30p. It was all of the other interns last day at Eyebeam. Sad. I feel like I was just barely getting to know them all - Mischa, Michael, Taehee, Paula.
SFPC peeps started arriving at noon. At around 12:15p a few of us bopped downstairs to grab a quick lunch. When we came back up, the class went on a tour of Eyebeam and I stayed working in the computer lab.
After the tour, Taeyoon gave a fantastic workshop entitled, “How to Apply for Artist Residencies”.
These may not make sense, but I’m including them anyway. In retrospect, I wish I’d recorded Taeyoon’s talk but his github repo “Tools for Artists” is a more than adequate document of this workshop.
* SFPC as a “training wheels residency”(my words)
- SFPC puts less pressure on production. most residencies focus on producing as much work as possible.
* how do you “make a living” vs “making good work”
- make a living first. mostly so you can stay healthy and happy and productive.
- diversify your sources of income.
- For instance, Taeyoon does curatorial advisement for corporations.
- it’s very smart to work for other artists.
- you’re never going to have enough time or money.
- think of it as a CREATIVE CONSTRAINT
- there are websites that talk about HOW ARTISTS MAKE A LIVING - RESEARCH
- to apply for residencies, you need (3) solo projects to apply.
* Residency/Fellowship/Commission
* it’s okay to do residencies that you pay for - sometimes they’re worth it
* Residencies to apply for:
* HarvestWorks
* Autodesk Pier 9
* Museum of Art and Design - Educational residency
* Skowhegan - “post-graduate school”
* very transitional residency - apply here
* Academia Schloss Solitude is another really good one
* Rijksacademie valbeeldende
* DAAD
* Taeyoon’s metric: “I apply to 2-3 residencies a month and get accepted to 2-3 per year.”
* Find residencies at resartist, and residency unlimited
* look at the application very closely
* check out alumni of any residency you like
* do research on artists you respect and apply to the residencies they applied to
* Cory Arcangel
* REAL PEOPLE read your application. take your time to fill it out.*
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We each created an artist bio, artist statement, and project description for our work. Here's my artist bio:
Alex Wagner is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer focusing on documentation of educational experiences, and the archiving of those experiences. Mediums include blogging, field recording techniques, documentary filmmaking, and print media. ```
Afterwards, the class went for a tour of Taeyoon’s studio at Dark Matter, in downtown Brooklyn. I stayed behind and did Eyebeam work and hung out with Michael and Paula, departing Eyebeam interns and siblings-in-arms.
I saw this on the subway ride home
Later, I went to a really bad Bill Murray-themed art show on the LES.
For Breakfast:
Cheese danish from Ines. Changed my life. Bless all of the wonderful women of Ines Bakery. May they live long and fruitful lives.
For Lunch:
Ramen! From the food court downstairs at Industry City. It was pretty good, even though it made us kind of late(5 minutes) to get back.
For Dinner:
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