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Goethe/Gasworks Residency

Gasworks and the Goethe-Institut London provide residencies for Germany-based cultural practitioners.  
 
The joint residency programme offered emerging and mid-career artists to live and work in London, providing an environment that encouraged experimentation, critical discourse and the exchange of ideas through practice. It allowed visiting artists to develop projects in response to their new environment, or to conduct research benefiting from London’s resources. Made public through events and Open Studios, these opportunities encouraged interaction and dialogue between international artists and audiences in London.  
 
The first artist in residency was Mario Pfeifer in 2013. During his London time, he worked on a video production about the Western Sahara region. In 2014, Wilhelm Klotzek worked with stand-up comedy as an absurd form of performance art. In the year of 2016, Lina Hermsdorf worked with Gasworks’ archive to examine the Gasworks institution as a living system with which humans interact. 
 
 
Visit the Gasworks website for more information about their work. 

A black and white photo of a man surrounded by Arabic writing Mario Pfeifer

2013 Residency
 Mario Pfeifer

Mario Pfeifer’s work explores representational structures and conventions in the medium of film, in locations ranging from Mumbai to California to the Western Sahara. In London, he worked on his video project “Conversation Piece (Western Sahara)”.

A photo of a speaker and a window as part of her exhibition Lisa Hermsdorf

2016 Residency
 Lina Hermsdorf

During her residency, Lina Hermsdorf worked with Gasworks’ archive of previous exhibitions and residencies to explore the human use and interaction with Gasworks by current and previous users, examining it as a living system that required maintenance.

A photo of his exhibition, which shows replicas of cigarettes Wilhelm Klotzen

2014 Residency
Wilhelm Klotzen

Wilhelm Klotzek uses sculpture, text and spoken word as interchangeable forms of narration and storytelling. He situates his work within the context of growing up in the former GDR and during its dissolution, often drawing on the structural and social divisions that still prevail.

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