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Memorial Gestures 3 – Open Call

Posted by Paula

Artist Residency Programme 2024–2025 @ Holocaust Centre NorthApplications close: Tuesday 20th of August – 9am (GMT) Memorial Gestures is a remote residency programme for artistic research supporting artists, writers and translators. Over the course of … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Matt Smith

Written by Matt Smith

I am an artist who works mainly with craft-based media, often in relation to collections and archives. My practice often explores marginalised, and particularly LGBTQ+ lives and how they have been included or excluded from … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Ariane Schick

Written by Ariane Schick

Around eighty years after my paternal grandparents and aunt became Holocaust refugees, I began reflecting on this part of my family’s past. In the midst of that, I applied for the Memorial Gestures Residency at … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Maud Haya-Baviera

Written by Maud Haya-Baviera

I am a multidisciplinary visual artist. For years, I have worked with a variety of different mediums, ranging from film and video, sculpture, photography and sound. This has taught me much about different techniques and … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures – Jordan Baseman

Written by Jordan Baseman

Details are Important We seem to be at a time in our history where there are many open divisions in our society, exemplified by vaccine/anti-vaccine, Brexit Leave/Remain, Trump, January 6th at the Capitol, etc. Facts … Keep reading