Nabi Artist Residency 2023

Art Center Nabi is pleased to resume the annual Nabi Artist Residency program dedicated to fostering innovation and creativity at the intersection of art, technology and society. Nabi Artist Residency is a platform that supports artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to explore their ideas and connect with fellow practitioners at the heart of Seoul. Through Nabi Artist Residency 2023, Art Center Nabi seeks to inhabit realms beyond the limits of technology and of types of knowledge circumscribed in technology through mobilizing socio-cultural exchange. As part of Art Center Nabi’s long-term research project East meets East, this residency aims to provide a fertile ground in which active engagements in defining and shaping ways of seeing, feeling and acting through the lens of ‘East’ take place.

Research and Creative Activity The program will proceed various artistic contents such as an interview regarding the artist’s creation, continuous discussions, and critics. Among these ongoing inquiries of creativity with technological perception, the program will encourage artists to study their artwork profoundly. Exhibition and Related Program During the residency program, the participated artists will host the exhibition to present the result of their art projects in Nabi Artist Residency program. Additionally, the artist will have artist talks to introduce their creative experience during the residency program and the result of their art projects. Networking After the end of the program, the residency will relate domestic/foreign creative laboratories and media art centers to the artists to continue their follow-up projects.