The UmArts Artist Researchers in Residence Programme (ARIR) provides the opportunity for artists and makers to contribute to the UmArts research environment for one month. The programme focuses on interdisciplinary practice-based researchers from the visual arts, sound arts, media arts, performing arts, architectural, design, maker and hacker communities to develop short term projects in the UmArts research studio and contribute to the UmArts research environment.
Nisrine Boukhari is an artist/theorist, using language in her practice.
Zeno Gries is an artist and a programmer and software developer and is working transdisciplinary with AI.
Cyanne van den Houten is an artist working with the parallels between magic and technology.
Ana Zdravković is a visual artist and researcher working mostly in painting and drawing.
The UmArts Artistic Researchers in Residence (ARIR) programme offers two different residencies:
TAIGA ARIR
This is an Art and AI micro-project at UmArts, in collaboration with TAIGA Centre for Transdisciplinary AI. In this residency, the artists are invited to develop new projects investigating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning as part of the Art and AI Working Group.
ARIR
This is a program open for artists and researchers within all art forms. The resident contributes to UmArt's interdisciplinary research environment and have the opportunity to make new contacts and form new collaborations.
Artistic Researchers in Residence for 2024/2025 are:
Zeno Gries and Cyanne van den Houten (TAIGA ARIR).
Ana Zdravković and Nisrine Boukhari (ARIR).