#46 Residency in Croatia

The second week of DTA Residency turned out to be full of intensive rehearsals and so will be the third week as we are approaching the presentation day. We work hard to develop our ideas and concepts and put them in digital or physical forms. For me personally, this part is the most interesting part of the residency, as we start working with other artists, learn from each other, observe different artistic approaches and teach each other new skills, materials.  I appreciate that we have to present our work in process and not the final product. It would be nearly impossible and would cause stress and chaos.  In that case we would be more oriented on the final product rather than to explore, try collaborations, listen to each other, develop ideas and build powerful artistic connections. 

I think this residency gives an amazing opportunity to try new things and connect to various artists and cultures in different ways. Therefore when I was asked, I  decided to participate in 2 works of different artists (authors), co-direct and perform in collaborative work and merge personal ideas of creation to other’s pieces. I mostly work alone and this approach will be the best outcome for my personal and artistic development and not only. I still will be able to continue my solo work on the subject,a concept that I developed during this residency and I believe this is what matters the most, what can we take from this period of time.

I would also love to add that we had meeting with partners from Italy, Poland and Georgia, went to check out presentation’s location HKD and also had some beautiful workshops including: Duet with the camera led by Sellena, 2 day movement workshop by Gabriella Stazio, workshop of observing our body weight & balance by Giulia and Claudia, stretching and partnering massage by Kamil. We also experienced “Aimless wandering” practice - trip to the woods by Melita Sorola Stanicic. 

To sum up, it was an intensive and important week full of new experiences. On Sunday Justyna and I took a little boat trip from Opatija and enjoyed the last days of summer.

       

        

         

By Xosilita (Nino Khositashvili)

Drugi tjedan DTA Residency bio je pun intenzivnih proba, a tako će biti i treći tjedan jer se približavamo danu predstavljanja. Naporno radimo na razvijanju naših ideja i koncepata te ih stavljamo u digitalni ili fizički oblik. Meni osobno je ovaj dio najzanimljiviji dio rezidencije, jer počinjemo raditi s drugim umjetnicima, učimo jedni od drugih, promatramo različite umjetničke pristupe i podučavamo jedni druge novim vještinama, materijalima. Cijenim da moramo prezentirati svoj rad u tijeku, a ne konačni proizvod. Bilo bi gotovo nemoguće i izazvalo bi stres i kaos. U tom bismo slučaju bili više orijentirani na konačni proizvod nego na istraživanje, pokušaje suradnje, slušanje jedni drugih, razvijanje ideja i izgradnju snažnih umjetničkih veza.

Mislim da ova rezidencija daje nevjerojatnu priliku za isprobavanje novih stvari i povezivanje s raznim umjetnicima i kulturama na različite načine. Stoga, kada su me pitali, odlučio sam sudjelovati u 2 rada različitih umjetnika (autora), surežirati i nastupati u zajedničkom radu i spojiti osobne ideje stvaranja s tuđim djelima. Uglavnom radim sam i ovakav pristup će biti najbolji ishod za moj osobni i umjetnički razvoj i ne samo. I dalje ću moći nastaviti svoj solo rad na tu temu, koncept koji sam razvio tijekom ove rezidencije i vjerujem da je to ono što je najvažnije, što možemo uzeti iz ovog razdoblja.

Također bih volio dodati da smo se sastali s partnerima iz Italije, Poljske i Gruzije, otišli provjeriti lokaciju prezentacije HKD i također imali nekoliko lijepih radionica uključujući: Duet s kamerom koju je vodila Sellena, dvodnevnu radionicu pokreta Gabrielle Stazio, radionica promatranja tjelesne težine & ravnoteže Giulie i Claudie, istezanje i partnerska masaža Kamila. Doživjeli smo i praksu “Besciljnog lutanja” - izlet u šumu Melite Sorole Staničić.

Ukratko, bio je to intenzivan i važan tjedan pun novih iskustava. U nedjelju smo Justyna i ja malo izletjeli brodom iz Opatije i uživali u posljednjim danima ljeta.