Stan Coenders / Netherlands

Coordinator at MeetingInZdonov, with many years of practice in the conceptualization, organization and execution of art events and as a curator: Footprints at a coastline, Denmark; AnyQuestions? Denmark; Hardtslag, Netherlands, Challenge a Space and Kinetic Drawings, Zdonov. With this project, Aroundless, Stan brings visual arts from the corners of Europe to the central regions in 2015. He helps young artists to build skills and to exhibit their works. A seminar about a new artist residency concept which can be implemented in 2016 is included. >> More about Stan

 

Monique Besten / Netherlands
Monique studied medieval art and history from 1990-1996 and commenced since 1996 with studies in art: photography, free media, public art&new artistic strategies, media art&design at AVS Utrecht, Gerrit Rietveld Academy and Bauhaus University. She is a very active ephemeral artist and travels through Europe to research and create interventions. The pages with A Soft Armour relate to her presence and appreciation of public spaces with embroidered texts on clothes. Currently she travels with the Nomadic Village through Europe. Monique will stay during the whole residency in Zdonov and coach the artists, searching for the meaning and transformations of frames, borders, limitations. >> More about Monique

 

Monika Dorniak / Germany

The workshop researched during two days the theoretic and practical abilities of working collaboratively by using common material. Starting point was to think and talk about the differences between "Cognition" and "Perception" in relation to restrictive presumptions. Continiously elements of group improvisation were used to improve the openess and understanding of interconnections. On the final day the topic "Empathy" was discussed as an important element to lead a communication, and simultaneously confront miscommunication. >> More about Monika

 

Michal Kindernay / Czech Republic

Michal is intermedia artist working with interactive connections of sound, image, and other inputs, in an environment of (not only) computer applications. His works include video performances, installations and interactive projects. Among his latest art projects are Wind*Box (presented at the TIK – Time Inventors’ Kabinet festival in 2012 in Brussels), and the interdisciplinary Camera Altera project. He is one of the founders of yo-yo, member of Kravin “KRA” collective and Školská 28 gallery in Prague. Michal will attend for a few days. >> More about Michal

 

Catharine Callico / Belgium

Catherine is a journalist who writes about travelling, art and cultural societies. Her teaching and coaching approach relates to the meaning of the written word and its transformational possibilities, but also to the word as a medium (which can have so many qualities) that acts between artist and audience. Catherine will attend untill 21 July.

 

Lorena Velasco / Spain

Lorena Velasco is a multimedia journalist who works as a photography teacher at the College of Fine Arts of Murcia. She has developed distinct personal projects connecting with photography and visual arts, in addition to participate in diverse individual and colective exhibitions, cultural volunteering abroad and being in charge of different audiovisual workshops as a teacher with Erasmus programme in Germany, Italy, Romania or Turkey. Lorena will stay with Aroundless in the last part and her approach will help to sharpen the semantics, to finalise the art work and its presentation. >> More about Lorena

 

Javier López-Soldado / Spain

Graduated as architect at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, combining with studies Philosophy and Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid. His career took him to Mexico City, Copenhagen, Shenzhen and Taipei. His interest has focused on analysis through architectural practice and production of images of how different cultures organise territory and types of characteristic landscapes as the result of complex interaction of production, leisure, migration, tourism, scientific knowledge implementation,… rather than the projection of the desires and aspirations of citizens in a particular community. Javier will present a lecture and host a debate about the meaning of blurring of borders. >> More about Javier

 

Li-Ying Wen / Taiwan

Graphic designer, she works as freelance. Specialized in branding, layout, illustration, web design, and video. Some of her works have been awarded by international design competition. Li-Ying will maintain the social media, update websites, and teach/assist with making video and photography. >> More about Li-Ying