Waiting Around artist residency 23

Waiting Around..

Waiting around is a new artists residency program taking place at the Old Waiting Room in Peckham Rye station. It is a place for 6 artists and designers to explore the concept of what it means to wait.

We often see waiting with negative connotations - an inconvenience - something we try to avoid but in these chaotic times where we very seldom take our time to stop, maybe there is a way to reframe waiting as a gift in time. A pause for reflection, A forced moment to stop.

Join us on Friday night from 5pm till late to see the outcomes of the residency, Free entry no need to register - we will also have a bar and live performances onsite.

Anna Schlimm

Anna is an artist interested in anarchist modes of cultural production. Their work takes many forms, is often collaborative, and has recently focused on queer/ing semiotics. They are also the co-founder of holobiont, a creative organism working with other artists to shift our cultural ecosystem towards social and ecological balance.

@holobiont.lol

@vankitti

Xiyao Chen

Xiyao is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher operating in the fluid zone across the expanded field of digital anthropology, moving images, sonic sculpture and agroecology. They are currently nurturing an embodied practice that values care over extraction, by exploring the material culture and production process of waste and energy. Collaborating with artists, scientists and anthropologists,  they are part of the Working with Waste research group in collaboration with Max Planck Institute, Berlin and have been working on land-based projects with the Inland Collective in Spain and beyond, participating in Documenta Fifteen last year. Their films and performances have been shown at Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea in Lisbon, PB27 Gallery in Porto, Matadero in Madrid and Macau Art Biennale.

Joshua Woolford is a transdisciplinary artist working between performance, painting, sculpture, sound, video, and installation. Woolford's work is rooted in extensive cultural research, drawing from literature, music, and art, as well as personal experiences of being a member of the queer Black Afro-Caribbean diaspora living in London.

Woolford graduated Cum Laude from the Design Academy Eindhoven (Media and Culture), and more recently with an MA from the Royal College of Art (Contemporary Art Practice). They are the 2023 Research and Interpretation Artist in Residence at Tate and a New Contemporaries 2023 Artist.

Shupin Liu

Shupin is a site-specific artist, designer, and researcher, currently undertaking her PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. She holds a Master's from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and a Bachelor's in Environmental Design from Zhejiang University. Shupin's primary focus is on the practice and research of site-specific theatre-making. Her work delves deep into the social dimensions of site-specific theatre, emphasising audience participation and engagement. Drawing from her experiences working and researching in various countries and regions, she brings a global perspective to her studies. Her research interests encompass the ways people interact with designed spatial environments, the embodiment of emotions within these spaces, and the intricate relationship between art, architecture, and psychology in promoting mental well-being.

@is_shupin

Em BW

Em is the co-director of Syrup projects a social engagement studio based in London, we work with people and communities to explore places through exhibitions, experiences and events. Our work is collaborative at its core and makes research and heritage themes accessible using story telling, co-design and technology. Our projects are inclusive and often interactive. We also produce a publication that explores the crossover between intersectional feminism and creative practices. Outside of Syrup Em’s practice explores layering of narrative through the use of film making and projection into unusual back drops and spaces, she is part of the Full Dome Research Group (FDRG) and winner of Janus film award for her immersive film Circus of Anxiety. . FDRG continues to expand the knowledge, understanding and language of immersive projection spaces through creative practice and critical contextual inquiry.

@em_b_w