The House of Confluence: Far and Near

July 12 – 28, 2024

In July 2024, ​“The House of Con­flu­ence” presents a group exhi­bi­tion ​“Far and Near.” It show­cas­es the works of six artists cur­rent­ly in the res­i­den­cy pro­gram of Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed (RU): San­ja And­jelković (Serbia/​Austria), Renea Begol­li (Koso­vo), Ali­na Grabovsky (Aus­tria), Nate Hes­ter (USA), Zahra Jew­an­jee (Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates) and Jacob Ott (Switzer­land). This exhi­bi­tion is curat­ed by RU Guest Cura­tor Data Chigh­o­lashvili.

From far and near means com­ing togeth­er from dif­fer­ent places as do the artists in the show. It reflects how prac­tices and approach­es from far and near – espe­cial­ly through inter­na­tion­al res­i­den­cies and exchanges – can offer unique per­spec­tives, influ­ence each oth­er, con­flu­ence, and fur­ther flow. ​“Far and Near” invites you to con­sid­er a per­spec­tive of see­ing, approach­ing, and per­ceiv­ing from dif­fer­ent points, to exam­ine cracks through which new mean­ings emerge, and to ques­tion the lim­its of reach­ing dis­tant dis­cov­er­ies that once might have felt like a prophe­cy. The explo­rations of a com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ship between indi­vid­ual and col­lec­tive also show up in ​“Far and Near.” What’s far can stay near, some­times be a ghost, and some­times dear. And what’s seem­ing­ly near – in time and space – might be fur­ther than what seems far but feels more near.

RU is one of the 2024 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.