5 GESTURES TOWARDS… focuses on the intent to illuminate that unseen labor, offering artists a platform to explore, fail, and rediscover. Two artists, each with their unique methods of working, will meet for the first time. The two have never worked together before, nor are they familiar with each other’s practices. They will be joined by the dramaturg Alissa Šnaider. Here, dramaturgy means staying with the ambiguous. Not fixing meaning, but hosting its many potentials.

Two artists have been invited to spend ten days in the studio together. By the end of the journey they will host an open studio event which might take any shape or format, and may occur in any medium. You’re invited to experience a one-time only situation, constellation, incident or event.

A gesture is a performative, bodily expression of an idea: it can be poetic, ephemeral, physical, or manifest as an object. The beauty of this format is that nobody knows until we all meet in one space at the same time. A gesture is a kind invitation towards a conversation in whichever way it might occur.

The artists of 5 GESTURES TOWARDS... will be announced in July!