About AIR

The AIR Celeia programme has been up and running since 2005. The programme encourages the development and promotion of the contemporary artistic and curatorial practices and is based on open dialogue, exchange and cooperation. It is conceived as a two-month residency for international artists and curators. The residency comes with a fee to the artist, space and time, as well as other structural conditions for artists to take on in-depth research, to develop and implement projects, on their own or in a group. It acquaints and connects its residents with local artistic goings-on, as well as those further afield.
AIR Celeia residents have the opportunity to present their work in an exhibition venue run by the Centre for Contemporary Arts, which can take the form of a lecture, discussion, performance or exhibition.
Selections are based on open calls and invitations.

Accommodation
A residential apartment (80 m2) is located in the old town centre of Celje, in the Art Quarter, a stone’s throw away from the Centre for Contemporary Art. The apartment is furnished, has access to a wireless internet connection, and comes with an available parking space.

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Current resident

Maja Bekan

Maja Bekan is a visual artist whose practice often involves long-term research-based projects, focusing on collaborative making, performance, and socially engaged processes.

The protagonists of Bekan’s work are often women: artists, activists, students, retirees, and individuals seeking a place for themselves in difficult circumstances. She is interested in a collaborative and social approach to explore personal histories, truths, economies, and social relations. Bekan works on long-term research-based projects that involve different levels of collaboration, presented to the public in the form of performances, site-specific environments, and video/audio/text-based installations. She was an artist in residence at ISCP New York, Delfina Foundation London, AIR Laboratory (U-jazdowski) Warsaw, IFP Beijing, China, and AIR Berlin Alexanderplatz. She has exhibited work at MoCAB, Belgrade; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Tent, Rotterdam; ISCP New York, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Kunsthaus, Graz; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Melly (former Witte de With) Rotterdam, Casco Art Institute, among others.

 

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