Álvaro Escalona (Escalona’s brothers) es el residente español seleccionado para participar en el programa de residencias de la European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC) durante 12 semanas, entre el 15 de agosto y el 6 de noviembre de 2024. 

La European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC) y Acción Cultural Española organizan esta residencia dirigida a artistas, diseñadores y arquitectos españoles que nunca antes hayan trabajado con cerámica.

Amaia Prieto Atxotegi and Jorge Suárez-Kilzi are the winners of this residency aimed at two Spanish designers or architects (or residents in Spain) who will be able to enjoy from May 27 to July 7, 2024 at Domaine de Boisbuchet.

Ian Waelder (Madrid, 1993) is the artist selected for this residency, which aims to participate in the prestigious international residency program of the WIELS Contemporary Art Center (Brussels), between July and December 2024, with the collaboration of Acción Cultural Spanish and the Department of Culture of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium. The purpose of this call is to facilitate the creation of collaboration networks, to promote the mobility of Spanish creators, to encourage artistic production by offering residencies for artists and the provision of work spaces, as well as to strengthen links with institutions international cultural.

Ian Waelder explores memory and trace by isolating archived stories and languages in relation to his biography, working through the poetics of accident and the reuse of what is discarded. His works share a sense of porosity, which becomes a metaphor for the presence of multiple openings within a form. By choosing everyday materials such as newspapers, found objects, paper mache or cardboard, Waelder gives form to what has not been archived, photographed, recorded or written down, reflecting on the conditions and politics of the construction of memory. His work spans a wide range of media, from photography and sculpture to sound and installation.