West Balkan AiR 2004

The West Balkan AiR 2004 residency program had its postmark deadline 27 February 2004.

The program received a total of 251 applications.

Statistics for received applications below:

All applications:
251
Female 144,5 (57,6%)
Male 106,5 (42,4% )

Nordic Region:
117 (46,7%)
Female 72 (61,5%)
Male 45 (38,4%)

Denmark 18, Finland 29, Norway 15, Iceland 11, Sweden 44


West Balkans:
134 (53.3%)
Female 72,5 (54.1%)
Male 61,5 (45.9%)

Albania 6, Bosnia-Herzegovina 3, Macedonia 34
Croatia 15, Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo) 76


West Balkan AiR 2004 residencies were awarded to 13 artists

The artists were selected by an international panel, who wanted to use this opportunity to gain knowledge of the work of a multitude of contemporary artists in the Nordic region and the West Balkans. For the selection panel of West Balkan AiR 2004 we invited:

Ms. Karin Hindsbo, curator, Overgaden - Institute for Contemporary Art, Denmark
Mr. Simon Sheikh, curator, NIFCA
Ms. Janka Vukmir, director, Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia


Albania
Lindart, Tirana
- Harri Pälviranta, Turku

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
- Lise Skou, Aarhus

Croatia
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka
- Magnus Bärtås, Stockholm

What, How and for Whom, Zagreb
- Johanna Billing, Stockholm
- Luca Frei (invited by What, How and for Whom)

Denmark
Fabriken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen
- Ana Stojkovic, Skopje

Finland
NIFCA's Palmstierna Studio House, Helsinki
- Ivana Franke, Zagreb
- Dren Maliqi, Prishtine

Iceland
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
- Nika Radic, Zagreb

Macedonia
Museum of the City - Open Graphic Art Studio
- Karlotta Blöndal, Malmö

Norway
OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway + Atelier Nord, Oslo
- Dragan Miletic, Novi Sad

Serbia and Montenegro
Belgrade Contemporary Art Museum
- Gerhard Stromberg, Trondheim
- Birgitte Sigmundstad, Oslo

Sweden
Rooseum, Malmö
- Jakup Ferri, Prishtine



Waiting list

Driton Hajredini, Münster
Bjørn Hegardt, Oslo
Oliver Musovic, Skopje-Dracevo
Anu Pennanen, Helsinki
Ståle Sørensen, Oslo
Ivana Trkulja, Sarajevo


For further information, please, contact Mitro Kaurinkoski, residencies@nifca.org,
tel. +358 9 686 43 105, fax +358 9 668 594.

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