2024
Simon Whetham
sound artist
Since 2005 Simon Whetham has worked with sonic activity. He often uses environmental sound, employing a variety of methods and techniques in order to obtain often unnoticed and obscured sonic phenomena. He also explores ways of creating physical traces of sound and transforming energy forms.
Whetham performs and exhibits internationally, has received a large number of commissions and awards, has many published composed works and regularly collaborates with other artists. In addition his practice covers giving active listening, field recording and technology repurposing workshops.
Residency period: December 2024
Socrates Petrakis
painter
Socrates Petrakis was born in Patras, Greece, and studied painting and fine arts in Italy. In his work he draws inspiration from classical Greek sculpture, yet he merges this historical influence with a contemporary approach that intertwines both expressionistic and naturalistic elements.
Petrakis reimagines the human form, portraying his subjects as ghostly, fragmented figures suspended between worlds. These beings seem lost or confused, embodying the struggles of modern existence in a world devoid of poetry and idealism. Through his use of fragmented lines, Petrakis symbolically breaks his figures into thousands of pieces, reflecting the disintegration of their heroic essence in the face of reality.
His art creates a dialogue between the past and present, with each figure evoking the grandeur of ancient statuary while confronting the challenges of the human condition today. The tension between their fragmented nature and their inherent heroism invites viewers to contemplate the fragile state of identity, legacy, and survival in an ever-shifting, unpoetic world
Residency period: January 2025
Olya Zarapina
video installation
Olya Zarapina was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and currently lives and works in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Québec, Canada. She holds a Bachelors in Visual Communications Design from the University of Alberta and a Masters in Visual and Media Arts from Université du Québec à Montréal. Her site-specific photo-filmic installations are a reflection on the places where they are made; their cultural, political and economic states; and the attitudes and lifestyles of their inhabitants and have been carried out throughout North America and Europe.
Residency period: February 2025