CPR 2019: NAVIGATING THE (ART)WORLD
July 8-19, 2019

New York City

Residents: Matías Alvial (Chile/US), Alfredo Esparza Cárdenas (Mexico), Bang Geul Han (Korea/US), Liliya Lifanova (Kyrgyzstan/US), Lulu Meng (Taiwan/US), Manuel Molina Martagon (Mexico), Sarah Pettit (UK/US), Xavier Robles Armas (US), Liv Strand (Sweden), Adele Todd (Trinidad and Tobago), and Paula Urbano (Sweden)

Supported by Artists Alliance; Brooklyn Arts Council; Fridman Gallery; International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP); Nordic Culture Fund; Residency Unlimited; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Queens Museum and The Swedish Arts Council.

// The TransAtlantic Meeting on Nationalism(s)

// Empowering the LatinX Arts Community of Brooklyn

CPR 2019: Navigating the (art)World, our first program dedicated to artists took place in New York City from July 8 – 19, 2019. Hosted by local institutions, artists and independent curators, the program gathered a cohort of fifteen local and international artists. The robust programming offered daily visits to artist studios and local arts institutions, and was complemented by readings about socio-political history, arts, and culture. The program was subdivided into two workshops: Empowering the LatinX Arts Community of Brooklyn and the TransAtlantic Meeting on Nationalism(s), focusing on poignant cultural issues that both local and international artists confront daily.

Part workshop providing keys how to navigate in a local and global art world and part meeting between colleagues around a number of urgent concerns, this program served as a platform to share knowledge and approach new perspectives. While the bulk of the program consisted of hands on lectures and workshops focusing on local issues, three days had a stronger thematically focus around notions on national belonging. Here the selected participants shared experiences with a group of artists visiting New York from the Nordic countries. Around a fantasy about commonalties and shared needs we came together for meals, discussions and work we share among us. Ultimately an experiment, we tried to bridge the trans-Atlantic divide between the two geopolitical realities and attempted to challenge the hegemony of nationalism, discussing various versions of national belonging and imagined a future where borders have less impact on our lived reality.