Artists in Residence Announcement

‘This year, I want to deepen my research into Black ecologies. I hope my residency at LADA will be a space for conversation, experimentation and exchange, where I can share my research and learn alongside others about how ecological knowledge lives within African and Afro-diasporic ritual and performance.’
– Seyi Adelekun

‘I am thrilled to be enfolded into the histories and futures of LADA through this residency, where I endeavour to explore the concept of ‘body-ing’, a porous, relational, embodied practice, with material and gestural histories drawn from ritual and quotidian life. Since moving to London, LADA’s seductive archive, its community and its artists have been foundational to the integration of my practice within the fabric of live arts; and to exchange worlds with other artists in this way will be a pleasure.’
– Devika Bilimoria

‘What are the trajectories of forming interspecies solidarity and climate activism in live art, what other embodied languages emerged from them, and how do spiritual practices of folklore and animism play out as references? These are the questions I am interested in exploring during my residency in relation to developing graphic scores and performance on the speculative camaraderie between ponies and the rural working class.’
– Youngsook Choi

‘I’m interested in what remains in the wake of action: traces, residues, relics, and embodied forms of knowledge. My current research project, Petrified Forms, explores material transformation, collective memory, and the ways embodied experiences become sedimented within matter. LADA’s Residency will support me to further this line of enquiry by offering invaluable opportunities for conversation, exchange, research, and experimentation, and a fertile environment in which to explore how performance might contribute to a speculative archive of the present and what is preserved in the ruins of an increasingly precarious world.’
– Ash McNaughton