Library, 2nd Floor

The aim of the residency is professional development, networking, exploring artistic concepts, and gathering inspiration for future exhibition projects. Lisa Tronca will spend four weeks visiting artists' studios, touring selected institutions, art centers, and galleries in Bratislava, Budapest, Zagreb, and Ljubljana, and meeting local art professionals who will present public showcases of their projects.

The number of publications on the subject of the avant-garde is not manageable. They appear in various national languages and are thus part of a national discussion, which is difficult to follow from the outside. They deal with artistic personalities considered important, so-called centres, so-called peripheries and movements considered paradigmatic. The region of Central Europe cannot be found on any map. However, it forms a specific unit that can be seen particularly historically and culturally as a self-contained biotope - for example as a place of cultural transfer between the other European regions, for example the East and the West