AKI AORA & Casa Snowapple will participate in Hotel Maria Kapel's 2027 Rotatings AiRs as a collaborating space.
Rotating AiRs is a transnational platform that connects European artists to different geographies, and reflects on the intersections of colonialism and climate change through a global residency programme culminating in an exhibition. As these topics demand an approach that exceeds national borders, this multi-phased residency and exhibition enables artists to investigate the interrelations of colonialism and climate change from a transnational perspective.
Each artist will engage in a global rotating residency starting with a month-long visit to either Lubumbashi, Yogyakarta or Mexico City, followed by further stages of their creative process in the European port cities: Hoorn, Antwerp and Barcelona. This transnational approach ensures the environmental effects of colonialism are seen both from within Europe and from an external perspective, where deep-rooted inequalities remain tangible daily. The trajectory consists of a first month in one of the non-European cities and then two months in each of the European cities, culminating into an exhibition in the last city of the Rotating AiR.
Aki Aora, Casa Snowapple, Cemeti Art Institute, Picha Art Centre, La Capella, Hotel Maria Kapel,MORPHO & Kunsthal Extra City
The jury comprises of the professionals running the participating institutions: David Armengol (Director, La Capella, Barcelona) Enric Farrés Duran (Artist & curator La Capella & head of visual art department Escola Massana, Barcelona) Caroline Dumalin (Artistic director, MORPHO, Antwerp) Tom Viaene (Lecturer, St Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp), Inez Piso-Tuncay (Director, HMK, Hoorn), Ayunda Stel (Junior curator, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn), Gaelle Van Lede (Director of Artistic & Strategic Initiatives, Picha Art Center, Lubumbashi) Jean-Sylvain Tshilumba Mukendi (Project & Artistic Coordinator, Picha Art Center, Lubumbashi), Maria Isserlis (Curator, Aki Aora, Mexico City), Sally Montes (Director, Aki Aora, Mexico City), Dito Yuwono (Co-Director, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta), Mira Asriningtyas (Co-Director, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta)
