“Luminous Bodies” Residency 2019

Luminous Bodies is a two-week residency to create artworks that shed new light on the human body. Its objective is to challenge “normativity” and Otherness. Its goal is to reinvent and re-present the body in most inclusive and diverse ways.

Resident artist talks, gallery tours, visual and textual references, guest artist talks, and regular critiques help uncover how our bodies are culturally and aesthetically constructed, displayed and controlled.

Residents work individually or collaboratively to create artworks that reinvent the body through media of their choice, such as photography, video, installation, drawing, painting, performance, sound art, and media art. There will be a closing exhibition of artworks created during the residency.

The essence of Luminous Bodies is about bringing to light heterogeneous bodies. It welcomes people in all walks of life into a creative journey of critical innovation and self-discovery. People with disabilities, people of colour and diverse gender identifications are encouraged to apply.

The Setting

Artscape Gibraltar Point is an artist retreat nestled against the magnificent natural backdrop of Toronto Island. It offers a distraction-free environment to focus on art creation amongst blue-flag beaches, forests, and gardens.

Teresa Ascencao

Teresa Ascencao is a multimedia artist whose work toys with social forces that shape gender, seduction, consumption, and class. She holds an MFA specializing in Media Art and Sex-Positive Feminism from OCAD University. She lives and works in Toronto and teaches at OCADU.

To Apply

Please fill out an application at www.artscapegibraltarpoint.ca. Please remember to indicate that you are applying to Luminous Bodies and indicate the type of accommodation you would require.