COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT HOW WE WORK
What is your approach?
We understand our role primarily in terms of facilitation rather than curation. We connect creators with the local community and with the specific dimensions of their field of interest.
Our approach is oriented toward the personal and the specific: supporting each project's own internal coherence and helping to express its intention.
Why is the open call scope for residency so wide?
For us, MiSHŌ residency is a creative experiment. Every practitioner interacts with the setting and the idea of the residency in a unique way.
Keeping the scope broad enables us to expand our understanding of the environment, learn how to collaborate across diverse mediums,
and discover unexpected perspectives.
The same openness applies to working with people at different points in their creative practice and work development stage. We have supported professional artists and researchers with dedicated, focused projects in development, those who explore their creativity, and those who use their time at the residency for site-specific work. Our independence allows us to welcome creators without an administrative framework defining the choice.
With all that said, this reflects MiSHŌ's present orientation rather than a fixed position- as mentioned, this is a creative experiment. The residency may, over time, focus on specific themes or disciplines.