Upon landing in Odessa, Ukraine, Ferenc visited the 7th Kilometer Market, a market constructed entirely out of shipping containers. The market’s name is derived, not from the size of the market, but…
“Container Artist Residency 01 is what happens when an artist-in-residence program partners with an international cargo ship company.”–Cat DiStasio in inhabitat
Daniel Scheffler in Wallpaper on Container Artist Residency 01
Ferenc Gróf departed from the port of Haifa, Israel on March 30, 2016. Below are a series of photos of his departure courtesy of ZIM.
BBC’s Cultural Frontline with Tina Daheley and Maayan Strauss.
Mari Bastashevski departed from Odessa, Ukraine on March 25, 2016 en route to her first stop, the port of Istanbul, Turkey. She will travel to Haifa, Israel; Nhava Sheva, India; Port Klang, Malaysia; Da Chan Bay, China;…
“One of the most unusual, and intrepid, artist residency programs will launch this spring: on board a series of commercial cargo ships.”–Gareth Harris in The Art Newspaper
Michael Epstein on Container Artist Residency 01
Antwaun Sargent covers the Container Artist Residents in Vice Magazine’s Creators Project
Laura McLean-Ferris interviews Container Artist Residency 01 Curator, Prem Krishnamurthy.
Fish Story (1995), publication exploring contemporary world maritime, and basis for film essay The Forgotten Space (2010)
Sea Worthy (2011) was an exhibition and series of public screenings, performances, lectures, workshops and artist-led excursions on the water organized by the Flux Factory, EFA Project Space, and The Gowanus Studio Space. The project invited discussion about water access and engaged maritime themes in contemporary art – in consultation with boat builders, world-class mariners, historians, writers, activists, and ecologists.
A pocket-sized, waterproof field guide to shipping containers and the corporations that own them.