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IMAGE AND WORD 17-27 March 2025, Madrid   General presentation   The CatenArt association (Switzerland), Svitlo Gallery (Ukraine) and the Savchenko Foundation (Poland) are organizing an art residency that will take place in Madrid, one of the largest cultural and historical centers in Spain, and where the art of being together is cultivated. Under the… Read More »

Residence for young architects interested in the preservation of historic industrial heritage HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL SITES: THE CASE OF WESSERLING 18-22 SEPTEMBER 2023 WESSERLING (Alsace-France) In the presence of: – Professor Pierre Fluck, French academic, specialist in the history of techniques and industrial archaeology (16th – 19th centuries) – Mr Laurent Thomasin, Architect DPLG Associate, president… Read More »

Lucas REINER – Interview Lucas Reiner, a painter, engraver and photographer,  gave this interview for CatenArt. Since 2001, Lucas Reiner has focused on what he calls the « portrait » of curbside trees in his hometown, exploring the formal collision between organic growth and the constraints of modern urban life. He is the one who will guide… Read More »

Freedoms Gdańsk 22 March – 1 April 2020 Join an international group of artists on a 10-day residency in Gdańsk (Poland), a city torn apart by history and one of the biggest cultural centers in Poland. Under the guidance of American artist Lucas Reiner, participants will be invited to explore the theme of freedom, whose… Read More »

FREEDOMS – Gdańsk 2020 SAVE the DATE: March 22nd to April 1st, 2020 Set in Gdańsk, this art residency open to artists from all disciplines will explore the dynamism of our freedom. For more information and to get updates contact: contact@catenart.ch  

The residency « Cinema and Identity » took place in Berlin on the sidelines of the Berlinale Festival 2019 Through the eyes of cinema, the participants were invited to explore the topic of man’s identity, identity which, in essence, is defined by relations, an ontological «we». Rubén de la Prida Caballero, Spanish film critic , who conducted a… Read More »

The residencey will take place in Berlin on the sidelines of the Berlinale Festival 2019. It is intended principally for the artists from the field of video and film production, as well as photography. Through the eyes of the cinema, the participants will be invited to explore the topic of man’s identity, identity which, in… Read More »

“From chaos there rises the world of the spirit”. These words of Adam Mickewicz, written at a time of a great hardship for his Polish homeland, prompt my hope for you: may your art help to affirm that true beauty which, as a glimmer of the Spirit of God, will transfigure matter, opening the human… Read More »

Organized last July in Berlin by the organization Catena Artistorum, this residency, titled ‘Roots’, was a lot more than a geographical journey. It was a journey through time, through the depths of artistic creation, a journey towards the threshold of spirituality and, above all, a journey towards others. A group of young Ukrainian artists –painters, sculptors and designers– came to practice… Read More »