The Short Shift residency and exhibition:
The Unlearning Collective

Artspace New Haven's The Short Shift micro-residency is a platform for independent collectives to convene and produce a pop-up exhibition working with ideas developed within the collective. Curated by Laurel McLaughlin and Gabriel Sacco, the current pop-up exhibition will feature paintings, video works, performances, drawings, and writings by collective members Renee Bouchard, Julie Graves Krishnaswami, and Matthew Gernt, surrounding the idea of unlearning imperialism.

Reception for the artists:
Friday, December 9
6:00 - 8:00 pm

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The Unlearning Collective seeks to challenge imperial thought and influences embedded in everyday experiences. In our work, we interrupt the normalization of violence in language, historical narratives, and social, economic, and political othering. Through the generous support of the Puffin Foundation, we investigate what it means to unlearn: as a process of recognizing through shared reading and conversation about our individual art practices. In the book Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism, scholar Ariella Azoulay posits that the camera’s shutter creates imperial violence by drawing “three dividing lines: in time (between before and after), in space (between who/what is in front of the camera and who/what is behind it), and in the body politic (between those who possess and operate such devices and appropriate and accumulate their product and those whose countenance, resources, or labor are extracted)

Additional Opportunities for Artists

OPEN CALL
The Short Shift
Application deadline: February 15

Artspace New Haven invites artist collectives to apply for a residency, which will grant a stipend, space, time, and artist development opportunities for a project to result in a pop-up exhibition.

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OPEN CALL
Flatfile 2022
Application deadline: March 1

Apply to take part in Artspace New Haven’s Flatfile, a rotating exhibition featuring the works of a new group of New Haven artists every six months.

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