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Special Projects · Concluded

Built outside the shape of our annual programs.

Initiatives made around specific opportunities rather than a fixed calendar — 9 residents and awardees in all. These have concluded; they are kept here as a record.

2022–2023 · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

CPR²

Three hundred and fifty square feet, open to the street twenty-four hours a day — an artist residency and exhibition space whose work was visible to anyone walking past, at any hour.

  • ResidentsRut Karin Zettergren — Jan–Feb 2023, curated by Susanne Ewerlöf
  • Märren / Windy Fur Rundgren — Jan 2023, curated by Susanne Ewerlöf
  • Nadine Byrne — Sep–Oct 2022, curated by Erik Martinson
  • Liv Strand — Apr–May 2022, curated by Susanne Ewerlöf
CPR2 storefront space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
CPR2 exhibition by Rut Karin Zettergren

2019–2022 · Buenos Aires · By invitation

The Apartment

An address in Buenos Aires, and someone who already lived there. Nordic artists were paired with local hosts for an immersion in the city that no institutional residency could arrange.

  • ResidentsAnna Kinbom — 2022, with Helge Ax:son Johnson's Foundation and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
  • Petra Hultman — 2019, with IASPIS
Anna Kinbom performing during her Apartment residency, Buenos Aires

2016 · Touring

CPR Film Festival

A touring film program built from a curator's travels, screened at partner venues and art fairs — a maximum of two and a half hours and up to ten pieces per edition.

  • EditionsMás Cerca del Borde / Closer to the Border — 2016, arteBA, Buenos Aires
  • The Earthbound — 2016, Cannonball, Miami, during Art Basel Miami Beach
Still from Tainá Azeredo's film program, CPR Film Festival
Still from Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk's The Earthbound

2017 · Madrid

CPR Exhibition Award

A curator's research, given a second life: funding for a former resident curator to realise an exhibition. The 2017 award went to Nerea Ubieto's Return Flight Ticket, selected by Rirkrit Tiravanija and shown at Max Estrella, Madrid, with work by Jaan Toomik, Flo Kasearu, Nestori Syrjälä and Anna Estarriola.

  • JurorRirkrit Tiravanija
  • AwardeeNerea Ubieto — Return Flight Ticket, Max Estrella, Madrid
Return Flight Ticket exhibition installation, Madrid
Return Flight Ticket exhibition detail, Madrid

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