Kine Michelle Bruniera and Lill Yildiz Yalcin are the first residents of “Whose voices are being heard?” project

As part of the spring-summer residency program, six artists from minority groups in Norway will travel to Wrocław to work in several fields of art (painting, sculpture, photography, music). The artists come from different socio-cultural contexts and have varied biographical experiences.

It’s about time to find out more about the ideas for the first residency stays in Wrocław. They will be inaugurated by the arrival of the Norwegian-French photographer and artist, Kine Michelle Brunier, who will start working on her project on 4 May!

„Before we learn to fly”, photo Kine Michelle Bruniera

More: Kine Michelle Bruniera, while taking an interest in women’s rights issues in Poland, came across Justyna Wydrzyńska’s story and decided to listen to the stories of similar people involved in abortion activism and to reach out to similar people who are helping others in need of abortion by listening to their stories.  Kine works primarily with analogue photography and plans to use this medium to tell the stories she wants to gather during her time in Wrocław. In her artistic practice, she refers to personal experiences and emotions. These become the key for her to understand others and create intimate portraits.

Kine Michelle Bruniera artist’s BIO (Oslo, Norway)

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Norwegian-French photographer and artist is currently based in Oslo, Norway. She works mainly in documentary areas, but often draws inspiration from other techniques and genres. Her artistic practice derives from deeply personal experiences in the areas of uncertainty, vulnerability and fear. She is particularly interested in the heritage versus DNA debate and recognising the impact of one generation’s choices on the next. All of these together have a profound influence on Kine’s work, manifesting in an intertwining of documentary photography, archival images, installation and sound.

A week later, Kine will be joined by street artist: Lill Yildiz Yalcin

“Big hairy barrier” Lill Yildiz Yalcin

More: Lill is characterised by a deep sensitivity to social issues. As an activist and observer of events in the public space, she draws inspiration from them and creates performative situations. This is why, during her residency, she wants to open herself up to stimuli and impulses from the environment. This includes sourcing materials for her works, which she usually finds while wandering around the city.  She thinks about creating a creature with an ambiguous human-inhuman status, taking inspiration from images of animal-beasts, symbols and mascots. Perhaps this hybrid creature will venture out into the world, forcing the people he encounters to interact with him.

Lill Yildiz Yalcin artist’s BIO (Norway)

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The artist grew up in Oslo in a multicultural family. With a background as an activist and street artist, she gives her work unique meanings that are strongly connected to outdoor spaces. She has presented her work regularly in exhibitions since 2006, while she has been working as a curator since 2017. Her sculptures, installations and jewellery are performative in nature and address issues of public and private space as well as institutional critique and social ecology. In her use of recycled materials and with a penchant for reinforcing steel, she combines issues of urban everyday life with current political concerns. She holds an MA from the Oslo Academy of Art (specialising in art in public space) and a BA in jewellery art.

Both residencies are characterised by highly sensitive, relational art, close to life. It is worth noting that throughout the creative process, the artists will be accompanied by the curator Agata Ciastoń, whose intention is to support them in their new environment or take care of a safe space for creative exchange.

During their stay in Poland, the artists will share the story of their residencies, and participants and attendees of the open meeting, which will take place on 25 May (venue TBA), will have the opportunity to learn about the creative process of Norwegian artists. More details to follow soon!

“Whose voices are being heard? Exchange program for foreign artists from Poland and Norway” is co-financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway within the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 under the Culture Programme.

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