Podcast: Season 1, Episode 2, “The Artist Residency”

Season 1

The artist residency has risen to the top of the artworld’s global economy and increasing professionalization, becoming one of the key features of contemporary art practice. Momus publisher and podcast host Sky Goodden leads an overdue critical conversation on this phenomenon and its consequences for art practice in the 21^st century. Featuring international voices close to the subject, Goodden— joined by co-host Lauren Wetmore, a Brussels-based curator and writer—discusses the risks and rewards of an actively-commercializing enterprise, and where it came out of.

Momus: The Podcast episode 2 features guests Daniel Baumann (director of Kunsthalle Zürich), Kristy Trinier (artist, curator, and former Banff Centre director), Aaron Cezar (founding director of Delfina Foundation), Michelle Grabner (artist, educator, and artistic director of Front International), and the co-directors of Beirut residency marra.tein, Jared McCormick and Cvmaea Halim.

This episode of Momus: The Podcast is edited by Angela Shackel with assistance from Bandren Labonte. It features original music by Kyle McCrea, is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts “New Chapter” grant, and syndicated by NTS Radio.

Hosts: Sky Goodden and Lauren Wetmore

CPS_curtain-crop-3 — Celia Perrin Sidarous, *Vent, Arles* (detail), 2008. Courtesy the artist.

About the Guests

About the Guests, and more

Kristy Trinier is a curator at the Art Gallery of Alberta. She previously was the public art director at the Edmonton Arts Council, where she managed the City of Edmonton’s Public Art Collection and public art programs. Her previous work experience includes cultural administration, policy and program development, art direction, and cultural fund development. Trinier holds a Masters of Fine Art in Public Art from the Dutch Art Institute (DAI, ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten), as a Huygens scholar in The Netherlands.
Aaron Cezar is the founding Director of Delfina Foundation.
Michelle Grabner is a Wisconsin-based artist, writer, and curator. She co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial and was the Artistic Director for the inaugural 2018 FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.
Daniel Baumann is an art historian and, from 2015 to 2024, was the director of Kunsthalle Zurich. He lives in Basel.
marra.tein is a space for interdisciplinary thought and exchange in Beirut founded by Jared McCormick and Cvmaea Halim.