![]() The only stipulation is that each artist pair had to meet at IKEA once, and then rejoin the whole group for a dinner (at IKEA’s cafe, of course) to discuss the experience. They grouped them in pairs, linking some based on similarities in their work, and bringing others together whose different practices they thought would make for interesting collaborations. Grant LoParo in a still from a film by Caitlin Forst and Robben Muñoz shot at IKEA Burbank (image courtesy of the artists)Īfter putting out a call on Instagram, they received about 75 applications, from which they chose 14 artists and writers. The residency offers no stipend or studio, but instead an open-ended invitation for cross-disciplinary collaboration, conversation, and creation. “The idea is to capitalize on this mecca of capitalism for more creative, authentic pursuits,” the residency’s website explains. They also cited as inspiration the work of Guy Ben-Ner, who used IKEA showrooms as sets to surreptitiously film Stealing Beauty (2007), a pseudo-sitcom starring his family.Īlthough it is a multinational corporation, IKEA blurs the line between public and private, presenting a welcoming atmosphere where people can gather, eat a meal, and stroll aspirationally through clean, utilitarian interiors. The pair told Hyperallergic that they created the residency in response to the disappearance of public spaces where people can congregate for free. Morris and Macie are participants in the first-ever IKEA Residency, a non-official, guerrilla program founded by artists and writers Mary Boo Anderson and Zoë Blair-Schlagenhauf.
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