Art & design

Artistic search for traces in Genoa

18. September 2024

The city of Chur is awarding the artist and performer Silvia Buol a scholarship for a residency in Genoa - one of the most important cities in northern Italy - for the period from December 2024 to the end of February 2025.

Studio residency in the big city by the sea

The Städtekonferenz Kultur (SKK), of which the city of Chur is a member, has two studios and living spaces in Genoa. Silvia Buol will occupy one of the studios from December 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025. The studio rent is financed by the SKK and the city of Chur. In addition, the artist and performer will receive a grant totaling CHF 5,000 to cover her living expenses.

New perspectives for Graubünden artist

Silvia Buol was born in Chur in 1954 and grew up there. She studied fine art at the Basel School of Art and Design and contemporary dance in Rome, Zurich, San Francisco and New York. Over the past two years, the artist and performer has focused intensively on the landscape and landscape lines around the Bernina Pass. In contrast to this, she now wants to explore the theme of water and water lines in an urban context. "Even in my map works, I was always fascinated by watercourses and their topographical peculiarities - in Genoa, I was struck by the way the harbor cuts into the urban area. It spreads out like a meandering shape that eats into the urban space in many different ways," says the artist. The residency at the art studio in Genoa will give Silvia Buol the opportunity to discover and try out new artistic formulations.

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