Irina
Botea Bucan
film and installation artist
ABOUT THE RESIDENT
Irina Botea Bucan has developed a symbiotic artist-educator-researcher framework that challenges dominant socio-political ideas and emphasizes human and non-human agency. She has participated in the Venice, Prague, and Gwangju Biennials and exhibited at the Pompidou Centre, Jeu de Paume, Kunsthalle Winterthur, and Reina Sofia. She has received awards including the Impakt Film Festival Silver Award and the International Residence at Recollets, Paris. Collaborating with Jon Dean since 2013, she teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is pursuing a PhD at Goldsmiths University titled “Unfinishing the cultural houses.”
Jon Dean’s career spans the UK, Romania, and beyond, developing community arts, experiential learning, and cultural programs. Jon also creates experimental art works exploring negotiated participation, collective action, and artistic production. His work has been featured in Fundata (Remarkable Romania Project), Timișoara, Bucharest (Rezidența 9, Arthub, Salonul de Proiecte), NTU, CCA Singapore, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Le Monument. Together with Irina Botea Bucan he is co-creator of Casa Rădești residency in Romania.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCE
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