| Join us Thursday, October 17th at the Castle for presentations by current Fellows, Carla Guelfenbein, Margherita Moscardini, and Philip Miller. Carla Guelfenbein, Fellow, (Writing, Chile) Carla Guelfenbein was born in Santiago, Chile. She studied biology at Essex University in the UK specializing in population genetics and she studied graphic design at St. Martin’s School of Art in London. Back in Chile she worked with the advertising agency BBDO. She has also been director and fashion editor at ELLE magazine. Now she is a full-time writer, creative writing teacher, and conference leader. She is the author of seven novels such as In the distance with you, which won the prestigious Alfaguara prize. Her work has been translated into 16 languages. Margherita Moscardini, Fellow, (Visual Arts, Italy) Margherita Moscardini investigates relationships between transformation processes of urban, social and natural orders belonging to specific geographies. Her practice favors process and long-term projects which engender large-scale interventions, drawings, writings, scale models, and video-documents. Margherita Moscardini obtained a BA, Academy Fine Arts Bologna, Italy (2006); she attended the XIV ACVA Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, with Yona Friedman (2008). In 2015 she was a research fellow at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University. Philip Miller, Fellow, (Music, UK/South Africa) For South African composer and sound artist Philip Miller, aural histories and personal testimony are often his starting point. Having grown up during apartheid, he is drawn to working from both public and personal archives (sound, photographic and text–based). These elements serve not only to inspire but also become part of his compositional practice. His ability to work across different musical genres and media, has led him to establish significant collaborations with choreographers, film-makers and visual artists, including his long- time collaborator, William Kentridge. His “sound” is often multi-layered using techniques of electronic sampling and sound collage. He is currently, an honorary fellow at The Archive and Public Culture Institute, University of Cape Town. |
| Thursday, 17 October 2019 Welcome Cocktail at 6:00 PM Presentations at 6:15 PM |