KILLJOYS CASTLE

Killjoy’s Kastle is a large-scale, multimedia, walk-through installation and performance that evokes all the fright in lesbian-feminist histories so that we might unpack, reject, or critically recover these stories for the queer present. To date, four cities have hosted a version of the Kastle; Toronto, in 2013, with the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU); London, in 2014, with the British Film Institute; Los Angeles, in 2015, with the ONE Lesbian and Gay Archives; and Philadelphia, in 2019, with Icebox Project Space.

RAIR in collaboration with Killjoys Castle and Icebox Project Space provided found materials to support the build of the haunted house

FIELD PROJECTS RESIDENCY

FIELD PROJECTS RESIDENCY: is modeled after our BIGGIE SHORTIE residency: a shorter, more project based residency. Big project in a short amount of time. The flexible nature of these residencies allow for projects to be customized to fit each residency. Field Project residents are encouraged to work towards a document and each accepted resident will be given the opportunity to exhibit works produced

4 residencies were awarded.

Discarding America

Archaeologist Dr. Anthony Graesch conducted a pilot research project where he collected discarded household items that came through waste stream and created a large scale assemblage. During his project, Anthony employed archeologist methods of research including comprehensive artifact cataloguing and photographic documentation and mapping of the assemblages staged for discard. Anthonys research was conducted over a span of 6 days and asked the question, What logic determines whether objects are retained or discarded?

Northwestern University Masters research studio Ang Li