Poland-based Julia Asperska recently sat down with Josephine Mead from Res Artis for “In Praise Of Laziness: Prioritizing Rest in Support of Ukraine” — a discussion detailing the Sanatorium Project, which was curated by Julia and Karolina Wycisk (of Performat Foundation).
The Sanatorium Project was designed as a relief residency for arts professionals working at the front line of support for Ukrainian refugees. The project consisted of (so far) 2 editions of residencies for a selected and diverse group of arts professionals from Eastern Europe. The idea of the residency was to create a temporary community and an opportunity for being together without an established plan and pre-determined goal. The residency was thought of as an opportunity for “radical rest” and unintentional networking setting. Res Artis has created a dedicated section on our website in response to the war in Ukraine, listing Emergency Residencies and aid initiatives. To learn more, go to:
The Sanatorium Project was possible thanks to the generous and flexible funding provided by Trust from Mutual Understanding:
TMU enables exchange between arts and environment professionals from the USA and 29 countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Such support in current difficult times seems more relevant than ever. On behalf of the Sanatorium Project team and its participants, we would like to express our gratitude for their financial assistance and moral support.
The first two iterations of the Sanatorium Project took place at:
Rezi.Dance in Komarice in Czech Republic:
and
Plajny-Dom Dobrych Mysli :
Julia Asperska is an art manager, organizer, networker and context curator. She holds a Master in Ethnolinguistics at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2006) and attended a postgraduate course on art history and curation at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2013).
Her passion for arts begun with an internship at Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia (2008). Afterwards, she worked in Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw and Warszawa Centralna Festival (2010). For 9 years (2011-2010) she worked as an Art Project Manager at Key Performance, an art management company based in Sweden.
For 2 years she was the Associated Co-Director of Something Great management company (2020-2022) where she worked as the Collection Manager of Something Great Collection – a Berlin-based project dedicated solely to performing arts preservation, research and presentation. Since 2018 she has collaborated with Campo Abierto – an NGO from Uruguay focusing on social inclusion through the arts. She supports organizations with artistic, curatorial, and strategic advice.
Currently Julia Asperska is an Associated Curator at Internationale Tanzmesse NRW in Duesseldorf, representing the East European region.
Josephine Mead is the Communications Officer at Res Artis.
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