*OPEN STUDIO COMING UP* 30.10.2024 16.30 onwards /  by Traci Kelly

Reinsburgstraße 150, 70197 Stuttgart.

Ring the bell and come and have a chat, share ideas and view our current processes.

A warm welcome and infos in German and English below.

DE: Studio 3000 ist eine Initiative der Stuttgarter Ateliergemeinschaft von Christian Eickhoff, Dr. Traci Kelly und Julia Wenz-Delaminsky. Neben unseren eigenen künstlerischen Biografien initiieren wir gemeinsame multidisziplinäre Projekte. Unser Ziel ist es, (unter uns) einen produktiven künstlerischen Austausch zu schaffen und darüber hinaus auch mit Partner*innen von außerhalb. Das kann ein Künstlerhaus wie das ›Kunstkvarteret‹ auf den Lofoten sein oder eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit anderen Partnern wie z. B. der GEDOK Stuttgart. Wir engagieren uns kulturpolitisch, arbeiten in Netzwerken und mit Einzelkünstler*innen zusammen. I

EN: Studio 3000 is an initiative of the Stuttgart studio community of Christian Eickhoff, Dr. Traci Kelly and Julia Wenz-Delaminsky. In addition to our own artistic biographies, we initiate joint multidisciplinary projects. Our goal is to create a productive artistic exchange within our group and also with various partners from outside. This could be an artist's house like the Kunstkvarteret, on the Lofoten Islands or an exhibition in cooperation with other partners such as GEDOK Stuttgart. We are involved in cultural politics, international networks and with individual artists.

www.tracikellyartist.com, www.christianeickhoff.de, www.julia-delaminsky.de.

Invisible Pavilion Venice 17-23 June 2024... and beyond /  by Traci Kelly

The 3rd Edition of the Invisible Exhibition curated by Dimae takes place in Venice responding to the Biennale’s theme “Foreigners Everywhere”

A group show of clandestine and thematic works in unlikely places.

In good company in ❤️Venice❤️ from here.
An undercover contingent of foreigners is on its way... Italian Cuisine, Stuttgart Vineyards, Like shipping coals to Newcastle, empty yet full homes.

Images below: 1) Information 2) Smudging & Nudging work in progress.

"The Death Drawings" in Under One Roof, Maelor Press /  by Traci Kelly

This book will be launching next month.

It holds very diverse contributions from artists that have worked from Stiwdio Maelor in Corris, Wales. Happily I was one of them and my short writing "The Death Drawings" is nestled in there amongst good company. It has been a huge undertaking for a private residency space. I'm posting up now because if you preorder the book before May 31st May you also receive a complimentary small woven basket from Veronica Calarco's 900 baskets project.

Cost is a modest £12 plus P+P

It can be ordered by email: stiwdiomaelor@gmail.com

Thank you to the following people for all your effort in realising this publication.

@stiwdiomaelor @veronica.calarco @pippabc70 @earl.livings @tentative_line

Leveld Kunstnartun Artist-in-Residence 6 May - 01 Jun 2024 /  by Traci Kelly

I’ll be spending some focussed time in the beautiful hills of Norway where I’ll be continuing some work on textile pieces. These pieces are building towards a summer performance and an autumn exhibition… more on those later. Most likely other works will emerge inspired by the location and a different type of studio space. The early summer light and the peaceful surrounds are calling.

https://www.leveldkunstnartun.no/english-1

Sorbet 2024: Muslin, glass, glow-in-the-dark thread

Out now: The Routledge Companion to Performance and Medicine /  by Traci Kelly

My writing about Xenograftie (Artificial Sorrow) 2013 contributes a chapter in this book.

The book is full of diverse and interesting contributions and the editors Gianna Bouchard and Alex Mermikides have done an amazing job bringing it all together.

The text centres upon a 45-minute site-specific performance ‘Xenograftie (Artificial Sorrow)’ which took place at the leprosy museum in Bergen, Norway in 2013. The performance creates a lens to view how bodies pressurised by sickness are further stripped of autonomy when medically claimed as automatic research donors. It explores central characters and subject positions in the 19th century that were pivotal in the understanding and treatment of leprosy. These subjectivities are creatively interwoven with my own experience at a young age of medical institutions. It brings into focus how medical procedures sometimes run ahead of ethics with both noble and base intentions to end suffering and win accolade. At the core of the text lies the potential for historical medical trauma to transition into a culturally significant event. In a knotty relationship with following beneficiaries of medical advancement, it raises to the surface the troubled experiences of usurped bodies and collateral damage that underpins their gain.

In additon, I’ve attempted to bring information about previously published texts into one place.

Carving the Landscape /  by Traci Kelly

Opening at Galerie Gedok on Wed 20th September at 19:00 and running until 30th September

Wed - Fri 16:00 - 19:00, Sat 13:00 - 16:00

Opening night durational performance Force Nature, a collaboration between myself and Elle Short, where a Lichtenberg Figure will be etched into skin.

Carving the Landscape is an expanded printmaking exhibition including video and sound works.

Artists: Christian Eickhoff (DE); Traci Kelly (UK/DE); Kjellaug Hatlen Lunde (NO); Rita Marhaug (NO); Julia Wenz-Delaminsky (DE).