Koizora is a residency for international artists interested in air, flight and the sky to work together to study, research and experience celestial phenomenon. The residency will be spent brainstorming, developing ideas and collecting material. The project will facilitate daily excursions into the air through field tripslike kite flying workshops, sailing and breathing exercises with experts, astronomers, and meteorologists. Residents will lose touch with the ground.

Ayatana workshops focus on experience and research by visual and conceptual artists. Writers, poets, musicians and dancers are invited to apply. This residency will be with a small group of three or four selected international artists, preference will be given to those working with performance, intervention, site specific installation, interactive or nomadic work, new media, interdisciplinary research and collaboration.  This action packed research residency leaves little time free for making art, so brainstorming and thinking out loud is encouraged to be happening all the time.

Although a resident is not expected to produce work during the program, collaboration with each other and the non-artist community of sky lovers and wind observers is encouraged, especially at the conceptualization stage.  

All participants will be invited to give a short public artist talk and to contribute to the residency catalogue. We hope the residency will facilitate connections between participants and lead to collaborations or international shows. 

We are looking for adventurous artists interested in experimentation who have a willingness to participate in spontaneous sharing of early-stage ideas, process and work in a small group. We want artists with enthusiasm for daily brainstorming and preliminary creation. Artists will be grouped with likeminded artists to encourage collaboration and skill share. The workshop will support the experimentation and sharing of new artistic ideas in a friendly and analytical context.