VCRRKIT — The Village Canoe

VILLAGE CANOE REMOTE RESIDENCY KIT (VCRRKIT)*

This residency model exists to provide you, the participant, with some framework for exploring the intersection of art and the outdoors through your chosen means of boating in a human-powered craft.

Bring along with you something to write in, and take a few minutes to write down or sketch some of your thoughts about the experience as they come to mind. This is for your own record-keeping, but we’ve found that making note of the simple facts helps to paint a more complete memory later (time, weather, water conditions, etc), and it helps to jot down unique sightings (flora, fauna, etc).

Please fill out the residency information form below:

1. Name

First Name

Last Name

2. Email

3. Website (if applicable)

http://

4. Where do you live?

City, State, Country

5a. Residency start date

YYYY

5b. Residency end date

YYYY

5c. Residency location

Describe the location, and/or route for your residency.

5d. Residency timeframe

Specific times or estimate number of hours in-residence

6a. Residency vessel

Describe the human-powered boat/vessel you will be using for your residency. This can be a simple name or style, a colorful and creative description, and/or a long and drawn-out story about the story behind the vessel or why you chose to use it for your residency.

6b. Residency food/drink

Describe any meals, food, or drink you plan to enjoy during your residency. We are looking to understand anything else you are intentionally bringing with you on this experience besides water, of course. (Don't forget to bring water!)

7a. Describe your current art practice.

This part is optional, but helps us to understand each participant's background a bit better.

7b. Why are you participating in this residency?

What do you hope to get out of this experience?

Documentation

In order to formally participate in this project, we ask that you provide at least one photograph from your residency so that we may create an archive and catalogue of work from which to draw for future exhibitions, promotional, and publishing purposes.

Requirements:(1) Take the photograph in landscape/horizontal orientation, and (2) The image must include some portion of your vessel in the context of your environment.

If you feel inclined to take multiple pictures, or interpret your time in another way, please go ahead–we would love to experience as much or as little as you care to share. Please submit documentation to info@villagecanoe.org. Thank you!

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Follow-Up Conversation

We welcome any VCRRKIT participants to share their experience in a casual follow-up conversation with the Village Canoe upon return from the residency and submission of documentation. How did it go for you? It's satisfying for us to hear about your experience! Would you like to have a chat when you're back? We'll follow-up with you once we receive everything.

Yes, please

No, thank you

Click here to see past participants.

*This open-source residency kit is inspired by, and modeled after artist Lenka Clayton’s project Artist Residency in Motherhood, and was conceived in collaboration with artist Harrell Fletcher over several months in 2020.

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