Connecting Artists’ Stories Together
A global network connecting artists from around the world through their work. Initially inspired by art created during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and worldwide lockdown periods, which formed the basis of the first CAST project, Mapping Art: Lost in Residence. The aim of CAST is to capture the stories and experiences of a growing group of artists, linking them together to create new work, collaborations and to extend and develop the platform. The collective seeks to use intersectional approaches to address the treatment of women and other exploited groups.
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The CAST collective expands along the way
The Mapping Art: Locked in Residence map continues to travel the world with several new artists joining the project after hearing about it from others. This was the aim and hope of the project – that it would travel from one artist to the next but also move around on smaller journeys within each country via artists…
Mapping Art: Locked in Residence, an update.
Written by Anna Cottle, CAST co-founder and curator The global map is still on its journey, with each CAST artist adding their work when it arrives on their doorstep before sending it on to the next. The project has progressed through emails, social media posts and CAST Instagram takeovers and video calls between the CAST…
Loss in a pandemic; to let go something doesn’t mean to erase its memory.
Arianna Tinulla Milesi tells of the difficulty of losing a loved one during the pandemic, when we are forced apart from our families; making art helped the healing process begin and Arianna shares this, and her thoughts here. During March, April and May of the last year Bergamo became, after Wuhan, one of the most…
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