Artists in Residence and Visiting Artists
Last Updated: July 19, 2022
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LIFT offers a select number of international residencies each year depending on funding from the artists’ local country. The time ranges from 4 – 6 weeks for individual production residencies for artists from outside Canada. LIFT’s international residency program focuses on the production of analogue film-based works with equipment and facilities to which the artist would not have access in their local region. Artists are expected to be at an established point in their practice (although not necessarily working predominantly with film). Applicants must also consider what they would bring to the Toronto community in terms of community collaboration, teaching, artist talks and/or presentation activities—these engagements are a critical part of each residency offered by LIFT.
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Any inquiries can be sent to director@lift.on.ca
Subject Heading: LIFT Residency Inquiry – First and Last Name
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Ambassadors of Coincidence II: A city walk game with Dagie BrundertSaturday 19 May 2012 –Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday, May 19, 201210am – 5pm Enrolment limited to 5 Free, Advanced registration required Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday, May 19, 201210am – 5pm Enrolment limited to 5 Free, Advanced registration required Presented as”… more |
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Ambassadors of Coincidence I: A city walk game with Dagie BrundertSaturday 12 May 2012 –Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13, 2012Both days from 11am – 5pm Enrolment limited to 8 Free, Advanced registration required Ambassadors of Coincidence is a collaborative film production game conceived by Dagie Brun”… more |
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Dagie Brundert – Goethe-Institut / LIFT Residency Spring 2012Wednesday 25 April 2012 –Toronto, April 25, 2012—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Goethe-Institut Toronto are pleased to announce Dagie Brundert (Berlin) as the inaugural Goethe-LIFT Artist-in-Residence this May. One of Germany’s most prolific filmmakers working with small format Super 8 film Dagie has produced a wide range of fi”… more |
Tomonari Nishikawa – Summer 2011 Artist in ResidenceWednesday 13 July 2011 – Wednesday 20 July 2011. Toronto, July 13, 2011—LIFT announced today that Japanese, upstate New York based Tomonari Nishikawa will be in Toronto participating in LIFT’s international artist-in-residence program. This program, aimed at international filmmakers, focuses on the production of film-based works with equipment and facil”… more |
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Redmond Entwistle – Fall 2009 Artist in ResidenceThursday 1 October 2009 –New York City based artist Redmond Entwistle was LIFT’s Fall 2009 artist in residence. During his six -week stay in Toronto Redmond created a new 16mm film project Satellite with LIFT. Satalllite was premiered October 17th, 2009 at Gallery TPW. Jacob Korczynski produced an essay to accompany the presentation of Satellite that can be downloade”… more |
Martha Colburn – Fall 2004 Artist in Residence ScreeningWednesday 27 October 2004 –LIFT and Pleasure Dome presents – Collage Collisions – Recent Films by Martha Colburn (In Person) LIFT and Pleasure Dome presents – Collage Collisions – Recent Films by Martha Colburn (In Person) Friday, October 29, 2004 8:00 pm $5 @ Cinecycle, 129 Spadina AvenueMartha Colburn, the queen of defiled hand coloured collage animation, makes a triumphan”… more |
Hangjun Lee – Fall 2010 Artist in ResidenceThursday 21 October 2010 –“The films of Lee Hangjun challenge the viewer to materialize a concept rather than conceptualize material.” “The films of Lee Hangjun challenge the viewer to materialize a concept rather than conceptualize material.”—Kim Gok (South Korean filmmaker) Coming near the end of his month-long production residency at the Liaison of Indep”… more |
Enrico Mandirola – Spring 2011 Artist In ResidenceFriday 4 March 2011 –LIFT Announces Artist Residency with Italian Filmmaker Enrico Mandirola Mandirola in Toronto March 4–April 17 for Instruction, Production and Other Events LIFT Announces Artist Residency with Italian Filmmaker Enrico Mandirola Mandirola in Toronto March 4–April 17 for Instruction, Production and Other Events Toronto, March 5, 2011 – T”… more |
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Nicky Hamlyn – Summer 2007 Artist in ResidenceSunday 1 July 2007 –LIFT summer 2007 artist in residence is Nicky Hamlyn. Hamlyn’s mostly silent films are concentrated, focused on the relationship between camera and place, maker and materials. Subtle shifts in focus, single-frame sequences, or time-lapse photography alter our perception of a tree, a wall, a garden trellis, a shadow, or a reflection. Sp”… more |
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Yuiko Matsuyama – Spring 2006 Artist in ResidenceThursday 20 April 2006 –LIFT’ s 2006 Artist in ResidenceYUIKO MATSUYAMA Yuiko Matsuyama was born in EHIME Japan in 1972. She studied at TSUDA College, where her major was social psychology. She began making film works in 1997. Yuiko lives in Tokyo. She has been at LIFT for the past month as part of her at residency and will be showcasing her new film ISLAND at”… more |