In Process @ The Watermill Center is our ongoing series of studio visits that invite the community to gain insight into the creative process of our international Artists-in-Residence, cultivating an understanding of how artists from across the globe develop new work.
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About The Artists
Ville Andersson (1986) is a versatile artist, both in his use of different media and in his variety of styles and themes. His series comprise, among others, photographs, drawings, 3D computer design, paintings, installations, and texts. Andersson lives and works in Helsinki. He has exhibited actively, including at: Espoo Museum of Modern Art; Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen; Fotomuseum Provincie Antwerpen, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Besides exhibitions, he is actively involved in many communal and interdisciplinary projects. Previous projects incl. stamps for the Finnish postal service, stage- and costume designs for a theatre play, collaboration with the Academic Bookstore, artworks for a home for senior citizens, and graphic patterns for the tram stop shelters in the city of Tampere. Currently, he is one of the artists chosen for Platform GÁTT, where 5 high-profile arts festivals in the Nordic region band together with the mission to highlight young artists working in the Nordic countries. He has received several awards for his work. In 2015 he was named the Young Artist of the Year in Finland. His works are in several public collections. Ville Andersson is a recipient of the 2022 Inga Maren Otto Fellowship at The Watermill Center.
Passepartout Duo is a music group composed of pianist Nicoletta Favari and percussionist Christopher Salvito. Making music that escapes categorization, the duo’s ongoing travel around the world informs the multi-disciplinary collaborations, instrumental compositions, and evocative music videos that constitute their body of work. The events they create focus on reconsidering the modalities in which people listen to and connect with music, and are cast from a wide range of aesthetics and disciplines. Taking a from-scratch approach with their musical endeavors, DIY instruments play a central role in their discographic releases. The ensemble has also performed at prominent music festivals like Rewire (NL), the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (US), the Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea (CU), the Sounding Now Festival (SG), the Summartónar Festival (FO), and the Dark Music Days Festival (IS). The duo has also been awarded residencies including the Swatch Art Peace Hotel (CN), Interface Inagh (IE), Embassy of Foreign Artists (CH), AIR Niederösterreich (AT) and Banff Centre Winter Musicians in Residence (CA).
