Open Studio & Artist Conversations

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A familiar song: gentrification is calling, and we are leaving the building...

Join us to celebrate our departure with an open studio day featuring artworks, artist conversations, drinks, and music.

“A swan song: a final expression preceding an ending or significant transformation; a concluding act that marks a departure from one state into another.”

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Six artists come together for one final open studio before leaving the space. SWAN SONG offers visitors the opportunity to experience a wide range of contemporary artistic practices—from analogue photography and painting to media art, immersive installation, and participatory performance.

The participating artists each occupy distinct territories while sharing an interest in experimentation, material exploration, and alternative ways of seeing.

Visitors will encounter Beatrice Pool's analogue photography and Polaroid emulsion lifts, Alyona Fedorchenko's documentary and fashion photography, Funda Küçük's photographic and visual art practice, Keda Breeze's paintings, which explore mythology, transformation, dream states, and Nimrod Astarhan's media art installation combining artist-made solar panels, custom electronics, and generative algorithms. Also taking part is The Order of St. Alamachius, an international carnival society developing wooden automata.

Rather than presenting finished works in the neutral setting of a gallery, SWAN SONG invites audiences into the artists' working environment. Visitors are encouraged to explore the studios, discover works in progress alongside completed pieces, and engage directly with the artists about their processes, ideas, and materials.

Beatrice Pool - Photographer @aei.pathy

Fedorchenko Alyona - Documentary & Fashion Photography @fedorchenkoalyona

Funda Küçük - Photographer & Visual Artist @fundakucuk_creative

Keda Breeze - Painter @studio_kedabreeze

Nimrod Astarhan - Technologist, artist, scholar @nimrodastarhan

The Order of St. Alamachius - An international carnival society @orderofst.alamachius