Julio Pastor (DAI, 2010) / artist in residence at the new ZKU-Center for Art and Urbanistics in Berlin
Last February DAI posted a mailing to several alumni about ZK/U, Residencies for Scholars, Artists and Practioners in Berlin.
"A new, innovative venue offering artistic and research residencies of 2–12 months duration for art production at the interface of urban research will open its doors in summer 2012 in the district of Moabit in Berlin-Mitte, on the edges of Berlin's largest inland port, Westhafen.
Located in a former railway depot surrounded by a freshly landscaped park, the ZKU - Center for Art and Urbanistics - is the linchpin of a concept developed by Berlin-based artists' collective KUNSTrePUBLIK.
Analogous to the nineteenth-century transport of goods by rail, this unique new venue is set to become a lively hub for the transport of ideas and ideals in the postindustrial era."
Julio Pastor: since the beginning I thought the concept fitted very well with the projects that I've been doing recently and therefore I decided to apply. I am happy to let you know that will be there in September, October and November upcoming. I hope I will be able to develop some good ideas in regard to the eventual (maybe) DAI - trip to Mexico City in 2014.
