About

Proyecto´acePIRAR |is an Artist-­in-­Residence International Program located in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina in South America. The residencies aim to support contemporary visual art practices (including performance and curatorial proposals) promoting exchange, debate, experimentation and collaborative work. The program focuses on expanded field visual art practices, with a special interest in contemporary artistic proposals that involve traditional and innovative printmaking and its hybridization with photography, design and new media, exploring their mirror influences, as well as the capacity of multiple. From 2005 it has been working as driving force that links, not only different artistic practices within the cultures that produce them, but also between the invited artists with the rich cultural, urban and social community of Buenos Aires city. The ‘acePIRAR name is a wordplay between ‘ace ("hacer"/to make-in Spanish) and the program initials (in Spanish PIRAR) with the Arg

Local Information

Buenos Aires: Argentina Long called the Paris of South America, Buenos Aires is that and so much more. This is not only a city of wide boulevards and French-styled palaces, but it is one too of wildly exciting innovations and new styles. From the opening of state-of-the-art museums like the MALBA, to the thrilling renaissance of the tango, Buenos Aires now buzzes with a contagious, creative energy and a brash self-confidence. This challenging urban environment together with the availability of new technologies and an intensive artistic movement converts Buenos Aires in a special place to be located to produce art.

Network Affiliations

• Res Artis
• Alliance of Artist Communities
• On the Move