The hybridity of artist residencies and its potential

The field of artist residencies knows many challenges: the lack of professionalisation that burdens many artists and organisations, and the lack of systematic, focused efforts aiding to the recognition and support of artist residencies in many countries and regions, to name but a few. Additionally, artist residencies can vary greatly, in terms of their location and specialization, the expected outcome after the stay of the artists, as well as their organizational standpoint, since they can be hosted by individual artists, collectives, or institutions.
In this third article that I wrote during my research traineeship at DutchCulture | TransArtists, I argue how this multiplicity of forms for artist residencies, can actually be a tool that underlines their unique potential, instead of an obstacle of definition and categorization.