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Partnership — Magnetic
Residency Profile

Cove Park is the Scottish residency taking part in Magnetic, a new Franco-UK network bringing together five organisations from France and five from the UK to create a programme of funded residencies for visual artists based in both countries. In 2024, the participating venues are: Bétonsalon – Centre for Art and Research, CAPC in Bordeaux, Frac Bretagne, FRAC Grand Large in Dunkerque, Villa Arson in Nice, and five in the United Kingdom for French based artists – Gasworks London, Wysing Arts Centre in England,  Flax Art Studios in Northern Ireland, Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Wales, and Cove Park. Now in its third year, Magnetic is building an expanding network of partner institutions with shared commitments and values.

Magnetic is a programme of Fluxus Art Projects, which is supported by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Institut français, French Ministry of Culture, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales/Wales International, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the British Council, and its private patrons and friends.

Laure Vigne at Cove Park, June 2024 (photography, Alan Dimmick)

Residencies


Violaine Barrois

Cove Park’s fourth residency through the partnership programme Magnetic Residencies has been awarded to the Marseille-based artist Violaine Barrois. Violaine Barrois’ practice explores the relationship between humans and nature. Educated at the École Supérieure de Design de Marseille (ESDM), and at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Barrois combines her academic background and experiences from […]

Magnetic Residency

Laure Vigna

Cove Park’s third residency as part of the Magnetic programme has been awarded to the Marseille-based artist Laure Vigna. Laure Vigna (b. 1984) is a French artist and practice-based researcher living and working in Marseille. She’s a recent graduate from the MA Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths University of London (2022) and holds an MFA […]

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Chizu Anucha

Chizu Anucha (aka chizu nnamdi) is the Scottish artist awarded a residency at Villa Arson as part of the Magnetic 2 programme. A Scotsman of Nigerian origin, Chizu Anucha graduated from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in structural engineering and architectural design, and holds a Master of Design in sound for the moving image from Glasgow […]

Magnetic Residency at Villa Arson

Laure Vigna

Cove Park’s third residency as part of the Magnetic programme has been awarded to the Marseille-based artist Laure Vigna. Laure Vigna (b. 1984) is a French artist and practice-based researcher living and working in Marseille. She’s a recent graduate from the MA Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths University of London (2022) and holds an MFA […]

Magnetic Residency

Carla Adra

Cove Park’s second residency as part of the Magnetic programme has been awarded to the Paris-based artist Carla Adra. Carla Adra is a French and Canadian artist and performer with artistic and anthropological education in France, Canada and Mexico. Self-narratives and the experience of reciprocity are at the centre of Carla Adra’s practice. In public […]

Magnetic Residency

David Douard

David Douard was awarded a 3-week Cove Park Magnetic Residency. Based in Paris, David graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2011. Since then his work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions across France and internationally. This residency is David’s first opportunity to work in Scotland and we […]

Magnetic Residency

Emilia Beatriz

Emilia Beatriz is the artist based in Scotland awarded a residency at Villa Arson as part of the Magnetic 3 programme. Emilia Beatriz (they/elle) is an artist and access worker from Puerto Rico’s diaspora, based in Glasgow. Informed by Aurora Levins Morales’ ‘historian as healer’ methodology, Emilia’s films weave historical and speculative narratives – grounded […]

Magnetic Residency at Villa Arson