This year marks the launch of the Gwaertler Grant's nomination-based model. The spring round focused on Moving Image Arts – a field we understand broadly, spanning projection-, screen-, and time-based practices across film, video art, expanded cinema, and related forms.
We are grateful to our nominators, who identified artists working at the edges of their local, cultural, and disciplinary contexts: Afsun Moshiry, Tamar Guimarães, Leonardo Bigazzi, Ben Russell, Mathilde Rouxel, Lemohang Mosese, and Davide Oberto.
Through this process, we are pleased to announce our support for: Aliyar Rasti (Iran), Luís Knihs (Brazil/Germany), Alessandra Ferrini (Italy/UK), Laida Lertxundi (Spain/France), Nathalie Rosa Bucher (Lebanon), Nima Nassaj (Iran), Mila Turajlić (Serbia), Elena Pardo (Mexico), Selou Sowe (Germany), Malaury Eloi Paisley (Guadeloupe), Essa Grayeb (Palestine), and Marta Popivoda (Serbia/Germany).
The projects supported in this round reflect meaningful collaboration across disciplines, geographies, and communities, and a research component that pushes the boundaries of form and process.
We look forward to following these projects as they unfold over the coming months.
