<\/a>Name:<\/strong> Duane Bahia Benatti<\/p>\nWhere are you from?<\/strong> Where have you lived until now?
I was born in Sao Lourenco, Brazil in 1983. Since then I have moved to a lot of cities including Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Milan and Porto. I have been based for the last ten years in Leipzig, Germany.<\/p>\nHow long have you been making ceramics?<\/strong>
In total I have approximately five years experience. I had two years training during the bachelor degree in Sao Paulo (2007 and 2008), two years during the Master of Fine Arts in Halle (2017 and 2018) and one year in Leipzig.<\/p>\nCan you describe in a few sentences your biggest achievement so far in working with<\/strong>
ceramics?<\/strong>
I believe that my biggest achievement was combining ceramics and mica. Exploring this combination allowed me to develop a glaze recipe and open multiple ways to work. My sculptures were shown in exhibitions such as the International Ceramics Triennial at National Museum in Ljubljana and the International Craft Fair (Handwerkermesse, in German), in Munique. I also was the recipient of the grant \u201cArtist in Residence Program\u201d from the British Council of Arts, in Hamburg.<\/p>\nWhy did you decide to come to the residency in Petrinja?<\/strong>
When I saw GRAK\u2019s presentation in the Zoom conference organized by Culture Moves Europe I was touched by the tragedy that affected Petrinja and by the effort in establishing the Ceramics Studio. The whole idea of the proposal fascinated me.
Working in a place with such unique characteristics is very inspiring. I believe that you have a great chance here to either reconstruct the city and revive its tradition with the
ceramics.<\/p>\nWhat does your usual working life at the residence look like?<\/strong>
To start, I have experimented with the materials available in the studio. Then I was able to focus on my individual projects, as well as to idealize a workshop proposal, which will
take place from next week (June 10th). I am also happy to share the knowledge that I acquired as assistant researcher during the Master program, by organizing the studio, testing glazes, etc. I hope that the ceramists who work in the studio have the opportunity to get in touch with more materials and techniques, in other for them to enrich their practice.<\/p>\nDo you have a goal that you want to achieve during this residency?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nI hope I can share work methodologies with local ceramists, so they get to know some tools to develop their personal artistic practice, as well as to insert their work in the professional and international context. I also want to create a list of open calls and events related to ceramics.<\/p>\n
You were at the FLIK festival. Did the festival meet your expectations?<\/strong>
I hadn’t had great expectations of it, because the festival was unknown to me. It was a great surprise and it made me happy to interact with people from different generations
and backgrounds.<\/p>\nAre you satisfied with what the ceramic studio and GRAK association offers you?<\/strong>
Yes, due to the big amount of work there were some challenging situations, once some issues were shared with the organizers they then quickly provided me with solutions.<\/p>\nDid you meet any local people?<\/strong>
Yes I did, as well people from Zagreb and Sisak. During the FLIK Festival I took part in a workshop offered by the ceramist Pamela Ivankovi\u0107. I worked with Nena and her granddaughter Vania. I was happy to meet Nena once again in the studio last week. I also met a couple and they drove me to their farm which is located near the epicenter of the earthquake.<\/p>\nHow do you like your new life in Petrinja?<\/strong>
It\u2019s very calm and I am having fun every weekend. I go swimming in the Kupa river as well as playing beach volleyball with immigrants from Nepal. Petrinja has a lot of green areas and for someone living in an industrial, gray country such as Germany, this is pure life quality.<\/p>\nWhat is the best for you?<\/strong>
The people, the organizers and the ceramists associated with the studio.<\/p>\nWhat is a bit strange\/unusual to you?<\/strong>
The destroyed buildings can be choking, sometimes they look like part of the scenery of a war. And because of the reconstruction of the city there are a lot of noisy machines working.<\/p>\nWhere do you want to go after residency?<\/strong>
I will go back to Germany. I might spend some months in Brazil from October on, or even move back there permanently, it\u2019s still uncertain. I miss my family and I was invited to
manage an art residency program in the region where I was born. I might implement a ceramic studio there and also promote activities in the fields of textile art and painting.<\/p>\nWill you come to Petrinja again?<\/strong><\/p>\nAbsolutely. I take part in a research group led by an archeologist and researcher from Portugal based in Japan. I will hold a virtual presentation for the group in September. In
the case that my return to Petrinja takes some time, I am sure that some friends and colleagues will get in touch with the studio soon. I also intend to keep in touch with the
participants of my workshop as well with the lovely friends I met here. The two-month residency will soon come to an end, but this is just the beginning of my experience here.
We are establishing a great network, exchanges and also collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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