Shifting the focus and taking a step back are essential to the development of visual and/or theoretical work. These research and creative residencies are carried out around the world, either unilaterally or as cross-fertilizations, in order to initiate cooperative ventures that can extend over medium to long periods. Conceived as tools for pooling, moving and exchanging, they represent essential means of reaching out to other scenes, other practices, other networks and new means of long-term dissemination.
Residencies and broadcasts
Maisons du Monde are places of residence and international cooperation with various partners. They are determined according to the respective objectives and needs of the project. The residences are located in places offering a unique perspective on the environment, whether in the city, the countryside or by the sea.
Residencies since 2020
• MAE CHAN is a Chinese artist who combines textile work, sculpture, and craftsmanship, rooted in poetic and narrative traditions, as well as the arts and crafts. Resident at la Maison Flottante and YiShu8 in October 2025. Residency designed as part of a cross-project initiated by Videotage - art center in Hong Kong, cneai = and the Consulat Général of France in Hong Kong and Macao.
• KINGSLEY NG is an interdisciplinary artist who focuses on conceptual projects tailored to specific locations. For him, art is a mediating element in our environment, whether as a spectator or participant. His projects include Twenty Five Minutes Older (2018) and Passage (2023).
• THEODORA BARAT is a French visual artist born in 1985 in the Paris region. Her work combines sculpture, film, installation, video, and photography. It has been exhibited at K11 – Musea (Hong Kong), Cneai, the Emily Harvey Foundation, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (New York), as well as at Nuit Blanche, La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Mains d’Œuvres, Glassbox, and CAC Vilnius (Lithuania), as well as in video programming at the Palais de Tokyo and numerous international festivals.
• VVZELA KOOK is a Chinese artist whose work focuses on combining technology with her artistic practice to convert urban landscapes into a virtual experience. Resident at la Maison Flottante and YiShu8 in November 2024. Residency designed as part of a cross-project initiated by Videotage - art center in Hong Kong, cneai = and the Consulat Général de France in Hong Kong and Macao.
• GIULIA GROSSMAN is a German visual artist and filmmaker. Her work creates a dialogue between reality and fiction, science and cosmology, nature and technology. Residency with the Arctic Lab project in Iceland in 2024 and Océan Ecran in marine biology laboratories in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Roscoff, France, in 2025. Residency designed thanks to the following partners: Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole Research Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and United States Geological Survey (USGS). Production: cneai =, ArTeC, and Villa Albertine.
• MONA CARA
Cooperation
These international or long-distance projects (including overseas territories), involving residencies, productions and broadcasts, are often established through a number of partnerships. This is known as cooperation, or even cultural engineering. Depending on the local and/or international partner, projects are developed in conjunction with local residents and/or research teams and/or the social fabric. Links with local artistic teams - associations, galleries, institutions, companies - are necessary to establish contact with the local artistic milieu, so as to guarantee that the artists hosted are truly integrated into these networks.
Specific resources
RESIDENCIES
Artists are selected in conjunction with project partners, according to distance, resources and context. Artists are invited to reside for 1 month. Grant: 2,000 euros honorarium. Production: according to project. Travel and per diem paid.
BROADCAST
Public events with local residents and curious onlookers are organized during or after the residency, according to the artist’s rhythm and productions.