resina is a platform for research based in Ferrara. Resina's work is invested in developing slow-paced alternative education experiments and residencies, with a particular focus on themes related to ecology and  the need to rethink the relationship between people, ecosystems, and the stories of the surrounding territories. Through the organisation and programming of slow-paced artistic and research residencies, as well as non-formal educational projects, resina supports emerging practitioners working across various forms of art, research and writing.  Since 2023, resina is part of Wunderkammer Consortium: a center for research, education and cultural, social and environmental production on the Ferrara river docks.


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A Fluid Haze: Thought-forms from Ferrara Residency






A Fluid Haze
22 September – 14 October 2018
Porta degli Angeli, Ferrara

Curated by: Angelica Bollettinari, Olivia Berkowicz, Valeria Bevilaqua, Lucie Kordacova


︎︎︎Residency Program 2018
An exhibition of the work developed over the residency month by the participants of Ferrara Residency 2018: Ruth Angel Edwards, Emilia Beatriz, Henry Bradley, Joe Campbell, Callum Hill, Blue Maignien.

With Ferrara Residency 2018 (27 August – 14 October) we invited five artists of interdisciplinary visual and sonic practices who have explored various facets of the city’s history through their own work, events and convivial activities. The presentation at Porta degli Angeli is an opportunity to share the artists’ investigations into sites and stories of Ferrara, as well as experiments within their respective fields of artistic practice.

A Fluid Haze refers to the ecological character of Ferrara, where narratives around the industrialisation of the environment and its aqueous environment have informed the work and dialogues around cycles of waste and renewal; the plastic heritage of the former factory Montedison; sound as a site for cohabitation and care; and countercultures. Visualizations of thoughts, emotions and experiences have been inspired by elusive, yet tangible forms such as the fog, mosquitoes and toxic waste.

The title is also a gesture towards the methodology of the residency itself.  A crossing over between self and other, we have worked towards the opening up of our respective disciplines and roles as artists, curators and organisers through sessions of peer review and feedback throughout the month. A Fluid Haze refers to the process of making work itself, in which the residency has sought to value the research process and collective work over the finalisation of art objects themselves.

Photo credit: Andrea Bighi, Joe Campbell and Camilla Caselli

Graphic design: Sara Ortolani

With support from Comune di Ferrara, Gate|Porta, Evart, Ferrara OFF