Residency
B32 Artspace
Maastricht (NL)
July - September 2025
Maastricht (NL)
July - September 2025
Anti-Class Residency
Being part of this cohort in Maastricht was, for me, an unlearning as much as a residency. It asked us to rethink what it means to create and to be in dialogue - outside the frameworks of productivity or presentation that often shape artistic practice.
I came into Anti-Class carrying a long history of translation - the kind that artists from elsewhere know too well. The softening of language, the dilution of feeling, the quiet negotiations needed to make one’s work legible inside institutional spaces. But this residency was not that kind of space. The programme did not focus on a linear trajectory with a polished end project, but instead centre on learning from one another, holding space together, and appreciating open-ended inquiries.
I came into Anti-Class carrying a long history of translation - the kind that artists from elsewhere know too well. The softening of language, the dilution of feeling, the quiet negotiations needed to make one’s work legible inside institutional spaces. But this residency was not that kind of space. The programme did not focus on a linear trajectory with a polished end project, but instead centre on learning from one another, holding space together, and appreciating open-ended inquiries.
" As an introduction to Anti-Class, we collectively read Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.” Inspired by her idea of storytelling as a practice of gathering, we imagined the residency as a kind of carrier bag—a shared vessel, holding diverse practices, voices, tools, and stories.
After the reading session, we walked through Hoge Frontenpark towards the fruit and vegetable market, each of us choosing an ingredient to create dumplings: our own edible carrier bags. Some ingredients held personal memories or meanings; others simply caught the eye. In preparing and eating together, we offered parts of ourselves and began to learn more about one another—through food, through stories, through the simple act of sharing. "
Excerpt from Anti-Class Insta by Sjoerd Beijers
July 12th 2025
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Cohort: anna andrejew . Floris Janssen .
Elinice Adeyemi .
Jo Cioni . Halar Soomro . Samira . Işıl Cakmak . Sjoerd Beijers
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Over the past weeks, I’ve taken part in @anticlassresidency with Floris as our duo @_.somae._ . The residency brought artists, academics, gardeners, cooks, and activists together to explore community-led learning beyond institutions.
𝘈𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. The residency has been a pivotal moment: a space to explore relational knowledge-making, community-led practices, and ecological attentiveness through food, archives, and artistic research.
It has also allowed us, as somæ, to deepen our collaboration, give form to what has so far lived between us, and situate our practice within a wider community of inquiry and care <3 <3 <3 . "
𝘈𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. The residency has been a pivotal moment: a space to explore relational knowledge-making, community-led practices, and ecological attentiveness through food, archives, and artistic research.
It has also allowed us, as somæ, to deepen our collaboration, give form to what has so far lived between us, and situate our practice within a wider community of inquiry and care <3 <3 <3 . "
Excerpt from Instagram post by
anna andrejew
28th August 2025
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28th August 2025
