Victoria will undetake a 1-month residency at Warehouse9 as part of the CopenhAustin cultural exchange residency initiative. As part of the residency period Victoria will host workshops at Warehouse9.
Whilst in residency, Victoria will be researching their project ‘Happy Unbirthday! A Celebration of the Everyday’:
What if every day was your birthday… and everyone else’s too? In reimagining a typical birthday party from their childhood, Victoria highlights the importance of community, joy as resistance, and everyday dreaming.
More info about workshops to come!
ABOUT
Victoria is an identity-based artist working across video, performance, sound, sculpture, and installation. Their work weaves together elements of Mexican pop culture, traditions, and daily life, serving as both a tribute and exploration of their heritage. Through (video) performance, Victoria explores their Queer and non-binary identity by experimenting with makeup, costumes, and wigs to reimagine the self and invent new modes of being. Their work often centers around memory, home, and love, creating intimate spaces that invite reflection, connection, and tenderness.
Victoria is an artist-in-residence as part of Warehouse9, Museum of Human Achievement and Unlisted Projects international residency exchange initiative called CopenhAustin. Victoria was born along the US/Mexico border and lives and works in Austin, Texas.
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COPENHAUSTIN
CopenhAustin is an arts residency exchange program of one queer performance artist/organizer from Texas and one queer performance artist/organizer from Denmark. The purpose of this residency program is to support artistic development, facilitate cultural exchange, and encourage environmental sustainability practices in the larger arts community. A unique dimension of the call is a commitment to the intersection of LGBTQIA+ issues and environmental sustainability practices. Residents are given the time, space, freedom, and financial support to concentrate on developing their work. This residency program is funded and has a fixed duration of one month. In the inaugural year of the CopenhAustin, 2024, the selected residency artists made a total of eight public appearances, four in Denmark and four in Texas. Artists are expected to contribute to public programming, including but not limited to, performances, workshops, and panel discussions.
CopenhAustin is a collaborative program organized by Unlisted Projects, Warehouse9, and The Museum of Human Achievement.
This residency is made possible with support from: Scan Design Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation, the Cultural Arts Department in Austin and The City of Copenhagen.
Jasmin has a master’s degree in English and cultural communications from the University of Copenhagen and has worked with several fields within the cultural sphere. She has worked with executing and communicating films, festivals, art fairs, and literature, and has now embarked upon queer performance art at Warehouse9.
Emma (they/she) has been a core member since 2012 and a leading effort in driving organisational development. They have helped shape WH9’s artistic profile, initiated national and international collaborations and consolidated WH9 through fundraising strategies, and insisting on production methods centering care and accessiblility.
In addition, Emma works as an independent curator, e.g. through the curatorial duo osborn&møller, where they have acted as guest curator at the Wellcome Collection (UK) and curated part of City of Women’s 25 year anniversary festival in 2019 (SL). Emma has experience as a freelance producer in the UK, where they worked with artists such as Poppy Jackson, Manuel Vason and SPILL Festival. Emma holds a MA in Theater and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London and a BA (Hons) in Drama, Applied Theatre & Education from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Jørgen Callesen (They/He) is co-founder and co-director of Warehouse9.
For the past 17 years, they have been an integral part of developing Warehouse9 to become a leading organisation for cross-aesthetic queer art, including international festivals and socially engaged projects. He holds a Ph.D. in information & media science from Aarhus University (2005) and has an artistic practice with the performance figure “miss fish”. They have presented solo work in Denmark and internationally since 2002 and work in collaboration with numerous queer artists as well as in lager scale productions.