Artists in residence

Camil Navarro is an interdisciplinary Chilean artist whose practice stems from theater, dance, music, and performance.

Their work investigates the notion of the critical body, situating the physicality of the performer as a pivotal axis of exploration of identity spaces in a continuous change of figure and fundamentals. Based on somatic strategies, choreographic operations, experimental vocalizations, and writing procedures, their performances deal with themes and contexts related to resistance movements and civil disobedience in Chile and Latin America; water and environmental crisis due to anthropogenic causes; and discussions around the Western and cisgender cultural matrix through an ethical and methodological position from transgender perspectives.

In 2022, Camil was a recipient of the French Institute of Chile and Cité Internationale des Arts international program. During his second residency within the framework of the Cité internationale des arts 2-12 Program, he will develop a choreographic research process at La Fabrique Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, in collaboration with drag artists -both Drag Queens and Kings- from the Centre LGBTQI+ Paris-îDF, for the creation of a Trans-gestural Laboratory: A protected space that allows us to make visible our invisible gestural memories and the deliberate manifestation of our politics of difference.

Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1995.

With a background in design, she has developed an interdisciplinary career as a visual artist and writer. The author of ten books, she is a notable voice in the Cuban literary scene of her generation.

She has exhibited at the Havana Biennial, the 2nd Türkiye Textile Biennial, the 6th Biennial of the South, and the New York Latin America Art Triennial. Her work is part of the collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Fine Arts of Caracas, and the María Cristina Masaveu Foundation.

Salman Nawati was born in 1987 in Palestine. He lives and works in the Gaza Strip. He is an artist and works as well as an administrative coordinator for the Art programme in Qattan Foundation/Gaza center. He has been working as an art teacher at the Fine arts college and at Al-Aqsa University. He has also been art director for several art festivals in Gaza. His practice spans different artistic fields such as drawing, sculpture, installations, design, photography, filmmaking, theater, music, and art therapy. In his artistic project, Salman Nawati focuses on expressing himself as a human.

In the absence of a responsible authority for the protection of the antiquity and artistic property in the Gaza Strip, Salman Nawati, along with, artist Mohamed Abusall and architect Sondos El Nakhala, will collaborate on an imaginary museum, a museum focusing on the historical and artistic heritage of the Gaza Strip, which would be accessible to all. This museum will not be physically present but will be a digital incubator gathering an assortment of antique objects, cultural relics, and artworks, for some completely imagined, in the format of digital replicas. This project is jointly developed with Mohamed Bourouissa who will also produce a video showing the entire production stages of the museum. The final product of this project will be a virtual reality presentation to be exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in 2023, where the public will discover the Imaginary Museum of Gaza through this virtual portal.