“The End of the Grand Tour? Virtual Symposium on Artist Residencies: Future, Place and State”, organized by Arquetopia Foundation and Synergy Artist Residency Network, in collaboration with multiple institutions around the globe, is the conversation that follows such a departing point, in an effort to continue the critical dialogue on the subject of artist residencies.

This virtual symposium which will be simultaneously happening in 18 different countries, will focus on the invention of place, mobility, tourism, and their historical roots as open-ended questions at the intersection of artist residencies, putting into relevance concepts such as dignity, solidarity, reciprocity, community, sustainability and social justice.