!GAL
!NTERGALACTIC LUSATIA
THE RESIDENCY
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!GAL is an art-science residency at the Kühlhaus Görlitz, from May to September 2027. Artists and collectives from Lusatia, from Poland and from further afield work here for several weeks, side by side with researchers from the DZA together with DESY and from CASUS.
Rashomon e.V. brings art and science together: we open the doors to the institutes, coordinate the exchange and provide the place. The starting points are the Einstein Telescope and the change of a region that for decades stood for coal.
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HOW IT WORKS
RESEARCH, PRODUCTION
AND EXCHANGE
STUDIOS · RESEARCH TABLE · FIELD TRIPS
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Over the season the Kühlhaus becomes a working quarter: studios, prototypes, computers and data, test set-ups, and researchers who drop by. Residents get studio space and time, and through us direct access to researchers, data and technology.
Every week a Research Table brings residents and researchers together: what has been found, what is still open, where access to data or technology is missing. Just as important are field trips to the quarry and the former open-pit mines, Lake Berzdorf, Sorbian places, the observatory and the border region.
THE SEASON
FROM MAY
TO SEPTEMBER
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The season opens in May with workshops, pitching and networking. June and July belong to residency work and labs, with open workshop talks and field sessions in the region.
In September it closes with an exhibition at the Kühlhaus and at the Kunsthalle Görlitz, with screenings and music. Through the same months, the soundwalk Fernwirkung runs on the grounds of the Kühlhaus.
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A call for residents is in preparation. Artists and collectives who want to work with science in Lusatia can already apply: write to info@rashomotion.com with a short introduction and an idea.
The map below shows places the residents explore, as a first draft. Supporting members of Rashomon e.V. help carry the residency.