Painting & digital art
- Painting space or digital workstation
- Free workspace or project with Chr5
- Guided day to the rock engravings and laurel forest
- Airport pick-up
A residency of 2 to 5 weeks for painters, digital artists, code artists and musicians who want to create in silence, on one of the most sacred islands of the Atlantic. Hosted in the home and studios of the artist Chr5.
What the residency offers
Silence
I came here looking for silence. The residency is a journey into nature through silence and art: no noise, no rush, only your work.
Laurel forest and ocean
The house is surrounded by laurisilva, the ancient forest of the Canary Islands, with the Atlantic on the horizon and one of the clearest night skies in the world.
Sacred territory
La Palma is full of rock engravings carved by its ancient inhabitants. A magical land, open to experimentation. We will visit some of these places together.
Four ways to create
Painting in a bright living-room studio, digital art workstations, code art with Processing, and a recording studio for musicians who want to experiment with sound.
An artist as your host
Chr5 holds a degree in Fine Arts and works in digital art, generative art, design and music. Curator of international shows such as NFTCanarias, ARTCAN and Digital Art Zurich.
Free minds welcome
For artists with a free mind who see art and territory as a sacred space, from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, China or anywhere in the world.
What you get as a resident artist
During the residency, my home and my studios are yours too. In my house everything is shared: the living room turned into a painting studio, the digital art workstation and the small music studio. We plan the day together: you will have your own hours to work alone, focusing at your own pace, and hours shared with me, to create, talk and exchange ideas. That way, the silence of the island and the dialogue between artists share the time.
You choose how to work. You can come with your own project and use the studio as a free workspace, on your own terms, knowing that I am close by if you need anything. Or, if you wish, we can develop a personal project together during your stay: we shape it from the first idea, follow it through sessions and conversations, and take it to a finished piece that leaves the island with you.
— Chr5
The house and its shared spaces
During the residency, the kitchen and the bathroom of the house are common areas you share with the artist, just like the living room and the studios. A simple, close way to experience the residency, like being at an artist friend’s home.
What comes out of the residency
If you bring a project in progress or want to develop one during your stay, you will have two hours a day with me to move it forward. I encourage every artist to work on a project, because it is a good way to grow; but it is optional: if you prefer to work on your own in the studio, without the pressure of finishing anything, you are just as welcome.
At the end of your stay you can, if you wish, present your work to the local community with an informal talk or a small exhibition. I will also ask you for a sample or documentation of what you created to publish on the residency website, with your permission and your credits: together we build the archive of the residency.
An artistic stay with Chr5
I hold a degree in Fine Arts and trained in graphic and web design; in recent years I have focused on creative coding for art. I have curated digital art projects with NFTCanarias, researched crypto art and created digital work: generative art, animation and digital painting. Even so, my studio is still open to painting, with a space to work on canvas or paper, and I have a small music studio with just what you need to record electric string instruments and vocals: a place to make demos and experiment, which we share by the hour. What I offer you is a journey together through La Palma: silence, nature and an encounter with yourself, walks from my house down to the sea, and time to create. You can find my full background at chr5.com.
2 to 5 weeks in La Palma
Code art (Processing)
- Generative art with Processing, from your first sketch to your own series
- Free workspace or project with Chr5
- Guided day to the rock engravings and laurel forest
- Airport pick-up
Music
- 30 hours in the recording studio, with assistance
- Free workspace or project with Chr5
- Guided day to the rock engravings and laurel forest
- Airport pick-up
One artist at a time. Stays of 2, 3, 4 or 5 weeks, in four residencies a year:
- January
- April
- June
- September
During the residency, the kitchen and bathroom of the house are common areas you share with the artist.
Apply
Tell us about you and your project. We answer every application personally within a few days.
Thank you!
We have received your application. Chr5 will write to you personally within a few days.