Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi announces eight residents for the Homebound Residency Programme

Seven projects by eight residents were selected after a month-long rigorous application assessment process and they are: Batool Desouky & Zain Mahjoub (Tariff), Bhoomika Asvinkumar Ghaghada, Engy Mohsen, Fatima Uzdenova, Mahshid Rafiei, Mona Ayyash, and Rand Abdul Jabbar.

The program aims to support creative practitioners in the region in producing new work and exploring digital forms of community engagement in their practices. The residency program covers a production budget of up to AED 30,000 to obtain the required equipment and materials for the realization of their projects in their own spaces.

Commenting on the projects and artist selected, Faisal Al Hassan, Head of Warehouse421, said: “We are pleased with the applications we received. They are a testament to the agility of artists and creatives in the region, who saw the current shifts in our societies as points of departure for new inquiries in their creative practices.”
He also added: ” This residency program was scheduled to take place at Warehouse421 in Mina Zayed, but the reality we live in today created a necessity to redefine space and attempt to decentralize artists’ production.”