TECHNICIAN’S MANDATE
A Week in the Woods is designed as an intensive residency, in a room of young seedlings, in a domestic setting, in an urban centre. The residency is open to people who wish to work on a project in the company of small trees. A Week in the Woods is a threefold project: a mental work space, a viewing room, and the roots of a series of publications with Intrepid Tourist Press.
As a mental work space, the program can be seen as a sort of treehouse where one gets away from the ‘parents’ of life. Local Montrealers who need to get away in order to concentrate on finishing or sparking a new project, might seek a 4-48 hour type immersion. For international artists, they might come for several weeks in order to undertake larger projects on or outside the site, this will allow them to spend time in the room of seedlings as a focusing ground or pivot point, or as a work site.
A Week in the Woods Residency works on an invitation-only basis. In exchange for time in the woods, we ask that residents complete an official resident’s form and invite them to leave any written, drawn or sound work that they think might add to the future of the project. A poem, short story, cartoon, article, video, or sound recording of the performance created while a resident, would be appreciated as long as the format can fit in the small cardboard box which is located under the bed in the room.
