Artist residency

One forerunner of the residency is the French Academy in Rome, founded in 1666: young French artists who won the Prix de Rome could live and study in Rome for three to five years, and since 1803 the academy has been housed in the Villa Medici, where it still hosts artists in residence. Residencies today usually provide a studio and somewhere to live, sometimes with a living allowance or money for materials, so that artists have time to research and make work in an unfamiliar setting; some hold open studios, letting visitors walk into the workspace and see work still in progress. Taiwan's first non-profit international artist village was Bamboo Curtain Studio, which Hsiao Li-hung opened in 1995 in a converted family chicken coop by the Tamsui River; it closed its site at the end of 2021. Treasure Hill Artist Village opened in 2010 in a hillside settlement that grew up after the war, with artists living alongside the residents. This winter's open studio shows four Taiwanese artists back from residencies in Thailand, Germany, Japan, and South Korea.

On the labels, note where each work was made; then look for materials, images, or sounds that could only have been found in that place.

Would this work look the same if it had not been made in that place?