International filmmakers & Swedish artists' residency 2025
- Laura Bianco
- 4 days ago
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Updated: 1 day ago
curated by Laura Bianco
This year's residency brings to Tranås two international filmmakers and two Swedish artists!
Experimental humourist filmmaker, Conceptual Sculptor and Dada Gallerist who loves joyful guerilla art interventions, turning difficult life experiences into comedic works of art, and working with what you have. Allison Beda’s film art is deeply personal, darkly comic, subversively feminist and Allison’s conceptual sculptures question what art is and who gets to decide. Allison is deeply committed to collaborating across art forms and bringing the work to audiences in unique ways to create memorable viewing experiences. Allison’s award winning work has been exhibited internationally at festivals, in theaters, on television, in art galleries, on billboards, in the metro and even at the Olympic games. Allison holds BA in film from Simon Fraser University, an MFA from the University of BC, and has lectured at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, SFU, and UBC.
Mx Beda is extremely interested in experimenting with new models of exhibition that bypass traditional gatekeepers and encourage artists to help each other get their work out into the world, fostering a dialogue about artistic practice and exhibition, sharing discoveries and contributing to the evolution of art making. Allison is the founder/curator of Fake gALLeRY DADA tiny ART SHOW +WORLD TOUR which is presently touring the world with miniature works of over 30 underrepresented international artists.
Mx. Beda lives and works on the unceded and traditional territory of the xwməθkwəyə̓m (Musqueam), səlilw̓ ətaɁɬ (Tsleil- Waututh) and Sḵwxw̱ ú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).
Veronica Orrù is a filmmaker born in Sardinia and currently living in Milan. Her work focuses on diary films and found footage. After graduating in cinema from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, she began working as an assistant director, editor, and archive researcher. She is the co-founder of the association Re-framing home movies, which aims to enhance and preserve family films and private audiovisual memories. In 2024, her first short film, A rare way of smiling, premiered at the Filmmaker Festival in Milan. That same year, she co-directed the film Sembrava non finire mai. In 2025, the short film Inevitabile, created with Marco Gentilini, won the Best Green Film award (ex aequo) in the “3 minuti a tema fisso” competition at the 43rd Bellaria Film Festival.
Netanel Seri is an actor and singer who explores classical traditions with a contemporary perspective. His interests lie in raw expression and musical storytelling. He explores new venues to tell stories, such as art galleries, stairwells, and abandoned harbor sites. He recently graduated with a BA in Acting from the Norwegian Theatre Academy and is the coordinator for Body Poetry, a rural artistic residency in Gerlesborg. Right now, he is working on a Nordic production about water, and at the Tranås residency, he will explore the dramaturgical layering of digital and live performance.
IG: @netanel.seri
Louise Halvardsson, born in Nässjö in 1982, is a punk poet, writer and performance artist based in Gothenburg. She has performed her work in places like the UK, Cambodia, Iceland and Canada. Her latest performance work and book is "40 days on a bench in Berlin". Now she's exploring ecosexuality and writer's block, but not at the same time.
IG: @lou_halvardsson
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