Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
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Back to Basics program / JULY <strong>2023</strong><br />
Christina Carè<br />
UK<br />
www.christinahcare.com<br />
About<br />
Christina is an Italian-Australian writer living in London. She<br />
is interested in female subjectivity, the creation/destruction<br />
of family structures, how narratives (our own and others) can<br />
be co-opted and altered and the impact of technology on<br />
language and freedom. As a third-culture kid, she seeks out<br />
opportunities to unpick the influence of environment over<br />
personal/family identity.<br />
Overly curious, she studied Architecture, Art History and<br />
Philosophy before leaning into her passion for fiction. She has<br />
interviewed actors for Spotlight, turned data into compelling<br />
stories at Google, and has edited for the F-Word feminist<br />
collective. She was first runner up for the Evening Standard<br />
Short Story Competition 2022 and has been published in<br />
Bedford Square anthology (<strong>2023</strong>), City of Stories (2022), and<br />
the Mechanics Institute Review (2021). Previously, she was a<br />
London Writers Awardee (<strong>2020</strong>), as well as being mentored<br />
by author Kirsty Logan. She is deeply interested in the<br />
practice and habit of art-making, and has taught sustainable<br />
creativity for Spread the Word.<br />
Go deep. Surface.<br />
At <strong>Arteles</strong>, I finished a draft of my novel. At least, that is<br />
what it appears I did. But the reality is far more nuanced<br />
and complex, and the process was not linear. I learned a lot<br />
about myself and my work and that the term 'finished' is not<br />
so golden as it appears. Artists live in the world of their own<br />
process, a world that <strong>Arteles</strong> made tangible to me in a new<br />
way. Therefore, my practice as a writer grew immeasurably<br />
with this experience, and I now have multiple new threads<br />
to follow in my work. Nothing is truly 'finished'; I am more<br />
excited than ever to continue my work.<br />
At <strong>Arteles</strong>, she aims to finish her first novel, which follows a<br />
female-led cult. Entitled Rabbit Hole, it explores how minority<br />
bodies can create safety and intimacy in a threatening world.