While the residency is where disciplinary boundaries begin to blur, this dedicated publication opens up the processes, premises and outcomes. Otherwise Residency 2025: Initial Synthesis, edited by Ioana Lariu, acts as a window into this first edition of the residency, documenting and analyzing its inner workings, moving beyond the outcomes to explore the liminal spaces of co-creation where the most challenging and valuable exchanges occurred.

Featuring excerpts from the personal research journals of the participants, an editorial foreword, the curator’s note, and a post-interview analysis by Alexandra Sofonea, the publication offers insight into the journey: from the initial hopes and doubts of the artists, to the surprising moments of serendipity and unexpected failures that defined the projects. It explores how the collaboration compelled both artists and researchers to recalibrate their expectations and embrace an empathetic, more-than-human-centric view of the world. Ultimately, it documents how knowledge is created in the in-between spaces that appear in art–science collaborations, further validating the real need for this kind of profound interdisciplinary approach.

Otherwise Residency 2025 is co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund and by the Bucharest City Hall through ARCUB, in the framework of the Bucharest Together 2025 program.
The project does not necessarily represent the position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund is not responsible for the content of the project or the manner in which the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.
The content of this material does not necessarily represent the official position of the Bucharest City Hall or ARCUB.