Saskia Winkelmann & Samuel Savenberg – Week 1

July 29, 2016

Hello, we’re Saskia and Samuel from Berne and Lucerne, Switzerland. We are working in the fields of Writing respectively Sound Art. In the beginning we had various reasons to apply for this residency, and after our first week staying here we are still trying to figure out where exactly this leads us to. 

Working in the so-called fields of creativity often goes along with neither a stable income nor structured workdays/weeks. It is precarity that we’ve chosen over a „normal job“ (or at least so we’re told). The classic concept of vacation of the European middle-class is slightly alien to us but at the same time fascinating. Therefore, the region of the Lago Maggiore and Ticino in general is a perfect place to make studies and observations about.

During the first week we’ve been busy absorbing the scenery via various recording techniques and a lot of talks. We set up a small cosy recording studio, took some nice walks and Saskia eventually recorded a podcast to get us in the mood.