ISSP
Riga, Latvia
Seems like the fee changes periodically, so it can be cheap, expensive, or free. Otherwise, it was nice overall. Located almost in the center. You share the kitchen and bathroom with other residents in the three-room apartment, but it's fairly big. I felt I had my own privacy, and it was comfortable. The staff were friendly and nice. If you know what you are doing, it's a nice place to stay and start exploring Riga and Latvia. But it's not an atelier; that's why the residency space is mostly for photographers and comic artists, I guess.
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I had a great time during my ISSP residency in Riga! The apartment is very nice in a nice district, and the people from ISSP are wonderful and very kind. There is no studio but a great library at the office. I shared the apartment with two comic artists. The three of us each made our individual work. There were no workshops at that time. ISSP provided us the opportunity to have an artist talk and we had the opportunity to exhibit.
Riga is an awesome city to awaken your eyes and take photos.
The environment is very helpful, and you are given a freedom to work, so my advise is to plan your working schedule properly, cos there will be many temptations of spending your time in many ways.
The ISSP Riga Residency provided an opportunity for artistic and personal growth in the form of reflection and research. The extended community surrounding the residency created a welcoming, insightful and thoughtful social space for exchange and discussion. Overall, the ISSP Riga Residency provided me with a holistic approach for the development of a new body of work.
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