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“Creative work is essential to the spiritual well-being of any civilization
– The New Yorker

The Artacia online art residency program is designed to be progressive, inspirational and unconventional. It provides a unique way to fuse art and innovation while allowing artists to engage with professionals at the forefront of technology.  Partnering companies get the opportunity to improve creativity flow, build their brand and stay relevant in today’s digital age.

We believe Artacia’s collaborative initiative will lead to the development of many creative ideas and innovations. We aim for this program to be an enriching experience, for the organizations, the artists, and all the supporting institutions.

During a residency, artists can explore new locations, different cultures, and experiment with different materials. Much like study abroad programs, residencies are often aimed at young artists and can end up having a long-term impact on their life and work.”
– Artnet

Completed Projects

DBS Bank

Artacia organised this residency with DBS with the aim of exploring the intersection between art and innovation. DBS hosted an artist for a 8-week period at DAX, a space that reimagines, inspires and creates the future of innovation. The artists was invited to create a digital artwork that incorporates the core DBS values and innovation agenda. 

These values include providing amazing solutions and experiences that “wow”, a constantly experimenting culture, embracing outside-in thinking to create breakthroughs, and leveraging unique Asian insights. The artwork would ultimately inspire and promote the culture of innovation.

Selected Artist: Bao Songyu


Watch the process and artwork in motion:

“Instead of reinforcing an opposing binary between art and capital,
could we instead locate affinities within their charged entanglements?”
– Counterintuitive Connections: Artacia’s Digital Art Residencies

mastercard

Artacia and Mastercard invited two digital/new media artists from Asia to create artworks for the new Mastercard Experience Center in Singapore.

The artworks were to highlight factors that kept Mastercard at the forefront of technology and innovation and aimed to explore the convergence of art with innovation and its impact on society through the lens of 
Mastercard.

The artworks eventually demonstrated how dynamic advances in technology through Mastercard’s selected themes of Contactless and Safety and Security. 

 

Selected Artist #1: Choann Studio


Behind the scenes: find out how the artist was inspired by the Mastercard logo

Selected Artist #2 Ong Kian Peng

“If the computer had vision like us, what would it see?”