To reflect on the framework of artistic residencies, we have chosen five pairs of words. Five anchor points to open questions, tensions, and possibilities. Five axes that become compasses to explore new ways of being, creating, and inhabiting the territory: diversity and inclusion; connection and exchange; globalization and localization; sustainability and resources; and reflection and experience. These words also permeate the residency experiences that we will share in this conversation. Two artists linked to the Confluence program will help give body and voice to these ideas. Isabel Archs was the Catalan artist selected in the first call jointly promoted by CALQ, Avatar, Mois Multi, Eufònic, and the Institut Ramon Llull, with the support of l’Estruch. In a two-way direction, the Canadian-Korean Lina Choi has been working in Catalonia for two months, researching waters, and will have presented her work the day before aboard La Perla.
Lina Choi
Lina Choi is an artist based in Montreal, originally from South Korea. She holds a Master’s degree in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art in London, United Kingdom. Her artistic research explores bodies of water through sound, focusing on sonic imagination and bodily listening. She creates immersive and meditative experiences through performance, installation, and sound composition.
She was selected for the CONFLUENCE QC 2025 call and completed her residency in Catalonia between June and July (L’Estruch, Sabadell, and Eufònic, Terres de l’Ebre).
Her work has been presented in various venues across Quebec — including OBORO, Centre Clark, and DARE-DARE (Montreal), DAÏMÔN / Axenéo7 (Gatineau), and Est-Nord-Est (Saint-Jean-Port-Joli) — as well as at The Music Gallery in Toronto and Incheon Art Platform in South Korea. Her upcoming solo exhibition will take place at L’Écart Lieu d’Art Actuel, in Rouyn-Noranda, in 2025.
Isabel Archs
Isabel Archs is a musician, photographer, and freelance music producer based in Barcelona. She graduated in violin performance from the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, specializing in classical and contemporary music, and has received several national and international awards in chamber music. She currently works in the fields of classical and experimental music, collaborating with various ensembles and orchestras.
Her artistic research focuses on multidisciplinary projects such as the Ölivias project and theatrical productions. Over the past four years, she has been artistically exploring themes of death and mourning.
She was selected for the CONFLUENCE CAT 2025 call and completed her artistic residency in Quebec at Avatar Studios between January and February 2025.