ADAR Artistic Residencies
A framework for contemporary creation in rural Asturias. Real working time, curated spaces, direct connection with the territory.
Gallery
Process, environment and listening
Images from the residency work and the context in which the creative processes take place.
Model
How the residencies work
Time, care, and guidance so creation can unfold with context.
A process-based model
ADAR residencies prioritize time and care: research, rehearsals, conversations, and experimentation. These are not one-off commissions, but processes with context and guidance.
Territory and heritage
Creation engages with rural architecture, hórreos, chapels, paths, and landscape. The base serves as a starting point to activate places with memory through site-specific experiences.
Mediation and community
Encounters, open process events, talks, and proximity actions. Residencies create bonds: local and visiting audiences, artists and territory, shared practice and listening.
Archive and continuity
Audiovisual documentation, photography, texts, and communication materials. The works continue their life in concerts, networks, future programming, and partnerships, connecting Asturias with national and European circuits.
Resident artists
Composers and artists by year
A selection of residents who have developed works and processes at ADAR in recent years.
2021 · Marcos Fernández
Music creation residency and development of new chamber works, with work in intimate format and documentation.
2024 · Sarah K Williams
Interdisciplinary residency focused on sculpture, installation, and performative processes linked to material, landscape, and memory.
2025 · Andrea Casarrubios
Composition and production residency for new works, with an approach especially connected to the environment and its nature.
2025 · Diego Arribas
Visual art creation residency focused on working with hybrid formats, exploring the relationship between the performed repertoire with stage and nature.
2025 · Ballarte ensemble
Residency for the creation of «La Ballena», a multidisciplinary show with multiple layers: based on a story written by Giulio Tanasini, it proposes bringing to stage a narrative through the use of music, performance, scenic installation, and audiovisual elements.