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Villa Arson is hosting artist Aniela Piasecka in residence from January 19 to March 15, 2026, as part of the Magnetic 4 program developed by Fluxus Art Projects. Aniela Piasecka is an artist based in Glasgow, UK. Working with performance and multidisciplinary modes of choreography, they have recently been developing research around the somatic experiencing and choreography of pain, the role of risk in performance and biopsychosocial research into the ‘functions’ of the body.

As the recipient of the cross-residency program with Pivô, offered as part of Villa Fatumbi, an initiative of the French Embassy in Brazil, artist Bruno Moreno will be in residence at the Villa Arson from September 15 to December 14, 2025. Bruno Moreno (b. 1988, São Paulo) is a performer and choreographer with a degree in Performing Arts from the University of São Paulo (Brazil).

Laureate of a three-months residency at Villa Arson in Nice (between September 15 and December 14, 2025), Brigitte Louter (1996, NL) is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. During this residency, the artist will work in the art school's technical workshops to create a series of objects inspired by the form and function of industrial bellows, which protect the moving parts of machines.

Villa Arson welcomes visual artist and researcher Abiniel João Nascimento, in residence from September 16 to December 13, 2024. They are the first laureate of the cross-residency program initiated between Villa Arson and Pivô with the support of the Consulate general of France in São Paulo and Impactart. 

A Lithuanian-born artist and filmmaker, Emilija Škarnulytė is in residency at Villa Arson between April 3-30 and November 1-17, 2024 in the framework of a partnership with La Citadelle de Villefranche-sur-mer for the 2024 Lithuanian cultural season in France. 

“Nos gestes, nos soins” ("Our Gestures, Our Care") is a research-creation collective initiated in 2021 by Yohana Benattar, Hanga Tóth, and Simon Le Borgne. It brings together people involved in caregiving, artists, dancers, researchers, and healthcare professionals.

Villa Arson is pleased to participate in the new Franco-British Magnetic artist residency program and to welcome the first artist, Zoe Williams.