Workshop Imaginary Archives and research trip

During their residency, Cerrato and Halls realized their workshop Imaginary Archives, where the participants were invited to imagine how the local landscape would look in the future, keeping in mind the predictions of desertification of Southern Europe based on already visible environmental changes. During their stay, they went on a research trip to selected parts of North Macedonia, where the desertification is particularly visible. This residency is part of the wider project with working title Desertification of Europe by Jaione Cerrato and Jon Halls resulting in their book Ministry for Nature, published as part of PrivatePrint's Emerging Concepts Edition in 2024.

Jaione Cerrato (based in Germany) and Jon Halls (based in Great Britain) (cerrato-halls.com) develop a collaborative practice focused on topics related to the notion of value and its creation within contemporary societies. Their approach is multidisciplinary.