STUDIO FIELD
How practice unfolds at Artkom
Artkom holds a studio field rather than a fixed programme.
Practice here is not organised around progress, goals, or outcomes. It is shaped through shared presence, material engagement, and return (again and again) to the act of making itself.
This page describes how that practice works.
What process art means here
At Artkom, process art is understood as an ongoing conversation between body, material, space, and time.
The emphasis is not on expression or interpretation, but on attention. Making becomes a way of listening to what is present, what resists, and what wants to unfold slowly.
There is no requirement to finish, resolve, or explain the work.
Meaning is allowed to arise indirectly, through doing.
Shared presence
Practice at Artkom is held in shared space.
People work alongside one another, each following their own rhythm. There may be silence. There may be conversation. Neither is directed or managed.
What matters is the quality of presence brought into the studio. Not comparison, not feedback, not instruction.
Being together without interference is part of the practice.
Why outcomes are secondary
Artkom does not work toward predefined results.
The studio is held so that making can remain open-ended. Work may be paused, returned to, layered, or left unfinished. What is made is not evaluated or steered toward improvement.
By releasing outcome, attention can shift to:
how the body moves
how materials respond
how time is experienced
This orientation allows something more honest to take shape.
Rhythm and return
Practice deepens through repetition.
Some people come once.
Others return weekly or seasonally.
Some step away and come back later.
There is no expectation of continuity, yet rhythm naturally emerges for those who return. Over time, familiarity with the space, materials, and one’s own tendencies creates depth without intensity.
Return is valued more than duration.
How forms emerge
The studio field does not impose formats.
At times, the studio opens for shared open practice.
Some people return regularly, allowing a weekly rhythm to form.
Occasionally, quieter gatherings or longer forms emerge, held over time.
These forms are not fixed in advance.
They arise from what is alive in the studio and the people who gather.
Artkom holds the field.
Participation takes shape elsewhere.
A living practice
The studio field is not static.
It shifts with seasons, with light, with use. Traces remain. New layers appear. What was unfinished stays present.
Practice at Artkom is not about arrival.
It is about staying with what is.
