An EBA artistic residency at Onassis Stegi (Greece)
J Neve Harrington (UK) has undertaken an artistic residency at Onassis in Athens, Greece, as part of the 2025/26 fellowship programme and the Europe Beyond Access network. The residency provides dedicated time for research, experimentation and the development of new artistic processes, supporting interdisciplinary practices that challenge conventional approaches to performance and contemporary art.
Titled every movement a flower, every flower a movement, Harrington’s residency centres on a process-driven exploration connecting movement, writing, spatial design, book arts, textiles and accessibility. Rather than focusing on the production of a finished work, the fellowship offers space to deepen artistic research and cultivate the conceptual foundations of an evolving project provisionally described as a “digital quilt.” Through this investigation, the artist seeks to reconnect the multiple threads that define their practice, creating relationships between embodied knowledge, material processes and collective forms of attention.
Working across performance, installation, conversation and design, Harrington has developed an interdisciplinary practice that explores the intersections of liveness, texture, participation and neurodivergent experiences of perception and attention. Sewing, dancing and collaborative making frequently become both artistic methods and modes of communication, inviting audiences into shared processes rather than passive observation. Accessibility is understood not simply as a practical consideration but as a creative and dramaturgical principle shaping the structure of each work.
The residency at Onassis represents a significant opportunity to expand this research within an international context: the fellowship encourages experimentation, dialogue and exchange, allowing artists to develop projects at an early stage while engaging with a diverse community of practitioners based in Athens and beyond.
Harrington’s work has been presented internationally at institutions and festivals including Sadler’s Wells, Tanz im August, Brighton Festival, Arnolfini, Turner Contemporary and the Venice Biennale, among many others. Throughout these experiences, their practice has consistently investigated how movement, language, touch and participation can generate new forms of encounter and collective attention. The research undertaken during the Onassis AiR residency continues this trajectory, laying the groundwork for future projects that bring together performance, craft and digital thinking in innovative and accessible ways.