In Process @ The Watermill Center is our ongoing series of studio visits that invite the community to gain insight into the creative process of our international Artists-in-Residence, cultivating an understanding of how artists from across the globe develop new work.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

​​Sarah Brahim (b.1992, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a visual and performance artist working across many mediums to present work rooted in experiences of the body. She trained as a performer, teacher, and choreographer at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and received a BFA (Hons) from London Contemporary Dance School. Her research-based practice began while studying medicine at university, as she continued practicing and performing. The pursuit to understand the body through every possible lense– biological, physiological, experiential, and more– led her to receive her BS from Oregon Health and Science University, with a focus on medical anthropology and public health. In her work, Brahim examines how gestures of the body create a language that can be used to voice grief, metamorphosis, the unseen form, and our relationship to the natural world. Sarah Brahim is a recipient of the Baroness Nina von Maltzahn Fellowship for the Performing Arts at The Watermill Center.

Philippe Cheng is an artist based between New York City and Bridgehampton, Long Island. Cheng studied at The School of Visual Arts and New York University. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and private collectors. His recent book, “Still, The East End Photographs” explores the landscapes of Long Island’s eastern tip. Current projects include “Bullets in The Sand,” a book about Coney Island and growing up in a historical inner-city neighborhood; “Requiems,” a book in collaboration with Bastienne Schmidt; “Echo Still” a black and white street photography book; and “On The Cusp,” a documentary illuminating the voices of 175 women around the 2008 presidential election.

Matthew Leifheit is an American photographer, magazine editor, and professor. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and the Yale School of Art, Leifheit is Editor-in-Chief of MATTE Magazine, the journal of emerging photography he has edited and published since 2010. Leifheit was formerly photo director of VICE Magazine, and his photographs have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Aperture, TIME, and Artforum. Leifheit’s photographic work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public collections. He is currently on faculty at Pratt Institute and Yale.

Mónica-Ramón Ríos is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, scholarly essays, and the editor of a small press. They are the author of the books Látigo versus luma (essay, 2022), Autos que se queman (short stories, 2022, published in English as Cars on Fire, 2020), Alias el Rucio (novel, 2015, also Alias el Rocío, 2014), Segundos (novel, 2010), and a series of essays that explore Latin American feminist/transfeminist aesthetics and theory in Latin American film and lit. Their writerly work uses archival interactions, theoretical exchanges, and conversations in workshops to investigate the in-betweenness of the women and femmes who cross the south border of the United States. Theorized as the component that makes Latinx unreadable and thus invisible in neocolonial structures, the existence in between points to the lack of language––and thus a potentiality––to name the experience of crossing. By utilizing dialogue (letters, workshops, narrative tool), Ríos foregrounds literature as sexlove and a political desire to construct an alternative form of dwelling. Ríos teaches theory and creative writing at Pratt Institute and is one of the editors of Sangría Editora.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note: The Watermill Center no longer requires visitors to wear face-coverings for indoor events. The use of masks is encouraged, and disposable masks will be provided by The Center upon request. We thank you for supporting our efforts to keep both our international and local community of artists and alumni safe and healthy during their stay at The Watermill Center.

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for the check-in process.

The Watermill Center is committed to providing accessible programs and services for all patrons and artists with disabilities. For further information about any accessibility needs or issues, please email us at visit@watermillcenter.org.

Photo copyright Lindsay Morris.