We are excited to launch the first residency of the MATCH project, taking place from 6 October to 1 November 2025 at the historic Duncan Dance Research Centre (DDRC) in Athens, Greece. This residency will be followed by a digital reflection phase (November 2025 – March 2026) and a public exposition in April 2026.

Founded in 1903 by Isadora and Raymond Duncan, DDRC continues to explore the intersection of dance, everyday life, and ecological thinking. Melding artistic practice with research, the centre supports experimentation and community engagement through residencies, workshops, and interdisciplinary projects like Moving Ground. Its wild garden, overlooking the Saronic Sea, serves as a living experiment in sustaining institutions and ecosystems through art.

Produced by Delta Pi, an Athens-based organization supporting international artistic collaboration and sustainability, this first residency welcomes Garance Maurer and Annalisa Zegna – two artists whose practices center on ecological research, site-specific exploration, and socially engaged art.

Garance Maurer, a researcher, artist and designer and researcher, works at the crossroads of material creation, fieldwork, and storytelling, with a strong ecofeminist perspective. Building on her recent research into fire ecologies, she will further explore intentional burning practices in Mediterranean contexts.

Annalisa Zegna, an artist and researcher, focuses on the ecologies of human and non-human landscapes through visual and performative practices. Her work invites collective processes and immersive experiences rooted in public space and community knowledge.

Together, these artists will use the residency to deepen their practices in dialogue with the local environment, engaging with both the community and the broader MATCH network to explore creative responses to today’s environmental and social challenges.