Talk: Juana Bustamante – From Ancient Skies to Outer Space

The talk opens a window into an evolving, work-in-progress practice that connects ancient skies with contemporary questions about outer space. Juana shares the ideas guiding the development of a public space installation prototype in Lund, drawing on her interest in historical observation structures, light phenomena, and our changing relationship with the night sky. Grounded in NDS’s focus on drawing as an expanded cognitive methodology, the conversation considers how simple spatial devices can restore time to the act of looking, inviting us to pause and reconnect with celestial movement.

Juana Bustamante presents this lecture as part of the inaugural artist residency organized by the Northern Drawing School (NDS) and co-hosted by Skissernas Museum. 
 

Admission fee to the museum.
Free admission for students, young people under 25 as well as employees at Lund University.

The talk is in English.

About the Artist

Juana Bustamante (Bogotá, 1998) is a Colombian artist based in Brussels working across drawing, installation, sculpture, and writing. Intersecting her art practice with astronomical imaginaries, she explores perception, orientation, and cosmological systems. She holds an MA from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (ARBA-ESA / ULB) and a BFA from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá.

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About The Northern Drawing School (NDS)

The Northern Drawing School (NDS) is an international network of fifteen art institutions across Europe and Iraqi Kurdistan dedicated to advancing artistic drawing within higher education and research. The network frames drawing as a core cognitive methodology for independent thinking, interdisciplinary research, and complex problem-solving. Beyond higher education, NDS works to democratize access to drawing, welcoming individuals of all skill levels to engage with process-based artistic practice. Each August, NDS gathers in Lund for an annual drawing convention. This year marks a major milestone as the network launches its inaugural artist residency program. As a long-term initiative, NDS is working in collaboration with Lund University, Skissernas Museum, and Lund Municipality to establish the Lund Centre for Artistic Drawing (L-CAD), a future physical and conceptual hub for residencies, archives, and academic exchange, creating a shared, polyphonic space for drawing across borders and disciplines.

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