ARTIST IS ABSENT (AIA) - This is an international program of virtual residencies for digital artists. It takes place in cooperation between art residences NVAIR (Ukraine), Schafhof (Germany), KAIR (Slovakia) Initiated by the NGO Congress of Cultural Activists within the framework of the Nazar Voitovich Art Residence (NVAIR)
The AIA program is the birthplace of new ideas and meanings for international dialogue through art.
We focus on common issues and topics for dialogues about the digital art ecosystem. The name of the program reminds us of new algorithms and technical capabilities of tools for creating art. In the program, we look for the importance of the artist as a carrier of ideas and the weight of tools that bring new meaning to the process.
Team of mentors:
Lucy Nychai - Curator of international exchange programs of art residence for youth artists NVAIR https://nvair.art/, Curator-at-Large Lite-Haus Gallery (Berlin) https://www.lite-haus.net/ukrainian-november2018, communication and curating of program
Vartan Markarian - Digital artist (XR), Art director of the international project “A:PART Berlin-Poltava”, tech-curating of program https://www.apartberlinpoltava.net/
Artists in residence:
Sofia Talanti (Italy, Florence)
Chia Hsien Lin (Philadelphia /United States)
Manana Kobakhidze (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Germany)
Renata Pinterova (Štúrovo, Slovakia)
Oksana Kryzhanivska (Zhuhai, Guangdong, China)
Vitaly Yankovy (Ukraine,Vinnycia (4 p.m))
Eric Millikin (Richmond, Virginia, United States)
Florian Lechner (Munich, Germany)
Sarawut Chutiwongpeti (Bangkok, Thailand)
Melissa Hernández& Byron Blanco (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Merlin Stadler (Munich, Germany)
ARTIST IS ABSENT TALKS - The public program of online meetings with participants of AIA virtual art residence. We have planned 3 global meet-ups to share experiences and introduce you to great digital artists from around the Planet.
Part 1
Sofia Talanti (Italy, Florence (4 p.m)) 
/ sofuxia 
/ sofuxia_ https://sofiatalanti.com
Chia Hsien Lin (Philadelphia /United States) / kikigoforit / chiahsien_
Manana Kobakhidze (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Bremen, Germany) https://behance.net/Cation https://instagram.com/mananiko_amaril... https://vimeo.com/mananiko
Renata Pinterova (Štúrovo, Slovakia) / renatapinterova https://pinterovarenata.cargo.site
Part 2
Oksana Kryzhanivska (Zhuhai, Guangdong, China) IG: @touchsoundart FB: 
/ touchsoundart https://oksanak.com
Vitaly Yankovy (Ukraine,Vinnycia) / vitaliy.yankovy / p1ne_3 https://vimeo.com/user36297424
Eric Millikin (Richmond, Virginia, United States) / ericmillikin / ericmillikin / ericmillikin https://ericmillikin.com/
Part 3
Florian_Lechner (Munich, Germany) / florianlechnereu / florianlechner.eu www.florianlechner.eu
Melissa Hernández&Byron Blanco (Guatemala City, Guatemala) / panacea_gt https://www.behance.net/Panac3aProj3ct/
Sarawut Chutiwongpeti (Bangkok, Thailand) http://www.chutiwongpeti.info
Merlin Stadler (Munich, Germany) / merlin_stadler