This month, we celebrated ten full years of the Tilt artist in residence program, and 25 residencies. To mark the occasion, we welcomed artists back to our Vancouver office for an evening of conversation and connection—complete with wine and canapes.
When we started the Tilt artist in residence program ten years ago, we didn’t know what it would become.
We didn’t have a roadmap, or even a clear objective. It was a question: What happens when you bring an artist into the heart of an architecture and design practice? We weren’t looking for an answer, or an outcome. We were seeking something deeper—the permission to ask different questions.
In the decade since its inception, Tilt’s artist in residence program has become a vital part of hcma’s creative culture. What started as a hunch—that artists could offer something meaningful to our process, and we in turn could offer something in return—has become something bigger, and harder to define. It exists beyond artists and artwork alone, to instead celebrate process, play, and people.
This anniversary is a moment of celebration and reflection for everyone who’s decided to take the leap with us so far. The countless micro-moments—conversations, experiments, provocations—that changed us in ways we never could have predicted.
It’s a thank you to all of the artists who shared their practice and shaped ours, and to all the hcma-ers, past and present, who applied their curiosities along the way.
You can find more information on each residency in our 10 Years 25 Artists anniversary print publication, now available digitally.
And, as a tribute to our time together, we made this film.
