https://nor.la NOR RESEARCH STUDIO Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:50:14 +0000 https://nor.la en https://nor.la/DISPASSION Fri, 29 Dec 2023 23:16:38 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/DISPASSION DISPASSION DISPASSION is our online publication where we post updates about programming, critiques of the creative economy, and other musings. Depending on the season, we publish anywhere from weekly to monthly. Some popular reads include this sample grant application and Guaranteed Non-Opportunity series. More Information<img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecfe6560f6f964ddbe71678f898a6656a68abb25138d2081edf2f326f431a626/IMG_5512.JPG" data-mid="200393185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecfe6560f6f964ddbe71678f898a6656a68abb25138d2081edf2f326f431a626/IMG_5512.JPG" />WYATT CODAY, THE LION THE SERPENT THE GOAT, 2023. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH. https://nor.la/Workshops-and-Events Wed, 31 May 2023 00:32:21 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/Workshops-and-Events WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS We host an assortment of seminars, workshops,&nbsp; talks, research sprints, and intensives including our controversial grant workshop, HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN WHITE PEOPLE, and our two-week portfolio intensive, IS MY BODY MEANT TO BE READ? Collectively, our programming focuses on economic and institutional critique that asks artists to consider their studio practice as an independent business activity. Events are typically announced through our newsletter and on Instagram. You can also subscribe to our calendar on Luma. More Information&nbsp; <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1193e167888aebdc38061ef5ddf291fd3d275a125de01c3e863bd042b5e35caa/IMG_2210.JPG" data-mid="192869052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1193e167888aebdc38061ef5ddf291fd3d275a125de01c3e863bd042b5e35caa/IMG_2210.JPG" />NOR RESEARCH STUDIO. PAPERWORK FEATURING A FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES’ UNTITLED PRINT; PENCIL DRAWINGS AND XEROX STUDIES DERIVED FROM ABBAS KIAROSTAMI’S CLOSE-UP; A LIMITED EDITION R.H. QUAYTMAN INSERT FROM OCTOBER #168; AND NOTES IN RESPONSE TO QUAYTMAN’S 2016 EXHIBITION CHAPTER 30: MORNING AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES, 2019. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH. https://nor.la/REGROUP Fri, 29 Dec 2023 23:05:06 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/REGROUP REGROUP REGROUP is our reading group and online meetup for artists, creatives, and critical thinkers. In 2024, we’re reading Jamieson Webster’s Disorganisation &amp; Sex (Divided Publishing, 2022). Convening around the question&nbsp;WHO IS MY MOUTH AND WHY DOES SHE MATTER TO ME?, we’ll discuss topics like sexuality, disability, and orality as well as their practical applications in the creative economies. Attendance is free, but RSVPs are required. More Information and RSVP &nbsp;<img width="1692" height="1142" width_o="1692" height_o="1142" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a5eb7eaaba81f55c5bad2b376834f5001caa9c295d59bb0bf6e378be7c7e573/IMG_5917_shrunk.png" data-mid="200388744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a5eb7eaaba81f55c5bad2b376834f5001caa9c295d59bb0bf6e378be7c7e573/IMG_5917_shrunk.png" />WYATT CODAY, THE LION THE SERPENT THE GOAT, 2023. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH. https://nor.la/Grants-and-Fundraising Sun, 21 May 2023 22:00:56 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/Grants-and-Fundraising GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING Our grants have received recognition from venerated awarding bodies such as Creative Capital, The Andy Warhol Foundation, Sundance, and the California Arts Council. You can read an excerpt from one of our sample grants here. We also write application materials for residencies, fellowships, and graduate programs that have netted our clients research and travel stipends, institutional support for their creative projects, and full-ride scholarships. <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4be9ca105fee329c7b56035014db6e1e5184b9f93e5a70c45c2b98d1af1810e0/IMG_4724.JPG" data-mid="179477266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4be9ca105fee329c7b56035014db6e1e5184b9f93e5a70c45c2b98d1af1810e0/IMG_4724.JPG" />NOR RESEARCH STUDIO, AUNTIE EVAN TAKING GILA TO SEE SNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, 2022. HUSKY TAKEN TO PEAK OF MOUNT WATERMAN IN 2015 DIESEL VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PURCHASED USING FUNDS FROM THE DECAPITATION OF THE SECOND WITCH’S HEAD. https://nor.la/Blackmarket-Psychoanalysis Sun, 21 May 2023 22:00:56 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/Blackmarket-Psychoanalysis BLACKMARKET PSYCHOANALYSIS Our signature business development service is tailored toward artists and creatives seeking to create financially sustainable studio practices. If you’re an artist looking to monetize their studio practice, develop grant-ready projects and applications, or receive regular accountability sessions, schedule an intake session or studio visit with us. More information <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5057711140fb3a09081b82df00ac787a594a83e0146c8e75055268803105987e/77uS3H7w.jpeg" data-mid="179476028" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5057711140fb3a09081b82df00ac787a594a83e0146c8e75055268803105987e/77uS3H7w.jpeg" />WYATT CODAY, THE LION THE SERPENT THE GOAT, 2023. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH. https://nor.la/WORKING-GROUP Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:50:14 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/WORKING-GROUP WORKING GROUP Z WORKING GROUP Z is a research initiative developed by NOR RESEARCH STUDIO. Orignally hosted at&nbsp;NAVEL, the initiaitve sought to activate conversations about the value of artistic inquiry and labor. More Information<img width="2500" height="1374" width_o="2500" height_o="1374" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c60cf4042bf2b77c93c74dc84c83e967fe9a8cba82bca66462c95fa94e18bab5/Navel-Hero-Image.jpg" data-mid="203801348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c60cf4042bf2b77c93c74dc84c83e967fe9a8cba82bca66462c95fa94e18bab5/Navel-Hero-Image.jpg" />NAVEL’S&nbsp; PROGRAMMING SPACE IN THEIR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WAREHOUSE. https://nor.la/Intellectual-Property Sun, 21 May 2023 22:00:56 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/Intellectual-Property Intellectual Property We view publications as vehicles for developing and expanding intellectual property. We help our clients determine which aspects of their creative projects can be transformed into grant-worthy proposals, redistributed as subsidiary works, or repackaged for commercial productions.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24d6bca8eabe02d28fc040ceb32a77e9c3a6df9dde1ba0cd914b3cd94b658500/IMG_3013-copy.jpg" data-mid="179478878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24d6bca8eabe02d28fc040ceb32a77e9c3a6df9dde1ba0cd914b3cd94b658500/IMG_3013-copy.jpg" /> EVAN KLEEKAMP, BLOUSE, 2021. MASSACRE OF THE SIGNIFIERS.TIFF https://nor.la/Audience-Development Sun, 21 May 2023 22:00:57 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/Audience-Development Audience Development Artist depend on the financial support of their patrons. Whether an individual collector, a collection of subscribers, or an institutional partner, patrons come in different forms, sizes, and levels of commitment.&nbsp; We help use diversify your audience portfolio, create digital communication channels, and integrate your brand messaging into your studio practice. <img width="5311" height="4160" width_o="5311" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2606125dfb2b6824359e5905dfd3ed18de2c8d4f8e1959f15b1e5a8cf2670748/1-ode-to-siestaware-and-commodities-akin-to-and-lower-than-siestaware.jpg" data-mid="179481323" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2606125dfb2b6824359e5905dfd3ed18de2c8d4f8e1959f15b1e5a8cf2670748/1-ode-to-siestaware-and-commodities-akin-to-and-lower-than-siestaware.jpg" /> EVAN KLEEKAMP, BLOUSE, 2021. ODE TO SIESTAWARE AND COMMODITIES AKIN TO AND LOWER THAN SIESTAWARE.TIFF https://nor.la/Biographical-Information Mon, 22 May 2023 00:30:44 +0000 NOR RESEARCH STUDIO https://nor.la/Biographical-Information Biographical Information WYATT CODAY is intersex and autistic. She lives in Los Angeles, where she founded NOR RESEARCH STUDIO with Evan Kleekamp in 2017. She named herself its sole Research Director in 2023 and absorbed the DBA entity as one of her several aliases. Her work spans legal interventions, essays and contemporary folk tales, unorthodox disability accommodations, lecture-performances, and photography. In 2020, Coday was named as a columnist-in-residence at Open Space, SFMOMA's online writing platform. In 2021, Coday received an emerging artist grant from the California Arts Council and published&nbsp;4 INSTRUMENTS, an excerpt from her unpublished novella, with Apogee Graphics. Nightboat Books anthologized another excerpt in WE WANT IT ALL: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RADICAL TRANS POETICS (2021). Dirt published a third installment, RESEARCH, of the novella in 2023. Her writing has appeared in Into,&nbsp;The Avery Review, Open Space (SFMOMA), X-TRA, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and her sculpture and photography were included in Red Wedding at Ruschman in Chicago. Her research interests include: disability, psychoanalysis, common law, transitive painting, the lecture-performance, and kitty cats. <img width="6240" height="3515" width_o="6240" height_o="3515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a48ac4b39034b77f698bb8c843eba0f6c20310d7eb66f3abe5acafe42253d431/aZXmf6vk_resize.jpg" data-mid="179492622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a48ac4b39034b77f698bb8c843eba0f6c20310d7eb66f3abe5acafe42253d431/aZXmf6vk_resize.jpg" /> NOR RESEARCH STUDIO, BLOUSE, 2023. Performance still of TWO INTERIORS (2018)&nbsp;taken by artist Miranda Friedman. &nbsp; <img width="5149" height="3342" width_o="5149" height_o="3342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54f2a11236fcfbbb1ce6f46a487bfc50ca9e0d644c281e287630a8b517ac0a14/R1-02635-0026.JPG" data-mid="179485069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54f2a11236fcfbbb1ce6f46a487bfc50ca9e0d644c281e287630a8b517ac0a14/R1-02635-0026.JPG" />NOR RESEARCH STUDIO, AND FROM YOU I DEPART, 2022. SCAN OF LST FILM PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN BY EVAN KLEEKAMP. EVAN KLEEKAMP founded NOR RESEARCH STUDIO with Wye Coday in 2017 and was its senior director and lead researcher until December 2022, when she developed an autoimmune condition that led her to discover she was born female. After a short investigation into the matter, she disappeared in February 2023, leaving behind an unfinished collection of essays on the subject of soul murder and family alienation, which will be published by the studio’s literary imprint autoBio in 2027.