Joya: AiR / writer in residence / Dipika Mukherjee / India-Malaysia-USA
“I didn’t quite know what to expect from a Joya residency; the description sounded so different from the usual residencies that I went along for the adventure. But the landscape and walking paths surrounding Cortijada Los Gázquez are truly magical…the very second day I wrote out a poem which had been marinating in my head for a month. The day after that — after watching a resident present a very different kind of performance photography — I wrote a short story in a single sitting in a fit of inspiration. Simon and Donna and the twins, along with Max the dog, Fufu the goat, and all seven cats, provide the relaxed chaos of a happy home where artists of all nationalities can forge symbiotic friendships which last beyond a single residency. A truly remarkable experience.”
Dipika Mukherjee
http://www.dipikamukherjee.com
–Shambala Junction, (Novel) 2016. Winner of the 4th Virginia Prize for Fiction.
–Ode to Broken Things, (Novel) 2016. Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.