Practitioners Programme

The PARSE Practitioners Programme provides artistic researchers space and time to research. Practitioners are invited by the PARSE working group, a team of people who represent the Artistic Faculty at the University of Gothenburg. Practitioners may be invited to develop a project of their choosing or to develop a response to a pre-defined research outcome established by the working group. 

The Practitioners Programme operates through two structures: the regional and the digital. 

The regional structure is orientated towards practitioners based in the Nordic Region. Practitioners are expected to prioritise research visits to Gothenburg to support the development of the project/response, allowing the practitioner to draw on the Faculty’s research specialisms and educational environment. It is expected that the practitioner makes at least one public presentation in Gothenburg. The format of this presentation is dependent on the nature of the project/response. Previous presentations have included: performances, lectures, talks, exhibitions, screenings. 

The digital structure prioritizes practitioners located a significant distance from Sweden as well as those who are unable to travel due to disability, caring responsibilities and visa complications. Practitioners work remotely through a digital residency format. This format seeks to digitally connect practitioners to relevant people/institutions in the wider PARSE network. It is expected that the practitioner makes at least one public presentation either digitally through the PARSE Platform or in Gothenburg (dependent on the nature of the project/response). 

2026: Miriam Hillawi Abraham

Onassis AiR Spring Open Days 2026 © Margarita Yoko Nikitaki for Onassis

Miriam Hillawi Abraham is a multi-disciplinary designer from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With a background in Architecture, her work deals with experimental preservation and the continuation of both material heritage and immaterial knowledge from the African continent. Her methodology places Abraham in the role of a weaver, interlacing threads that connect scattered worlds with one another. Following her fellowship as a Mellon researcher for the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s Digital Now multidisciplinary project and an artist in residence at the Jan Van Eyck and Onassis AiR, Abraham has co-curated an exhibition titled ‘Red Wind, Coral Worlds’ with Dr Huda Tayoub at Hayy Jameel (opening May 2026). Abraham’s work has been featured in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia as well the 2nd Sharjah Architecture Triennial and the 14th Shanghai Biennale, “Cosmos Cinema.”