Maša Seničić in Caernarfon - a Ulysses' Shelter residency interview

Filmed during her residency in Caernarfon in May 2022 as part of the Ulysses' Shelter programme, in this interview Maša Seničić reflects on the value of residencies and her experiences in Caernarfon.
Maša writes and works in the field of literature, film and media. She obtained her BA and MA degrees at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where she is pursuing both theoretical and artistic research as a PhD candidate (Digital Humanities and Memory Studies). She has taken part in various local and international film, theatre, visual culture and poetry projects/workshops/events - as a participant, a lecturer and an editor - while also contributing to film festivals as a writer, a moderator and a programmer (Brave Balkans, Belgrade Auteur Film Festival). In 2015, Seničić won the prestigious Mladi Dis prize for the unpublished manuscript, which led to her first poetry book “The Ocean” (Okean). Her second book, “As Occasional as a Vacation Home” (Povremena poput vikend-naselja) was published in 2019 (Treći Trg) and awarded the Dušan Vasiljev prize for best regional book. Her literary work has been published across the ex-Yugoslav region and Europe, in magazines (Poezija, Polja, Letopis Matice srpske, Zent, Prosvjeta, Buktinja, Dometi, Književne novine…), anthologies/collections (Rukopisi, Dostojno jest, Ovo nije dom, Čiji grad?, La Nouvelle poésie BCMS, Anthology of Young Serbian Poets, Logične pobune) and web magazines (Agon, Eckermann, Libela, Strane, Kritična masa…). As a freelance author/content creator Seničić contributes to various publications, galleries, events. In her independent projects, she is interested in exploring spatial and material boundaries of printed and digital material/text.