In July 2021, Christopher Webb spent two weeks as the Artist-In-Residence at the Annapolis Royal Community Arts Council (ARCAC). During this period he spent time creating a project that included painting, writing, music composition and a collaborative sound recording. There were no outcomes in mind at the beginning of the residency. The only objectives the artist had previous to the start of the residency was to undertake an uninterrupted working period, experiment with compositions based within the framework of the circle, and to write down thoughts and attempt to arrange them into an audible medium. The result of this project was an exhibition at ArtsPlace Gallery in Annapolis Royal that combined new works and a sound piece.
The Project was entered into an international competition and in October of this year the work took top honours in the Quasi Quadro International Contemporary Art Competition by winning the Residency Award. This made him not only the first North American artist selected to win this award, which began in 2018, but also the first painter to claim the prize. Along with collaborating with Associazione Quasi Quadro in Turin (Torino), Italy, this past November Webb also took part in a week-long residency in the town of Barge located one hour south west of Torino, where he developed work that combined both painting and sound.
