What project do you plan to complete during any residency and what resources or support (e.g., studio space, accommodations) would you need?

I hope to ground my future work in a more geographic and environmental context. For any Pennsylvania-based residency I would explore the history of the city I am in, and create an American-style cryptid complete with a legend that investigates the environmental and labor history of the region. Folklore often reflects the cultural fears of the period they were coined in; my work would lean on that power by designing a creature whose legend can help people learn and reinterpret the history of where they live. This work would include "artifacts" that seem to be evidence of said creature (foot-prints, claw marks, a feather, a scale, etc), doctored photographs that appear to capture its existence, and original newspaper articles, police reports, and other documents that show the creature's presence in archives and history. All of these elements would be presented as true. Finally, I would like to create a short movie based on Bigfoot Hunting, Ghost Adventures, and similar TV shows. This movie would be presented as my fun and light-hearted artwork based around the "real" story of this cryptid present in local record. During a residency I could work on just a few of these pieces, or the complete project, depending on its length and scope. For any national or international residencies, I may rework this concept to focus on a smaller area (maybe one building, instead of one town), and I would change the creature to be more universal (a ghost) or more site-specific (something based upon local wildlife, or local lore).