On the Move

Urbane Künste Ruhr: Artist Residency, 'Healing Complex' (Germany)

On the Move — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Urbane Künste Ruhr in Bochum invites artists who are interested in working with local networks and public meeting places to take part in a three-month residency (April – June 2024) for its upcoming 2024 season. The residency is part of the Healing Complex project. Two positions will be allocated for the residency. Interested artists can apply individually or jointly; applications from collectives are also very welcome.

Since 3 June 2022, Urbane Künste Ruhr has been running the project Healing Complex (2018–ongoing) in Gelsenkirchen, which was initiated by the artist Irena Haiduk based on the model of antique building complexes that combined art and healing. Irena Haiduk’s artistic practice links the symbolic capital of the art field with real economies, which is particularly relevant in a post-industrial region such as the Ruhr area.

The residency at the Healing Complex offers the opportunity to intensively explore the project, the existing networks and the urban-social context in Gelsenkirchen Erle over a period of twelve weeks. The stay is divided into two phases: the first six weeks lend themselves to an examination of the location and offer the opportunity to use the Healing Complex for research and as a studio in order to develop a situation-specific project. This conception phase is followed by a six-week implementation period, during which the previously conceived project is to be realised on-site and addressed to a broad public.

Based on the results of the first two exhibition phases at the Healing Complex in 2022 and 2023, the guest artist residency offers the option of exploring forms of networks and testing the opening and activation of artistic institutions and urban spaces. However, the Healing Complex is just as well suited for an examination of the architecture of the modern church building, which was erected in 1963, as well as the history of the Erle district, whose origins are shaped by mining.

The guest artist residency is aimed at professionally working international and national artists and collectives who are interested in social, situational and site-specific contexts in their artistic work.

The residency offers:

A work and production residency from 2 April – 30 June 2024 with content supervision and close ties to Urbane Künste Ruhr.
A guest artist’s fee of €4500 gross.
Accommodation in Gelsenkirchen will be provided.
Costs for arrival and departure will be covered once.
Travel by public transport for research purposes can be reimbursed.
Shared use of the office space on site (Cranger Straße 338, 45891 Gelsenkirchen).

Deadline: 5 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/en/news/open-call-zu-gast-im-healing-complex

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ENCC: Lights On, ‘Unlocking Sustainability: A Transformative Training for Accessible Cultural Centres’ (Poland)

On the Move — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Lights On is ENCC - European Network of Cultural Centres’ flagship training and work exchange programme for culture professionals under 35. It involves a five-day immersive training followed by a period of work exchange in a partner organisation.

The 2024 edition will look at the vital role cultural operators play in fostering environmental consciousness and weaving sustainability into the very essence of cultural institutions. By integrating ecological principles, not only can cultural centres contribute to a healthier planet, but also strengthen the social and cultural fabric of their neighbourhoods.

The training will take place in Warsaw, hosted by ENCC member Ośrodek Kultury Ochoty (OKO), a cultural institution under the patronage of the municipality. OKO is dedicated to deepening social bonds and enriching the cultural capital of the local community through a diverse range of grassroots artistic, civic, and social activities. As the host of the training, OKO embodies the fusion of culture, community and sustainability. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with an institution deeply rooted in local heritage, committed to fostering artistic expression, and dedicated to the principles of a sustainable and an eco-conscious future.

Activities calendar:

24 April 2024: Online preparatory meeting.
April 2024: Preparatory work before the training (a maximum of 4 hours in total).
13-17 May 2024: Lights On training in Warsaw, Poland.
June-October 2024: A minimum of 7 days for exchanges.
Before end November: Report and evaluation.

ENCC covers international travel only for members for the training in Warsaw, and international travel for both members and non-members for the staff exchange. Where travel is covered the standard budget is 150 – 200 EUR, rising to 300 EUR for sustainable travel.

Deadline: 31 December 2023

More info and apply: https://encc.eu/activities/events/lights-2024

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Roberto Cimetta Fund: Ready Steady Go! (Italy, Greece / Online)

On the Move — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:38:17 +0000

Ready Steady Go! is a 10-month learning expedition/journey welcoming 14 artists and cultural professionals from the Mediterranean.

Through immersive workshops, online capacity building sessions and international gatherings, Ready Steady Go! aims to support artists and cultural professionals to identify and apply for mobility funding and support schemes and to increase their access to the international scene.

Ready Steady Go! includes a series of activities to increase participants’ access to the international scene in order to develop their career:

3 online capacity development sessions.
A 4-day workshop in Italy.
A 4-day final meeting in Greece.

Aiming at promoting inclusive mobility, this call for applications is dedicated to artists and cultural professionals interested in developing a project that includes an international mobility within and outside their region, offering a space for debate and practical tools.

Eligibility criteria:

The application must be submitted by individuals (not by organisations) under 30 years old who have a good command of English.
The call is addressed to artists (performers, creators, trainers) or professionals in the cultural sector (organisers, administrators, project managers). The call is open to professionals in independent organisations, as freelancers, or in the public sector.
Applicants, regardless of their nationality, must be based in Mediterranean countries. It includes European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia), and North Africa and the Middle East countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria).
Applicants must be based in ‘remote areas’, that is areas that are not well integrated in international circuits. For the Ready, Steady, Go! project, ‘remote areas’ refer to:
- For EU countries: islands, rural areas, and cities with less than 80 000 inhabitants.
- In this call, all the other countries (Balkans, North Africa and Middle East) are defined as ‘remote areas’.

Applicants must present an artistic / cultural project taking place in their territory on which they will be working during the programme that involves an international mobility from/ to their territory. Their mobility project could be:

The preparation of an artistic / cultural project (a festival, a co-production, a project that involves an international partnership…).
The participation in a research or in a residency.
The participation in a meeting with artists or professionals with the objective of networking with cultural, artistic and development actors.
An artistic and professional training / education project (internships, masterclasses, exchanges, study trips).

All the expenses related to the participation in the programme will be covered, including travel, visa, accommodation (in single or double rooms, hotels or apartments) and meals for the onsite workshops and meetings in Italy and Greece.

Deadline: 5 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.cimettafund.org/bourses/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/roberto-cimetta-fund-ready-steady-go-italy-greece-online

Supergau: Open Call for Artistic projects for Outdoor Space (Austria)

On the Move — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Supergau festival in Salzburg in Austria is calling for artistic projects in outdoor space.

Supergau is an imaginary landscape, a culturally primeval landscape. It is temporary, and during the festival it lies like a second layer over the existing topography of one of the five Salzburg regions [Gaue] (Flachgau, Lungau, Pinzgau, Pongau, Tennengau).

Supergau is freed from the supposed dominance of the city with its programmed cultural spaces, freed from municipal museums, theatres, cabaret stages, that need to be filled by a target audience. Freed from the concept of the public space because Supergau knows only landscape. Supergau is surface and depth at the same time. Supergau has forest - and meadowscapes, mountainscapes, housescapes, asphalt- and concrete-scapes. All these and other landscapes can become a stage at Supergau, an artistic field of action. Supergau is a festival that takes place exclusively outdoors.

The biennial festival celebrated its premiere in Flachgau in 2021 and transformed Lungau into a Supergau for contemporary arts in 2023. The festival will continue in Pinzgau in 2025.

Supergau invites artists to take time for the festival, so it facilitates residencies which offer the opportunity of working on site, researching and exchanging ideas. The whole institution, the development of a dramaturgy and the planning of content in collaboration with participants is an essential component of the festival.

This open call marks the beginning of Supergau, which culminates in the 10-day festival in late May / early June 2025.

The festival is looking for:

Artistic contributions outdoors.
Artists from various disciplines who will join them in exploring the question of what the countryside can do as an art- and as production-space, what the city cannot do and what new forms of encounter and dialogue we can create here.
Artists engaged with the questions, problems and potentials of this region.
Spatial art that can cover entire meadows, forests, lakes, squares or motorways, for example.
Cross-disciplinary works that enter into collaborations with visitors, residents, local initiatives or associations.
Mixed teams with participants from fields other than art are possible (e.g. from science, agriculture, health, education, crafts).

The total budget for the open call amounts to 220,000 Euro. The artistic directors, together with a panel of experts, will select projects from within two categories:

A: up to € 15,000.
B: up to € 30,000.

These two categories are simply a rough guide, with no details concerning quality or importance of the individual works. The above-mentioned flat-rate contributions are gross amounts, and must include fees, production and implementation costs, and travel expenses.

Supergau will also provide board and lodgings for the duration of the residencies, and invites the participating artists to stay overnight in the Lungau during the entire festival (in May/June 2024).

Deadline: 12 February 2024

More info and apply: https://www.supergau.org/en/open-call/

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MGLC Švicarija / Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory: Open Call for Critic in Residence (Slovenia)

On the Move — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

MGLC Švicarija, a creative and residential centre, in collaboration with the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, both based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, invites art critics and cultural journalists to apply for a fully funded, one-month residency in Ljubljana during October 2024.

The overall aim of the international residency programme is to support the exploration and reflection on contemporary visual art. The organisers welcome art writers who wish to engage with and reflect on the local art scene and will focus their interest on either (applicant has to choose one option):

Ljubljana’s vibrant art scene (artists and art communities, art and cultural institutions, art events).
70 years of the Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (research of the various aspects of the Biennale from its beginning in 1955 to nowadays).

The aim is to host an art historian, art critic or cultural journalist active in writing and publishing reviews and/or other forms of art writing in the international context. Applications are invited from art critics and cultural journalist from international milieu (applicants from Slovenia are not eligible).

The organisers offer:

Free accommodation in a fully equipped studio apartment at the MGLC Švicarija creative and residential centre.
Reimbursement of travel expenses to and from Ljubljana (up to €500 from European countries, up to €900 from non-European countries).
Stipend for living expenses (approx. €1350 per month gross / €45 gross per day).
Support in getting to know the local art scene.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

More info and apply: https://mglc.si/en/behind-the-scenes/news/32/mglc-svicarija-open-call-for-critic-in-residence-programme-2024/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/mglc-svicarija-igor-zabel-association-culture-and-theory-open-call-critic-residence-slovenia-1

E-ROUTES Residency for Artists and Authors Inspired by Travel (Croatia, Italy, Serbia)

On the Move — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:11:01 +0000

The E-ROUTES project team announces an open call for the E-ROUTES In-Residency Programme. The initiative offers contemporary authors, writers, artists, and creative individuals in general, an opportunity to spend one month in a chosen country (Croatia, Italy or Serbia) in the first half of 2024.

The E-ROUTES In-Residency Programme will engage European contemporary writers of travelogues as well as artists inspired by travel experience to research cultural heritage collections within different regions of Serbia, Croatia and Italy and to create original pieces of travel storytelling in various forms of creation. The residency programme offers a one-month stay in either Serbia (Belgrade), Croatia (Međimurje or Zagreb) or Italy (Napoli – Portici) between February and June 2024.

The residency will allow authors/artists to access existing digital collections prepared by the E-ROUTES partner institutions, to use them both as material for creative work and an inspiration, so that new artistic production will emerge from this travel and stay abroad. Authors and artists are encouraged to be creative in their applications, with the aim of creating novel and innovative travelogues, stories, images, paintings, photographs, video recordings and other material which will be used to enrich travel routes planned within the E-ROUTES project and create new stories for the travellers of today.

The programme will cover travel and housing expenses, as well as per diem costs during the residency, and is open to authors/artists permanently based in any European country.

Deadline: 15 December 2023

More info and apply: https://e-routes.eu/open-call-e-routes-in-residency-program/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/e-routes-residency-artists-and-authors-inspired-travel-croatia-italy-serbia

SODAS 2123: Nordic-Baltic Residency, ‘The Festivity’ (Lithuania)

On the Move — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association invites artists, activists and researchers in the fields of art and humanities, whose artistic practice includes exploring celebration as phenomenon, its various forms and elements, to a granted three-month residency programme in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The Festivity Residency focuses on the research and artistic interpretation of the celebration phenomenon. In this programme, the residency infrastructure is a space providing opportunities for investigation and interpretation on how traditions are binding communities together and how social infrastructures are created in relational processes.

During the residency the following questions are raised: What can festivals mean and offer in non-festive times? How can we celebrate in an ethical, sustainable and sensitive manner? How can we celebrate to support each other, to strengthen our bonds of friendship and to discover multiple meanings in celebratory practices?

The residency programme will take a space at SODAS 2123 cultural complex. It is a self-governing community-based space, operated and curated by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. It brings together creators and researchers from different fields whose practices are based on experimentation and development of unexpected formats.

After selection process, six artists will be invited to live and work focusing on their chosen festivities during the spring, summer and autumn residency periods. Available residency periods:

1 March – 31 May 2024.
1 June – 31 August 2024.
1 September – 30 November 2024.

The residency grant is 2400 EUR per artist (tax inclusive). The residency also covers travel expenses to and from the residency up to 250 EUR.

Only artists from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia and Latvia (as well as the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland) are eligible to apply.

Deadline: 20 December 2023

More info and apply: https://sodas2123.lt/en/the-festivity-residency-open-call-for-artists-researchers-and-other-creatives-from-nordic-and-baltic-regions/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/sodas-2123-nordic-baltic-residency-festivity-lithuania

Vogelklang Soundcamp Festival: Production Residencies (Germany)

On the Move — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:56:39 +0000

The organisation Kunstverein Global Forest in St. Georgen, Germany is looking to award two project-based, 2-3 month artist residencies for research and artistic production. The residencies will take place after individual arrangements between February - early May 2024. The results of the residencies will be presented to the public at the annual Vogelklang Soundcamp on 4 and 5 May 2024.

The Vogelklang Soundcamp is a locally and independently organised event which is also linked to a global network of different actors. It aims to explore the behaviour and habitat of our feathered friends through art and creative contributions. The event was inspired by environmentalist and broadcaster Chris Baines and is part of the International Dawn Chorus Day, which he founded. Over the course of the festival weekend, May 6-7, various temporary sound camps around the world will connect to form one global acoustic network. Through the cooperation of all sound camps, including the Vogelklang Soundcamp in the Black Forest, a 24-hour livestream of continuous morning chirping is created. Thus, along the sunrise a worldwide phenomenon can be experienced: the morning song of the birds.

In addition to the 24-hour bird concert produced collectively by the many sound camps, an on-site and transmedia festival programme will take place in the realm of the Vogelklang Soundcamp in the Black Forest. This includes workshops, lectures, installations, performances, etc. – many of which are interactive and designed for participation.

The two residencies are intended to enable artists to develop a project- and theme-related work and to present it at the Vogelklang Soundcamp. During the production process, the artists will be supported by the Global Forest team. Generally, all artistic media that can be realised within the framework of the festival are welcome. The work should show a special perspective on or direct engagement with nature – in particular with birds or topics from this context. Sociopolitical issues can be individually and artistically in focus. At the core of the Vogelklang Soundcamp is the attempt and claim to assign subjectivity to nature and to engage with it as a biopolitical agent.

Both residencies include a rent-free stay at Kunstverein Global, a scholarship of 1000€ per month, the reimbursement of material costs up to max. 500€, the reimbursement of travel costs up to max. 250€, as well as free food and accommodation during the Vogelklang Soundcamp.

Deadline: 10 December 2023

More info and apply: https://global-forest.com/programm/open-call-vogelklang-soundcamp-7

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/vogelklang-soundcamp-festival-production-residencies-germany-0

UmArts: Artist Researchers in Residence Programme (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:02:29 +0000

The UmArts Artist Researchers in Residence Programme (ARIR) in Umeå provides the opportunity for artists and makers to contribute to the UmArts research environment for one month during 2024 or 2025. The programme will focus on interdisciplinary practice-based researchers from the visual arts, sound arts, media arts, performing arts, architectural, design, maker and hacker communities to develop short term projects in the UmArts research studio and contribute to the UmArts research environment including the Art & AI Working Group.

To be eligible for ARIR the artist must be resident and eligible to work in the European Union.

This residency will create opportunities to develop your research whatever stage you are at. This is a chance to share knowledge within UmArt’s research groups, make connections and develop collaborations for future research. The selected artists will be contracted through UmArts to develop and or produce a new artistic project at the UmArts Research Studio.

In 2024/2025 UmArts are looking for two artists and makers, one for the UmArts ARIR programme and one for the TAIGA ARIR programme:

TAIGA ARIR: UmArts will support one artist researcher in residence through the TAIGA focus area in Art and AI micro-project. The artists will be invited to develop new projects investigating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning as part of the Art and AI Working Group.
ARIR: UmArts will support a research based artist in a more generalised field of arts practice who will contribute to the UmArts interdisciplinary research environment.

The total time for the residency is 4 weeks. There are two residency periods, one in autumn, and one in the winter: 15 August- 31 September 2024, and 15 January- 28 February 2025.

UmArts offer a studio space at UmArts Research studio at Arts Campus, Umeå Universitet as well as a fee of 42,000 SEK (~3650 EUR), to include all personal expenses. In addition UmArts will book travel and accommodation for a maximum of two visits to Umeå. Material and production expenses will need to be negotiated with UmArts.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.umarts.se/artists-in-residence/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/umarts-artist-researchers-residence-programme-sweden

Bradford Producing Hub: International Artist Exchange (Online)

On the Move — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:51:59 +0000

Are you an artist from Bradford, UK or an international artist seeking to learn how to take your work to global audiences and make new creative connections with artists worldwide?

Following Bradford Producing Hub’s appointment as Bradford 2025’s Cultural Capacity Partner earlier this year, this first partnership programme has been designed to connect artists from Bradford and across the world in an exciting online international exchange programme.

The programme will take place from December 2023 - March 2024 and consist of:

7x online workshop-style sessions each lasting around 2 hours.
Opportunities for online ‘Go & Sees’ where artists will watch a range of online international performance or digital work followed by group discussions.
2x ‘International Inspiration’ sessions with artists and companies currently immersed in extensive international work.

Bradford Producing Hub can provide bursaries and cover access costs to enable people to attend the programme, where needed. Bursaries are a contribution towards your time to help you attend when you might otherwise be working. You can claim up to £50 per session. Access costs are for additional costs you may have to pay to enable you to attend; things like disability support, sign language interpretation, childcare, or digital access support.

Deadline: 30 November 2023

More info and apply: https://bdproducinghub.co.uk/bph-x-bd25-international-artist-exchange/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/bradford-producing-hub-international-artist-exchange-online

Schaufler Residency@TU Dresden, ‘Data↔Worlds - Sociotechnical and Cultural Syntheses of New Realities’ (Germany)

On the Move — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:49:27 +0000

In the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, a joint project of The Schaufler Foundation and TUD Dresden University of Technology. Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, launched in 2019, was initiated with the goal of exploring and elucidating the complex relationships among humans, machines, technology and the world from the perspective of the arts, humanities and social sciences. The Lab consists of the two pillars Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden (a research training group) and Schaufler Residency@TU Dresden.

The first funding phase (2020-2024) focused on Artificial Intelligence as factor and consequence of societal and cultural change. In the second funding phase of the Lab (2024–2027) the central topic is ‘Data↔Worlds. Sociotechnical and cultural syntheses of new realities’. Fellows from the humanities and social sciences and the resident artists will conduct research on this theme in close exchange with scientists from the university’s STEM disciplines (mathematics, natural sciences and engineering).

The Lab’s residency programme offers committed and internationally active artists or artist groups the unique opportunity to conduct artistic research on ‘Data↔Worlds’. It addresses artists or artist groups from the fields of media art, conceptual art, performance, etc. During the residency, the artist or artist groups are part of TUD’s scientific community of researchers and students and may draw on resources for artistic and creative productions, both of TUD and of its cooperation partners. The partners are Dresden University of Fine Arts, Ars Electronica Linz, and Hellerau – European Center for the Arts, etc.

The Schaufler Residency@TU Dresden includes:

Access to a competitive array of institutes and workshops for artistic research.
A stipend of €3000 (net) a month for 6 months.
A studio at TU Dresden.
Production support of up to €10,000.
Solo exhibition at the Gallery of the Office for Academic Heritage of TUD at the conclusion of the residency with a catalogue by a respected fine arts publishing house (Sandstein Verlag Dresden).
Assistance finding accommodation.

Deadline: 1 December 2023

More info and apply: https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/schauflerlab/schaufler-residency/Call2024?set_language=en

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/schaufler-residencytu-dresden-data-worlds-sociotechnical-and-cultural-syntheses-new-realities

PRAKSIS: ‘Party as Form’ Residency Exploring Social Gathering (Norway)

On the Move — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:45:08 +0000

The PRAKSIS residency Party as Form invites a multidisciplinary group of thinkers and makers to explore the craft of social gathering from 27 May - 24 June 2024.

Party as Form takes the craft of celebration as the starting point for a residency that blends cultural theory with current experiments in curating, social practice and performance. This four-week residency offers up to four Oslo-based and two international artists, art workers and other creative, critical, and cultural practitioners the opportunity to work with Kelly Lloyd and Shannon Stratton on collective research and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Lloyd and Shannon seek to convene a group of practitioners interested in the party as a form, whether this is already the foundation of their practice or a potential lens through which to continue their research. The residency will be a think-tank-style sharing of ideas and resources that allows for both group and solo planning and ideas-testing. In the process participants will look in detail at the history, aesthetics, labour, and conventions of parties, from the intimate to the public, the religious to the secular. Topics may include (but not necessarily be limited to) liminality, community, hosting, the formation of publics, spectacle, utopias, leisure, play, pleasure, refusal, ritual and the commons.

The group will collectively plan a schedule at the residency’s outset, including daily group meetings and activities (such as readings, discussions, visits to relevant spaces in Oslo, networking events, communal meals, leisure outings, and deployments) alongside unstructured time for independent reflection and research. In the first week, residents will participate in PRAKSIS’s customary ‘Meet the Residents’ event, informally introducing themselves to the rest of the group and the Oslo arts community.

The residency provides:

An active, facilitated programme connected with the residency topic.
A communal work space at PRAKSIS, in the centre of Oslo.
3000 NOK (~250 EUR) for two international artists.
Comfortable accommodation for 2 international artists, sharing a flat with Kelly Lloyd and Shannon Stratton. Oslo-based residents will continue to stay at their local address.
Two group dinners with invited guests and simple lunches on weekdays held at PRAKSIS HQ.

Deadline: 26 November 2023

More info and apply: https://www.praksisoslo.org/residencieslist/r27-partyasform

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/praksis-party-form-residency-exploring-social-gathering-norway

Kvitbrakka Residency on the Varanger Peninsula (Norway)

On the Move — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Located on the northern tip of the Varanger peninsula in Norway, Kvitbrakka residence is a quiet bay for restless minds. Since its inception in 2012, Kvitbrakka has welcomed more than 50 international artists, writers, musicians and guests. Over the past 10 years Kvitbrakka has been gradually developing with increasing interest and support from national institutions and regional partners to become an important cultural reference for Northern Norway.

The programme will offer residencies of 1-2 months during 2024. The themes for this year are:

Reconstructing Arctic exploration/exploitation narratives – the North as center / periphery / boundary.
Post-fishing industries and alternative futures for fishing communities.
Renewable energy production in a rural and remote areas.
Changes to ocean environments – global warming and invasive species.
Geopolitical climate in the warming Arctic.
Indigeneity, immigration, gender, and cultural diversity in the North.

The call is open for art practitioners as well as for art-based researchers. In the selection process, a priority will be given to the candidates who express a clear motivation for their stay in Berlevåg and/or project relevance for the local society.

The residency provides 5000 NOK (~420 EUR) for any expenses connected to the residency. It also provides free accommodation and workshop space at Kvitbrakka for 1-2 months, and access to Berlevåg Harbour Museum archive. Berlevåg Havnemuseum is also willing to sponsor/commission relevant pieces to be acquired for its contemporary art collection.

Deadline: 5 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.kvitbrakka.com

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/kvitbrakka-residency-varanger-peninsula-norway-0

Associazione Demetra: ‘Nutrimenti_habitat’ Residency for Participatory Projects (Italy)

On the Move — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Associazione Demetra, an organisation active for over 18 years in the field of supporting creativity in all its expressive forms and in the creation of innovative formats in the cultural sphere, in collaboration with Indisciplinarte, as part of the C.U.R.A. Centro Umbro di Residenze Artistiche, is promoting the Nutrimenti_habitat creativo 2023 residency call.

The underlying idea of this residency has always been to sow the seeds for daring projects to grow together in the future. From the recent editions of the Nutrimenti residency, ideas have emerged that, developed in synergy with artists, creatives, and professionals from Associazione Demetra, along with partners and supporters, have given life to the ‘Concert from the Balconies’ event, the participatory artistic project ‘Domestic Museum’, and the programme aimed at the younger generation ‘GenZ’.

Therefore, this call is open to artists of any background, preferably with an interdisciplinary inclination, who have already realised or are interested in creating participatory artistic projects and performative and/or installation interventions in unconventional urban settings, with a particular focus on public spaces.

Through this call, up to a maximum of 3 artists without age or geographical restrictions will be selected. They will reside in Terni (Italy) from 4-17 December 2023, and will work both as a team and independently, with the support of local creatives and Associazione Demetra volunteers.

The overarching theme for this year’s gathering is ‘the INVISIBLE’. Starting from this broad theme and its multiple possible interpretations, the selected artists will be invited to explore and experiment in a creative way to impact the urban and human context, to disrupt the normal course of daily life, to create communities, to overcome the alienation that separates us, to take risks, and to sow the seeds for the future.

Associazione Demetra will provide the following for each selected artist:

Shared housing from 4-17 December 2023.
A gross contribution of €600.
A €200 contribution for meals.
A travel reimbursement of up to €200.
Logistical and organisational support.

Deadline: 15 November 2023

More info and apply: https://www.associazionedemetra.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nutrimenti2023_Open-Call.pdf

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Universitat Politècnica de València: ai2 Artistic Residency Programme (Spain)

On the Move — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The Vice-Rectorate of Art, Science, Technology and Society at Universitat Politècnica de València invites anyone interested in interdisciplinary research and the field of art to submit a project related to the objectives and research lines of the Laboratory of Synthetic Biology and Biosystems Control UPV, to be carried out during the the 2023/2024 academic year.

The residency provides:

A grant of 3000€ for the artist.
Up to 8500€ for production costs.
Up to 2500€ for travel, accommodation and maintenance.

Deadline: 30 December 2023

More info and apply: https://acts.webs.upv.es/index.php?lang=en&p=convocatorias

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Floating EKA: ‘I Inherit What You Lost’ Artistic Lab Open Call (Poland)

On the Move — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 05:30:00 +0000

Are you an artist passionate about exploring the heritage that reminded us of challenging times in the 20th century in Eastern Europe, Eastern Partnership countries, and Central Asia? If so, Floating EKA invites you to be part of their ‘I Inherit What You Lost’ artistic laboratory.

Floating EKA extend a warm invitation to artists aged 18 and above, originating from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia to apply. (For citizens of Russia and Belarus, please ensure you have a Schengen visa/residence permit in the EU and can travel to Poland.)

Within this project, participants will uncover the hidden gems of ‘dissonant heritage’ within their cities, offering you, the artists, a platform to craft meaningful and impactful artworks.

At the core of the initiative lies a three-day Artistic Laboratory in Szczecin, Poland, set for the end of March 2024. This will bring together activists, researchers, opinion leaders, and 10-12 artists from Eastern Partnership countries and Central Asia, who will be selected through an open call.

Throughout the Virtual Lab, artists will collaborate closely with project curators to refine and develop their artistic concepts, preparing them for execution and presentation at the exhibition in Szczecin upon arrival.

Selected artists will receive support for their travel expenses to Szczecin (Poland), as well as accommodation and meal provisions throughout the three-day artistic laboratory. Floating EKA are also offering micro-funding of up to 100 EUR to each artist to support production costs.

Deadline: 15 November 2023

More info and apply: https://floatingeka.com/tpost/9s4j7ilum1-i-inherit-what-you-lost-open-call

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What’s Next?: ‘Culture Utopias’ Residency Call (Romania, Poland, Ukraine)

On the Move — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:35:39 +0000

Culture Utopias is the title of a residency that aims to create a collaborative and courageous space of action in which artists, cultural managers, activists and citizens from Romania, Poland and Ukraine can reflect on the challenges Europe has faced in the last decade. Offered jointly by the Gabriela Tudor Foundation (Bucharest), the Wroclaw Institute of Culture (Wroclaw) and proto produkciia (Kiev), the dual residency is first and foremost a safe space for exchange and collaboration. Together the partners proceed from the assumption that change begins in interaction.

The residency is divided into two three-week slots. The stay in Bucharest (I. Part) will focus on formulating a jointly developed project concept. The stay in Wroclaw (II. Part) will consist of testing the created ideas, concepts and scenarios.

Residency stages:

Bucharest, 3-30 July 2024 – 1st residency slot: The Bucharest residency will take place at AREAL | space for choreographic development, and will be mentored by Cosmin Manolescu, a senior cultural expert and dance artist with over 20 years of experience in initiating and developing artistic residencies in Romania and abroad.
Wroclaw, 15 August – 15 September 2024 – 2nd residency slot: The residency in Wroclaw will take place at the premises of the Wroclaw Institute of Culture (Barbara, Klub pod Kolumnami and Apartamenty na Solnym) and will be mentored by curator Paulina Brelinska-Garsztka experienced in projects, processes, and interdisciplinary approaches to culture based on artistic research.
What’s Next?, Ukraine, 2024 – final presentation: The results of the developed final project will be presented at the end of the final residency in Wroclaw, and, if the situation allows, at the final event of the What’s Next? project in Ukraine in November 2024.

The residency covers:

Train/bus transportation from participants’ cities to Bucharest, Wroclaw and Ukraine.
Accommodation in a shared rented apartment with your own room.
Salary of 1500 Euros (gross including per diems) for the residency in Bucharest.
A fee of 1000 Euro (gross including per diems) for a residency stay in Wroclaw.
Coverage of travel, accommodation and per diems for the presentation of results in Ukraine in November 2024 (to be confirmed, depending on the war situation).
In case of participation with a family member, an additional 500 Euros will be paid (to cover childcare, per diem or travel costs) for both stays.
Coaching and mentoring support in Bucharest and Wroclaw.
Safe space for discussions, meetings, rehearsals and research – 8 hours a day.
Local cultural and welfare programme (optional, depending on participants’ needs).

Deadline: 5 December 2023

More info and apply: https://dans.ro/whats-next-culture-utopias-residency-call/

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What’s Next?: ‘Performing Togetherness’ Residency Call (Romania)

On the Move — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:22:21 +0000

Performing Togetherness is a new type of laboratory-residency developed by Gabriela Tudor Foundation as a result of the crisis within the cultural sector following the pandemic period and the war in Ukraine. It is a platform for research, cultural dialogue, reflection and innovation where participants are invited to meet and confront different points of view about culture and life and discover a new cultural routine based on the concept of togetherness, seen as the quality of working and belonging to a collective practice.

The laboratory aims to foster creativity and interdisciplinarity looking into the future, (re)imagining new ways of performativity, culture and life by creating a space for dialogue, sharing of different artistic practices, exchange and collaboration but also for reflection on (post)war in Europe. Makers from different disciplines, cultural researchers but also experts in biodiversity are invited in a collective co-authorship process, to slow-down their activity and allow time for reflection and experiment, recording emotions and memories of people in relation to nature, city and life.

The laboratory-residency is open to interested mid-career participants with experience in collaborative practices from Austria, Germany, Poland, Romania and Ukraine who are willing to think, reflect and connect with the nature, the city of Bucharest, people’s emotions as well as engaging in a critical thinking process about a greener future. A total number of 8 participants will be invited for 3 weeks to Romania to meet, discuss and develop new ideas and projects on the proposed themes of the residency.

Following a 3-day introductory period at the Black Sea in the middle of the nature, each participant will be invited to lead the group for one day, sharing their own artistic practice, lead conversation and debates, propose films for watching together, experiment and test the concept of togetherness and slowness and what does it mean to create and live nowadays. In the last days of the laboratory-residency, participants will be encouraged to generate in small groups new ideas on the proposed themes. On the last day of the residency, the participants will choose collectively one project idea that was generated during the laboratory. The project selected (including up to 3 participants) will be offered an additional 3-week research time in order to further test and develop the project in October 2024 in a residency in Bucharest at AREAL and Pavilion Goethe Institute.

The residency covers travel costs from the city of residence to Bucharest (return ticket up to 300 Euro/each participant) and accommodation in a shared apartment (with single and twin rooms); a fee of 1000 Euro (gross amount) for the laboratory period in May 2024; a fee of 1000 Euro (gross amount, including per diem) for the additional research 3-week residency in October 2024 (fee per person/ up to 3 participants).

Deadline: 5 December 2023

More info and apply: https://dans.ro/whats-next-performing-togetherness-residency-call/

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CODE 2024: Open Call for a Co-creation Project on Digital Rights

On the Move — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:22:48 +0000

Are you an artist, designer, researcher, software designer or developer? Or are you working in marketing, law, technology, policymaking or politics? Are you interested in human rights and equality? Are you open to working on collaborative projects that can speak to the imagination of a wider audience and inspire them to think about their digital agency? Regardless of what you do, if you are concerned about our digital rights and the lack of agency over the platforms and devices we use, CODE 2024 are looking for you.

With this open call they invite creatives, professional and non-professional artists, and concerned citizens living in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany to embark on a six-month journey of dialogue, critical discussion, and co-creation about digital rights. Between January and June 2024 you will work with other participants on group artworks to be presented at international festivals and events.

CODE was initiated in 2021 as a response to growing concerns that we are losing agency over the digital tools and platforms we use on a daily basis. The organisers believe in the need for better laws and legislation that will protect us as digital citizens and consumers. By creating creative and artistic interventions, their aim is to influence public policy on a national and international level and to create awareness for issues at hand.

Selected participants will work closely together in a co-creation process. CODE consists of a series of online and onsite events, including:

Kickoff meeting (online).
Three workshops (hybrid).
One symposium (online).
2-3-day hackathon (onsite).
Group meetings and feedback sessions (both online and onsite).
Online exhibition.
Presentations at festivals and events.

The events are spread over several months: from late January till June, with presentations of the project’s outcome expected in September. Group artworks will also be conceived over the six-month period from January to June.

There is a small stipend for groups that produce a work for international presentations and for the online exhibition. Travel costs and accommodation to attend the 2-3-day hackathon will be covered.

Deadline: 8 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.werktank.org/residencies

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European Geosciences Union: Arts and Science Residency (Austria)

On the Move — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:09:01 +0000

The European Geosciences Union Artist in Residence programme, which provides artists and scientists with opportunities to exchange ideas during the EGU annual meeting, is back again for their General Assembly in 2024. EGU now welcome applications from science-artists for two residencies at EGU24, taking place in Vienna, Austria from 14-19 April 2024.

EGU’s annual General Assembly brings together geoscientists from all over the world for a meeting that covers all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences, not just for those attending on-site, but also for people attending virtually around the world. The Artist in Residence programme provides science-artists with a unique opportunity to interact directly with a broad range of researchers and subjects in this exciting and dynamic setting, and to examine their own work through a new perspective. The collaboration of the science-artists also benefits researchers who can learn about new and creative ways of making their work accessible.

Given the unique situation of this residency, EGU are looking for applications from curious and open-minded creatives, either scientists who also work as artists, or artists with some experience engaging with science, to apply to spend the week with them in Vienna, Austria. They welcome applications from artists who work in any kind of creative field (although the location does come with some practical limitations for those who work in audio formats). The residency will involve the production of new creative works generated during the week of the meeting and inspired by the research or researchers of EGU24.

The residency takes place at the conference centre, the Austria Center Vienna, and lasts for the full week of the meeting. Please note that having thousands of scientists in the building produces reasonable noise levels and that art that either requires a quiet environment or generates a fair amount of noise itself may not work well. The EGU provides a stipend of around €1200 to cover accommodation and contribute towards travel expenses, as well as free registration to the meeting.

Deadline: 27 November 2023

More info and apply: https://www.egu.eu/news/982/apply-to-be-one-of-our-artists-in-residence-for-egu24/

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