Open Call: Sustainable studio practice

What is relevant today? Sustainable studio practice

#sustainable #regional #local #artinthetimeofclimatechange

This residency has been established as a safe space where you can develop a project focusing on the topic of sustainability within your artistic practice. It doesn’t have to be built around the production of art – quite the opposite: we are looking for art thinking projects that provide a new approach to studio practice in times of climate crisis. You will be working in a temporary community which will include artists from around the world. What most interests us is sustainability as method, not as subject. Our overall goal is to prepare a manual for sustainable studio practice which we can use in the future.  

MeetFactory is a non-profit international centre for contemporary art. Our mission is to foster a dialogue between individual genres and make current developments on the art scene accessible to the general public. We support original projects in the fields of visual art, theatre, and music, as well as interdisciplinary and experimental platforms. We aim to create a space in which art is alive and artists are present, enhancing a direct exchange between international artists and visitors, as well as between different fields and generations.

What do provide:

• accommodation in a shared apartment,
• studio space,
• a fee of 500 euros (gross) per month,
• a production budget of 240 euros,
• travel reimbursement of up to 200 euros (only for land transportation – no air travel).

This residency is intended for artists living within a radius of 1000 km from Prague.

Make sure you are be able to spend at least 80% of your residency time here in Prague.

Interested applicants must send the following information in English:

• CV,
• a short description of the project you’d like to work on – up to 1000 characters,
• your portfolio – presenting up to 5 projects related to the subject of the open call,
• information about when you’d prefer to come.

Possible dates:

1st of March – 31st of May 2020 – 90 days

1st of July – 31st of September 2020 – 90 days

1st of October – 31st of November 2020 – 60 days 

Please send all the documents to opencall@meetfactory.cz with the word SUSTAINABLE in the subject.

Application deadline: November 20, 2019

Selection results will be announced on the 15th of December 2019 at the latest.

Committee: MeetFactory Artists in Residence team

On the 12th of December 2019 the jury composed of the following members:

Sabrina Haas, Kasper Lecnim