Covermotiv: Iannis Xenaxis, study for Polytope de Cluny (light trajectory diagrams), c. 1972. With kind permission by les Amis de Xenakis. All rights reserved. For the cover, the original drawing was processed by Beton.
Dez 17, 2019
Call for Applications – New Residency Program for Namibian Artists
New Residency Program for Namibian artists working in the field of visual arts, literature/journalism, and digital practice
Akademie Schloss Solitude will establish a new residency program that will be committed to a longterm artistic and cultural exchange between Namibia and Germany. The program will promote Namibian artists, to integrate them into new artistic networks and to make their work visible to a wider German and international audience. Between the years of 2020 and 2021, the program will organize six four-months residency fellowships per year for artists, writers/journalists, and practitioners from the digital field, both in Namibia and Stuttgart. The fellowship program will encompass events such as readings, exhibitions, discussions, and workshops as a form of output for audiences both in Namibia and Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The residencies are organized in the framework of the project »Colonial Heritage – Shared Futures« which aims to open a dialogue for a collective reprocessing of history between Namibia and Germany and is curated by the Namibian historian Memory Biwa. The fellowships will be carried out in close collaboration with the Goethe-Institut as well as organizations from the independent art and literature scene in Namibia.
Artists from the field of visual arts (production and mediation), literature/journalism, and digital practice with a specific interest in the areas of restitution/reparation, cultures of remembrance, and digital colonialism are welcome to apply until January 5, 2020.
BENEFITS
The fellowship includes the following benefits:
• A free, furnished living/working studio including electricity, water and heating,
• A monthly fellowship grant of € 1,200,
• Travel expenses for arrival and departure (on a one-time basis),
• Project funding and one-off materials subsidy,
• Health insurance.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURE
The application material is submitted online and should include:
• a project outline (max. 1 Din A4 page)
• a short biography and informative portfolio or documentation of previous artistic work
All documents can be sent in PDF format via e-mail to: s.thieroff@akademie-solitude.de
The fellowship will be awarded for the period of June 1 to September 30, 2020.
The deadline for applications is January 5, 2020.
The choice of artists will be made by two independent jury members.
For further inquiries, please contact: Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff, s.thieroff@akademie-solitude.de
The residency program is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden- Württemberg as part of the Namibia initiative of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Photo: Vivek Hari Sridhar
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