CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A RESEARCH RESIDENCY GRANT
at UNIDEE residency programs
Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (Italy)
Residency period: 10th October - 3rd December, 2022
Deadline for submissions: July 18th 2022
In 1999 Michelangelo Pistoletto founded Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto’s programme of artists’ residencies for art and social transformation. A programme open to artists and professionals from all over the world who reside at Cittadellarte for a certain period of time; the programme aims at providing instruments for “artivators”, i.e. subjects working at the boundaries between artistic practices, processes of social change and collaborations with communities external to the art world, weaving together moments of interdisciplinary research, exchange of knowledge and practical activities; the objective of the programme is to provide the participants with the inspiration, motivation and instruments to activate, develop or strengthen artistic initiatives based on the involvement of local ecologies. UNIDEE-University of Ideas started as an international programme of 4-month residencies (1999-2013), to then evolve this model focusing on annual themes and developing 4 types of residency of different durations and with different objectives, grouped under the general heading of UNIDEE Residency Programs: UNIDEE Modules, Research Residency, Connective Residency and Organisations in Residency.
Research Residency: they are residencies for international artists organised with partner institutions, created to support the practice of emerging artists. During their stay at Cittadellarte, the artists are led along a process based on the investigation of specific aspects linked to a social responsible transformation, through debates and meetings with curators, artists and operators from the civil society, studio visits by experts, conferences with guests, visits to exhibitions and places relevant to the topics examined, etc. In terms of production, the residencies aim at facilitating the generation of exhibition projects, events, public debates, publications, etc.
The UNIDEE Modules are one-week-long intensive residential modules open to students, professionals and activists, as well as to members of the general society. They are held by mentors with the support of guests, for groups of 10-12 participants. The modules are developed according to a horizontal teaching method, based on collective discussion and exchange of knowledge.
ABOUT THIS RESIDENCY
A 2-month research residency programme based on the relationship between participatory art practices and the socio-political transformation of society. The research residency will provide time and space for the selected artist to commit to their practice and project, which will be supported by the UNIDEE curatorial team, and will be able to have development conversations through focused meetings with targeted experts who will enrich and help frame their practice and projects.
The selected artist will also have the opportunity to engage with other international research residency residents, UNIDEE modules participants and mentors from different contexts to confront in a collaborative way key issues and challenges for an integrated and socially engaged artistic practice.
Duration: 10th October - 3rd December, 2022
The residency offered through this joint grant (A. M. Qattan Foundation & Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto) includes:
- Round trip travel from Palestine to Italy
- 2 months’ stay at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto. (A single room in the main building of Cittadellarte shared with other international residents, inclusive of cleaning services, with use of shared studio space and workshop facilities.)
- Travel Insurance
- Visa costs
- Taxi fares from airports to Biella
- Expert visits, networking sessions, institutional visits and travel within northern Italy
- Participation in one or more UNIDEE modules
- A small budget for project production translations
- A per diem allowance
You are eligible to apply if (all the conditions below are met):
- You are a resident of Palestine
- You were born during, or after, 1984
- You have not previously been the recipient of an overseas residency from the A. M. Qattan Foundation
- You have a fluent knowledge of English.
Please note that the residency dates are fixed and no change can be accepted. Once the artist signs the agreement, it is mandatory to respect the given dates.
Selection Procedure:
A. M. Qattan Foundation will prepare an initial short-list of candidates, amongst whom the curatorial board at UNIDEE residency programs will select one residency grant winner.
Final results will be announced by Monday, July 25th, 2022.
To download the detailed call and application, please click here.