Call for applications: Akademie Schloss Solitude web residency call

The call seeks to bring together different areas of spirituality from cultures all over the world and to highlight selected examples online. The project also aims to reflect on the socio-psychological position with regard to facts or states of affairs that indicate Muntu’s dependence on other dynamisms in things, people, and the supernatural.

The curator will select four project proposals, whose creators will be rewarded with a four-week residency and €750 (about $882). All selected web residents will be nominated for the Solitude & ZKM production prize, which will be awarded in 2022.

Interested artists should their applications online here. The submission deadline is 15 October.

How to apply?

Interested artists should submit their project proposals in the form of:

• A headline.
• A concept text in English (1000 to 1500 characters with spaces).
• A header image (high resolution, landscape format).
• A short bio in English (500 characters with spaces).
• A portfolio PDF (images, text, links).

Format

The call organisers accept text, performance, documentary video and fiction, 3D objects, net sculptures and installations, web archives, apps, and any other experimental mediums. Selected projects should be carried out in open-source formats that are well-documented, shareable, and consider the accessibility of its users, who may range in age, race, gender, economic class, and ability.”

Juror

Nantume is a curator and director at Underground, a gallery and contemporary art space in Kampala, Uganda. She has worked as a cultural producer for eight years and has had collaborations in Eastern Africa, Ghana, South Africa, and Germany. She has curated exhibitions including Close at the Johannesburg Art Gallery and Indulgence at Goethe-Institut in Nairobi.

“We invite artists, dancers, musicians, technologists, and audio makers to explore notions of transcendence, omniscience, and eternity to express the content of spiritual concepts in form and visual matter,” a statement reads. “How can the digital be used to denote spiritual interactions?”

Email [email protected] for any questions regarding this call.

View the original call here.