Call for applications: Collide residency in Switzerland and Spain

The call is open to interested applicants of any discipline, and the residency will be based at the Hangar Centre for Art Research and Production.

Collide will award an artist or a collective with a fully-funded residency at CERN in Geneva and Barcelona. Succesful candidates will spend two months at CERN, followed by another month in Barcelona (not necessarily consecutively). At least one Honorary Mention will be awarded to an artist residing in Barcelona.

Interested artists must meet any of the following criteria: 

• Artists interested in the cultural significance of fundamental research and scientific knowledge.
• Artists interested in the processes of fundamental science and particle physics who are able to extrapolate this understanding into art projects of artistic excellence. 
• Artists pushing the traditional forms of collaboration between the artistic and scientific fields who ask innovative and provocative questions in this respect. 
• Artists interested in the community-driven Hangar Centre for Art Research and Production and its interaction with the urban area and its social fabric.

Once selected, the resident will be expected to:

• Engage in research based on the proposal submitted to the Collide call for entries.
• Complete the period of the residency at CERN and in Barcelona.
• Meet regularly with the CERN scientific partner(s) to discuss the process of artistic research, exploration and discovery, and work with other scientists.
• Establish dialogue with scientists and researchers at the research centres, universities, and factories of creativity, with the support and guidance of the team from the Institute of Culture of Barcelona.
• Give one talk and/or workshop during the residency.
• Communicate regularly with the curators and teams of arts at CERN and the Institute of Culture of Barcelona.
• Deliver a residency report after the residency is completed in both locations.
• Finalise the artwork resulting from the residency within six months following the residency period.

Requirements 

• CV.
• Portfolio (recent works, exhibitions, residencies, research).
• Project proposal describing in detail the project that the artist intends to undertake during the residency at CERN and in Barcelona.
• The proposal should be accompanied by a video statement (no longer than five minutes), defending the relevance of the intended project.

Successful applicants will receive the following:

• 15 000 Swiss Francs (about $16 500) as a research and artistic production award.
• A personal allowance for two months at CERN, Geneva, and one month in Barcelona.
•  Travel costs and accommodation within a fixed budget..

The application deadline is 22 November 2021.

View the original call here.