Call for applications: Kleinood Komposjaart Artist Residency

The residency seeks to support free creative practice and to provide space for artists to do so away from the hustle of city life; to take time to create in a place close to nature and away from distractions. Artists are expected to conduct at least one project of his or her choice that decentralises personal practice into a project connected to the larger Boland community. All applicants are encouraged to find exciting ways to share their creative knowledge, interest or skills with the surrounding community.

The Komposjaart Residency is open to artists of all disciplines to work and live for a period of two to six weeks at a time.

“We welcome musicians, visual, sculptural, ceramic and performance artists, as well as theatre-makers, architects, academics and writers,” Kleinood Kompsjaart said. “The residency allows one artist at a time but can accommodate two under special circumstances.

“The studio is a freestanding cottage close to the stables, farm dam, compost yard and vegetable garden. Although this is a rural area, we are within walking or cycling distance from the historical village of Stellenbosch and only forty-five minutes’ drive from the city of Cape Town.”

Requirements

• The call is open to all nationalities who are fluent in Afrikaans, English, French or Italian.
• Applicants have to be 25 years old or older.
• As the residency is situated in a rural area on a farm, all forms of medical disabilities have to be well considered before applying.
• The applicant would have to present valid travel and/or identity documentation on application and on arrival.
• The applicant will have to present a Curriculum Vitae, as well as a form of representation of her/his body of work up to date and a proposal of planned body of work or research to be done during his/her stay at the residency.
• The Komposjaart Residency will ask for the sum of R1,500 as a refundable deposit on acceptance as insurance against damage to property and to ensure the arrival of said applicant in order to prevent other applicants from unnecessarily being shown away.

All applications should be sent to Heinrich Groenewald at heinewaldgroen@gmail.com

What do artists get?

The Komposjaart Residency will provide accommodation comprising a large studio space, a fully-equipped kitchen area, separate bedroom and bathroom. The space is ideal for a single artist, but could accommodate two people collaborating and prepared to share the bedroom and studio space. The private outdoor area has a view of the surrounding mountains, outdoor furniture and barbecue facility. There is an adjacent studio equipped with storage racks, a basin, large open walls and plenty of natural light and large moveable tables.

Komposjaart Residency will provide:

• Fresh bed linen and towels.
• Cleaning service on a weekly basis.
• Washing machine.
• Firewood and a bicycle.
• Workshop tools.
• Free fresh produce growing on the farm.
• Printer.
• Basic groceries on arrival.

Costs for artists:

Artists should meet the following costs:

• Pay transport from where they live to and from Cape Town International airport.
• Pay for transport and travel during stay (car hire, shuttle services, etc.).
• Pay for artist materials, internet and electricity.

What to give

Artists are expected to donate one artwork of any kind, size, genre or discipline in the form of an archiveable object or work that could find a home anywhere on the farm. Komposjaart Residency would like the farm to become a library of sorts, housing all of these works and ideas to become a living, developing manuscript of the knowledge and beauty created on Kleinood.

For more information about this residency opportunity, please see the original call.