Open call: Res Artis Conference speakers in Taiwan

The 2024 Res Artis conference titled Interweave the Spectrum: Beyond Collaboration will be organised by the Taipei Treasure Hill Artist Village under the Taipei Culture Foundation and co-organised by the Taiwan Art Space Alliance. The conference is supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government.

The event will take place in-person in Taipei, with some events streamed online. A broad range of formats will offer diversity to participants, including panel discussions, performances, workshops, art tours and more.

Over 200 Res Artis members, artists, curators, and art administrators from across the globe will gather in Taipei, a multicultural city in Asia that embraces creativity and openness, to focus on trends and challenges of collaborative practice within the international arts residencies field. Using the spectrum as a symbol, where the continuous flow brings the opposite extremes together, the conversation around collaboration will delve into deeper concepts of cross-disciplinary models, social engagement, capacity building and evaluation.

This conference will pay tribute to Margaret Shiu (1946 – 2021), the founder of Bamboo Curtain Studio and former board member of Res Artis. Shiu was a global leader in the arts residencies field who dedicated her life’s work to ensuring Taiwan and Asia’s place on the international arts residencies map. Her pioneering work in cross-cultural collaboration will be commemorated.

The discussions will centre on the following four themes:

• Cross-disciplinary models: What are the trends, challenges and opportunities for collaboration between different arts disciplines and non-arts sectors? The organisers will explore regional diversities with global models and thinking.
• Social engagement: Collaborative practices that reflect social issues ranging from climate crisis, indigenous cultures, migrant labour, politics, gentrification, and other themes. Addressing relationships between residency hosts, artists, experts and the public, presentations will focus on principles of care, respect and trust.
• Capacity building: What sustainable strategies can be engaged through partnerships to support arts residencies? How can residencies develop their succession and accessibility plans? How can art residencies assist artists to build their career trajectory?
• Evaluation: What are the best methodologies for evaluating art residencies and their collaborations?

Proposals

The 2024 Res Artis Conference welcomes individuals or groups to propose presentations that reflect on the above core conference themes. It is anticipated that 10 proposals will be selected from this open call for speakers, comprising approximately 70% from Asia and 30% from other regions.

What is required in the proposal?

Through the online proposal form, applicants will be asked to state:

• The format their presentation will take.
• A proposal title.
• Provide an abstract (300–500 words).
• Information about any co-speakers.

The working language will mainly be conducted in English. If you require it to be conducted in Chinese, please indicate this in the abstract.

Outcome

The result of the review will be announced on the official website of Treasure Hill Artist Village and Res Artis in April. All the applicants will also be contacted through email.

What is provided for speakers:

• Accommodation for five (max) nights during conference days (international speaker only).
• Local transportation fee will be provided for Taiwanese speakers.
• Speaker fee: NTD6 000 (about $190) for one person only.
• Waived conference registration fee.
• Gala dinner.
• International speaker’s airfare/transport to the conference cannot be supported.

Interested creatives should submit their proposals here before 4 March.

Any questions about this call should be sent via email at [email protected].

View the original call here.