Open Call: Sustainable Studio Practice

selected artists: Gaby Taplick, Fanny Spång, Jagoda Dobecka

This residency has been established as a safe space where you can develop a project focusing on the topic of sustainability within your artistic practice. It doesn’t have to be built around the production of art – quite the opposite: we are looking for art thinking projects that provide a new approach to studio practice in times of climate crisis. You will be working in a temporary community which will include artists from around the world. What most interests us is sustainability as a method, not as a subject. Our overall goal is to prepare a manual for sustainable studio practice which we can use in the future.  

MeetFactory is a non-profit international centre for contemporary art. Our mission is to foster a dialogue between individual genres and make current developments on the art scene accessible to the general public. We support original projects in the fields of visual art, theatre, and music, as well as interdisciplinary and experimental platforms. We aim to create a space in which art is alive and artists are present, enhancing a direct exchange between international artists and visitors, as well as between different fields and generations.

What do provide:

- accommodation in a shared apartment,

- studio space,

- a fee of 500 EUR (gross) per month,

- production budget up to 200 EUR,

- travel reimbursement of up to 200 euros (only for land transportation – no air travel).

This residency is intended for artists living within a radius of 1000 km from Prague.

Make sure you are able to spend at least 80% of your residency time here in Prague.

Interested applicants must send the following information in English:

- CV,

- a short description of the project you’d like to work on – up to 1000 characters,

- your portfolio – presenting up to 5 projects related to the subject of the open call,

- information about when you’d prefer to come.

Possible dates:

1st of April – 30th of June 2021 

1st of July – 30th of September 2021 

1st of October – 15th of December 2021 

Please send all the documents to opencall@meetfactory.cz with the word “SUSTAINABLE 2021“ in the subject.

Application deadline: 14th of December, 2020

Selection results will be announced on the 22nd of December 2020 at the latest.

Committee: curators of the AiR MeetFactory + invited external curator (will be specified)

Please be aware that the dates and conditions of the open call can be changed due to government restrictions.