Residencies
Russia, Switzerland
Duration
up to 3 months
Location
Russia, Switzerland
Submission Deadline
March 1, 2022
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Cultural practitioners from Switzerland may apply for residencies in Russia, while cultural practitioners from Russia can apply for residencies in Switzerland.
Residencies serve to gain inspiration, to establish networks and to work on projects.
Pro Helvetia offers accommodation, travel costs, a daily allowance, professional supervision, a workplace (on request) and a contribution to production/material costs (on request).
Pro Helvetia supports three residencies per person at most.
Selection criteria:
- Convincing track record: professional activity with a national / transregional reach
- Context-related motivation
- Sufficient knowledge of the respective foreign language(s)
- Concrete exchange project with a lasting impact
Applications may be submitted once a year (application deadline: 1 March 2022) via myprohelvetia, applications must be submitted in English.
Please make sure to select “Residencies of the Liaison Offices” while submitting the application:
Partners
Pro Helvetia work with a network of organisations that can host residencies in different cities in Russia and in Switzerland. We look to customise each residency according to the needs of the individual arts professional as far as possible. Residency applicants are invited to consider, but are not limited to, the below list of partner organisations.
Residency partners in Russia
FABRIKA CCI | Moscow (video art, visual arts; research; curatorial; music and sound art; media art; participatory art; performance; dance; photography)
AyarKut | Yakutsk (for all disciplines)
Vyksa | Vyksa, Nizhniy Novgorod Region (for all disciplines)
Golubitskoe | Krasnodar Region, Temryuksky District, Golubitskaya Village (for all disciplines)
Peredelkino | Moscow Region (research, literature, new media, participatory art, theatre)
Gogova Foundation’s Residency | Nizhny Arkhyz (Karachay-Cherkessia Region) (architecture, video art, visual arts, research, curatorial, ceramics, art&science, media art, participatory art, performance, photography, public art)
Art.ITMO.Residency | Saint Petersburg (visual arts; music and sound art; media art; art&science)
POLENOVO A-I-R | Tula Region (architecture, video art, visual arts, research, ceramics, music and sound art, media art, participatory art, performance, textile art, photography)
«The New Stories of Yekaterinburg» by Dom Metenkova Photography Museum | Yekaterinburg (video art, visual arts, research, media art, photography)
«Zarya» | Vladivostok (for all disciplines)
Also on the website of Association of Artistic Residences of Russia AiR of Russia you can learn more about Russian art residences and select the one that suits you most.
Residency partners in Switzerland
Atelier Mondial | Basel (Visual Arts)
Embassy of Foreign Artists | Geneva (Visual Arts)
Gleis 70 | Zurich (Design, Visual Arts)
The Grütli Theatre | Geneva (Theatre, Performance)
Kaserne Basel| Basel (Theatre, Dance, Music, Performance)
Kulturhaus Villa Sträuli | Winterthur (Photography, Visual Arts)
La Becque | Geneva (Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Performance)
L’Abri | Geneva (Dance, Performance)
Musikerwohnhaus Lyseloth | Basel (Music)
Residency.ch | Bern (Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Performance)
Rote Fabrik | Zurich (Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Performance)
Schule für Kunst & Design| Zurich (Design, Visual Arts)
Schweizer Textilfachschule| Zurich (Design)
Solothurner Literaturtage | Solothurn (Literature)
Utopiana | Geneva (Visual arts)
Villa Ruffieux | Sierre (Visual Arts, Music, Literature)
woerdz | Lucerne (Spoken Word, Literature)
