09 Jun 2016

Residence opportunity for Austrian media artists

In 2016 we expand our artists-in-residence program with new partners on board - the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw and the Artist-in-Residence Program A-i-R Wro run within the framework of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. We look for young and middle-aged Austrian artists working with video, installation, performance, public space, digitization and archiving in relation to new forms of distribution. The residence focuses on creative processes and mutual exchange. The elected artists are free to discover Wrocław, the European Capital of Culture, to continue their previous projects or develop new ones, but they necessarily have to interact with the WRO's audiences. These interactions may take form of an artist talk, workshop or other activities fitting our Art Mediation program.

What we offer:
Thanks to financial contribution of our partners, the artist-in-residence will be offered a scholarship, a travel cost refund and a material cost refund in total amount of 8500 PLN. The elected artist will spend one month living in a single-room apartment and working at the WRO Art Center. We will provide the artist-in-residence with a support of logistic, technical and curatorial assistance and the access to the audiovisual collection of Polish and international media art. The artist will be invited to participate in current activities carried out at the WRO Art Center; we will also take care of proper documentation of the residence project and its international promotion via wrocenter.pl

Important dates:
Application deadline: July 11, 2016
Announcement of elected artist: September 1, 2016
Residence duration: 1 month
Start of residence: October 1, 2016

Application requirements:
Send us a cover letter, the description of your residence project along with your CV / short bio and a portfolio.
There is no application form!

Required documents:

* cover letter (max. 1 page A4, PDF)
* description of the residence project (max. 1 page A4, PDF)
* CV / short bio (max. 1 page A4, PDF)
* Portfolio (PDF)* Application language: English
* Send application to: kamila@wrocenter.pl


The organizers
WRO Art Center is an independent public benefit organization specializing in the areas where contemporary art and culture intersect with developing media

Austrian Cultural Forum Warsaw is since 1965 an agency of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, whose task consists of initiating and supporting the cultural, artistic and scientific dialogue between artists and scientists of Poland and Austria.

Artist-in-Residence Program A-i-R Wro is a platform for coordination and organisation of the art residencies in Wrocław and Lower Silesia, run within the framework of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. The program is subsidised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.