For this edition, AIR InSILo invites artists to take part in a residency curated by Agata Ciastoń in Hollabrunn, Austria. The residency will focus on working with place as a field of relations, encompassing matter and memory, body and landscape, and local and cosmic time.
The residency is conceived as a space for developing or refining ideas rather than producing final works. Artists are invited to engage directly with the environment of Hollabrunn or connect it to other geographic or conceptual territories. The aim is to examine how different sites, histories, and material traces intersect and inform artistic practice.
This call is addressed to artists whose practices engage with site-specific, process-based, or research-oriented approaches; who examine relationships between landscape, infrastructure, memory, and history; who explore archives, walking, or mapping as artistic strategies; who reflect on the entanglement of human and material histories; and who seek to develop new approaches to spatial, historical, or ecological narratives.
Special attention will be given to: working mothers; underrepresented artists; artists from countries with minimum/ non-existing support for art and culture; LGBTIQA+ representatives.
There are two application stages. The first application stage requires a short motivation letter which can be done anonymously. To support the AIR InSILo Emergency programme, they have a solidarity fee of 7 EUR, which can be waived for those suffering hardship.
The residency involves:
- 2-month residence (May - August, October - November 2026)
- An honorarium (up to 3,400 EUR)
- A coverage of material costs (up to 600 EUR)
- A coverage of travel (up to 400 EUR)
- A coverage of transport costs (up to 280 EUR)
- Usage of the facilities and equipment provided by the AIR InSILo
- Featuring in the InSILo Magazine
- 5 Mentoring sessions with the curator
- PR support is provided by digital means of AIR InSILo
