Applications are now open for the second iteration of transmediale’s Digital Art Residency in cooperation with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. The two-month hybrid residency, including one month online and one month in Berlin, will take place between July and September 2023. It will be awarded to four artists: two artists from or based in Switzerland, and two artists from any nationality or locality. Proposals from artists based in Germany are especially welcome.
From anxieties about AI development to the rapid shifts in atmospheric carbon and temperature, news and media increasingly deliver a foreboding interpretation of the world. Whether it’s the return of the past in the present or conspiracies nested within conspiracies, networks, and platforms have become a playground for entertainment and fear. As unreliable narratives spread, and climate and social inequalities expand and endure, an atmosphere of doubt creeps in. As this undercurrent of foreboding permeates across digital platforms, the Digital Art Residency welcomes new or ongoing projects that question what kinds of illogical, irrational, and unusable politics and affect emerge?
The residency is open to all formats including projects including text, 3D, film, sound, performances, artificial intelligence, APIs, research or games. The first month of the residency will take place online in July or August, and the second month will take place at transmediale studio in Berlin in August or September. Accepted candidates are required to use the residency in its full length within the suggested timeframe. The residency also includes an exchange with the Pro Helvetia x V2_ Lab for Unstable Media in Rotterdam, including a field trip to Rotterdam.
transmediale studio is a shared working space, with the capacity to produce small scale works, presentations, and events. During the residency, residents will engage with the festival’s artistic director and programming team. Projects can also be presented in public presentations at transmediale studio in Berlin.
Each two-month residency will be awarded with an artist fee of € 1900 per month, in addition to travel and accommodation costs plus per diems for the month in Berlin.
