Art Inside Out invites you to an artistic residency where ‘ecological literacy’ is used as point of departure in a movement through two similar ecological conditions: the meeting between the sea north of city of Varberg and the river Viskan; and the earthy landscape surrounding the city of Laholm.
The organisers are looking for artistic practices that are nurtured by the many interdisciplinary questions that lie between ethics, politics and knowledge. Artistry that is at the same time interested in working within a decentralisation of human activities and searching for equal alliances between species where coexistence, mutual learning and carefully managed relationships are brought into focus, replacing an endless quest for surplus and dominance.
Throughout the residency, and in concurrence with present research about climate and community transition, Art Inside Out try to develop their understanding of the systems and places they engage with. They are hoping for the residency to facilitate explorations into the capacity for artistic competences and critical imagination – especially within planning and transition processes – to bridge knowledge gaps, expose conditions, nudge norms, inverse perspectives and indicate alternative acting spaces.
The residency schedule has a research phase (30 May – 17 June 2022), and a production and presentation phase (29 August – 30 October 2022). Each accepted artist will receive an equivalent to 138,000 SEK (~13,750 EUR) for the 12 week residency and a production budget of 20,000 SEK (~2000 EUR). Art Inside Out covers associated costs such as travel, housing, workspaces and process management.
Two artists will primarily be situated in Varberg, and two in Laholm. The artists will have the opportunity to work independently and together. The residency will conclude with public presentations of the artistic processes in Varberg and Laholm and other locations in Halland and Sweden. Public meetings will be held regularly throughout the residency.
