Twenty years after becoming European Capital of Culture in 2004, the City of Lille has set itself the challenge of becoming a European Capital of Sustainable Culture in 2024. The municipality is committed to supporting the cultural sector’s transition towards greater respect for the environment, social justice and inclusion.
The City of Lille, through its Plastic and Visual Arts Centre and its Department of International and Solidarity Affairs, is therefore proposing a European residency in 2024 for experimentation and creation around the challenges of shared sustainable development.
This call for applications is open to plastic and visual artists from the City of Lille’s European twin cities: Cologne (Germany), Erfurt (Germany), Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), Leeds (United Kingdom), Liège (Belgium), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Turin (Italy), Valladolid (Spain), Wrocław (Poland). The artist should have a basic knowledge of French, to facilitate exchanges with the staff and the public.
This residency is halfway between a creative residency, where the aim will be for the guest artist to produce one or more works, and a mission residency, where the artist will be expected to engage in an artistic approach to cultural and/or social action.
The artistic residency may extend over a period of 11 weeks, starting in February 2024. The start and end dates will be agreed directly with the winning artist.
The City of Lille will cover the general costs of organising this residency, as well as the artist’s travel expenses to and from their place of residence and Lille. The artist will also receive €4000 for all artistic services and expenses for the entire period of the residency (adjustable according to the artist’s status and the social security scheme to which he/she is affiliated in his/her country, as well as the actual duration of the residency).
