EL SPACE has announced the inaugural edition of the Mediterranean Futures Residency, a selective two-month international residency (1 October – 30 November 2026) in Tunis, Tunisia, bringing together artists, designers, architects, and creative technologists whose practices engage with cultural heritage, memory, and contemporary technological transformation.
Situated within the historical and cultural landscape of Tunisia, the residency offers a rigorous framework for artistic inquiry, critical exchange, and experimental practice. A cohort of five residents will be selected through an international open call. Selected residents will be invited to undertake a period of focused research and production at one of the Mediterranean’s most culturally rich sites, Carthage.
The Mediterranean Futures Residency welcomes applications from emerging and established practitioners across disciplines, including:
- Visual artists
- New media and digital artists
- Designers
- Architects
- Video artists
- Photographers
- Sound artists
- Creative technologists
- Independent researchers and scholars
- Interdisciplinary and hybrid practitioners
Applicants should demonstrate a strong, sustained artistic or research practice and articulate a clear and compelling engagement with questions of heritage, technology, and contemporary culture. The residency particularly welcomes practitioners whose work operates at the boundaries of disciplines and challenges established frameworks. The residency welcomes applications from practitioners based in Europe or who are European citizens.
The programme provides selected residents with travel support, accommodation, meal support, production and fabrication access, and curatorial mentorship for the duration of the residency.
