In 2026/27, the residency and exhibition programme by Internationale Photoszene Köln will take place for the fifth time. Together with the Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln, the Archiv der Fotowerkstätte Schmölz, the Greven Archiv Digital as well as the FrauenMediaTurm Köln and the LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn, they invite artists to delve into diverse photographic holdings, stories, and discourses, and to develop their own explorations and projects.
The new edition of Artist Meets Archive once again brings together a wide range of different photographic archives and collections, highlighting the complexity and versatility of photography.
The residencies will take place in summer 2026 at the participating archives and collections. The resulting solo exhibitions will be jointly and ceremonially opened and presented as part of the Photoszene Festival in May 2027.
The AMA#5 Open Call is open to all professional artists, photographers, and artist collectives who are of legal age.
The residency offers:
- An artist fee of 4,500 EUR, divided into 1,500 EUR for the residency stay, 1,500 EUR for the project development, and 1,500 EUR for the realisation of the exhibition. The fee for the artist collective at the Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln (German Dance Archive Cologne) amounts to 3 × 3,000 EUR.
- Access to the archive/collection or selected parts of it provided by the respective institution.
- Coverage of travel and accommodation costs for the residency stay, exhibition installation, and opening weekend.
- An exhibition as part of the Photoszene Festival 2027.
- The basic funding for the exhibition in the amount of 5,000 EUR.
