HIAP, Bioart Society, Koynẽ Program and SWAMP: Art Material and Waste Management Point and TUO TUO invite applications for a new pilot residency programme focused on socially engaged, process-orientated and material-driven practices.
Learning Materials investigates how biomaterials, traditional practices, new technology and existing knowledges can be brought together to rethink our relationship with materials and the planet. The project aims to focus on conscious and tangible approaches to ecological and sustainable material practices for artists and communities.
The project’s intent is also to investigate obstacles and solutions related to the use of sustainable materials in the operations of cultural organisations, focusing on the implementation of multipurpose, reusable and recyclable materials.
The residencies will respond to one or more of the following themes under the Learning Materials umbrella:
- Waste and circular economies
- Material legacies and biomaterials
- Tourism and greenwashing
Hosted at HIAP Helsinki International Artist Programme (Suomenlinna Studios), three artists based outside of Finland in one of the Nordic Baltic countries will undertake a three-month residency. People from the global majority, who are LGBTQIA+, disabled and/or from working class or low socioeconomic backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.
The residency focuses on research and experimentation, with no designated output. Residents have the opportunity to share their practice through the delivery of a Learning Materials Lab, and through publishing one text (or other format) online via the partners websites at the end of the residency period.
Residency conditions:
- Travel to and from the artist’s home –slow travel encouraged
- Internal travel budget for field trips and research up to 150 EUR
- Working Grant of 1,300 EUR per month (3,900 EUR in total)
- Material budget up to 750 EUR
- Budget for delivering a Learning Materials Lab up to 400 EUR
- Publication budget of 200 EUR for delivery of text at end of residency
