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  • A somewhat psychedelic illustration of a hand - picked out in neon against a purply background.
    ZK/U: MusART Residency (Germany)
    Initiated by Emmy Noether Junior Research Group, University Hamburg and hosted by ZK/U Berlin, this open call invites artists to produce an artistic research-based project that questions moral and ethical codes of global societies during a two-month residency at ZK/U Berlin. Residencies take place July to December 2022 and January to June 2023.
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    Posted 1 March 2022
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    ZK/U: TURN2 Curatorial Residencies for Emerging Curators and Cultural Practitioners Based in the African Continent (Germany)
    This call invites emerging curators in the contemporary visual arts or with a cross-disciplinary approach and cultural practitioners with a curatorial interest based in the African continent, to undertake a funded 3-month residency at ZK/U Berlin. The residencies will take place between April 2022 and December 2022.
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    Posted 29 September 2021
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    ZK/U: Curatorial Research Residencies for Emerging Curators and Cultural Practitioners (Germany, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria)
    Starting in September 2021, ZK/U Berlin, G.A.S in Lagos, Bag Factory in Johannesburg and NCAI Nairobi, will host a new research residency programme with a focus on curatorial practices, the TURN2 RESIDENCIES. The programme facilitates research for emerging curators and cultural practitioners with curatorial experience (visual arts, cross-disciplinary) either from the African continent to come to Berlin, or from Germany to come to Johannesburg, Lagos or Nairobi to explore the vibrant cultural scenes as a starting point for sustainable curatorial exchanges.
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    Posted 3 March 2021
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  • ZK/U / Mondriaan Fonds > 2021 Residencies for Visual Artists, Curators, Critics and Theorists
    Based in Berlin, ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik is a residency centre operating at the intersection of visual arts, art research, architecture and urban innovation. Mondriaan Fonds is sponsoring two six-month residency periods at ZK/U: 1 January – 30 June 2021 and 1 July – 30 December 2021. Applications are open for visual artists and mediators (curators, critics, theorists). Artists are expected to have an advanced professional practice and mediators (curators, critics, theorists) should have a few years of professional experience. The scheme requires applicants to secure some match funding. Deadline (updated): on hold.
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    Posted 24 March 2020