Switzerland

Extra Muros is an itinerant creative residency programme that aims to bring together innovative and creative music artists from all around the globe for a two-week long production and writing camp. This autumn, the Extra Muros Artist Residency will take place in Switzerland, hosted within the Museum of Ethnography of Geneva, from 13-18 December 2021 and 7-12 February 2022.

The EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) College of Humanities artist residency is a new programme that aims to foster transdisciplinary encounters and collaborations between artists and EPFL’s scientific community. Four artists will be selected for 3-4 month residencies at the EPFL in four sub-programmes: Open Transdisciplinary, Wearable Technologies, Interface Design and Animation, Scientific Imaging.

Artists across all countries and creative disciplines are invited to submit a project proposal for a research-led residency at CERN in Geneva and in various laboratories and research centres in Barcelona, while being hosted at the Hangar Centre for Art Research and Production. The artist will spend two months at CERN, followed by a one-month stay in Barcelona (not necessarily consecutively), with dates to be agreed on selection.

The pre-PhD programme PEERS aims to support emerging artistic researchers who are interested in pursuing a doctorate in the arts. For a period of one year, starting in March 2022, participants will be offered the opportunity to benefit from an intensive mentoring and training programme. ZHdK are looking for five mid-career artists with profound artistic practice in theatre, dance, performance or film. Candidates must hold an MA or an equivalent degree.

IG Rote Fabrik has opened applications for its next residency slot, which will run from April-July 2022, and is open to professional artists from abroad (non-Swiss artists outside of Switzerland) who exhibit high artistic and professional quality in the fields of visual arts, dance, theatre, music or film. 

The Jan Michalski Foundation lies at the foot of the Swiss Jura Mountains in Montricher. Its residency programme is open to all types of writers engaged in literary creation. While they give priority to writers and translators, the Foundation are also open to any other disciplines as long as writing is at the heart of the project. Stays in the Jan Michalski Foundation can be granted for individual projects or projects in pairs, and can last two weeks, one month, two months, three months or six-months. The next wave of residencies will begin from February 2022. Applications are open internationally.

The Embassy of Foreign Artists, a residency programme in Geneva, is launching a series of calls for themed projects, open to all types of practice. There are three themes artists can apply for: ‘Art and Citizenship: Looking at the world with a critical eye’, ‘Art and Science: Exploring scientific issues through art’, and ‘Art and Stories: Giving form to archives’. Residency periods are available in blocks throughout 2021, lasting three or six months.

To contribute to the ongoing prominence of Amazonian female art in the international context, CULTURESCAPES in partnership with Festival LABVERDE is offering a three-month residency in Basel, Switzerland, between August and October 2021. Female and LGBTQIA+ artists from different fields and cultural backgrounds who are from the Amazonian Region (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guianas) and have a solid level of English are welcome to apply.

Connect South Africa will grant a funded residency to one artist from Switzerland and one artist from Southern, East or West Africa, with residency activities split between CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva and the array of optical and radio astronomy observatories across rural and urban South Africa. Connect South Africa invites submissions from artists with a distinct interest in an interdisciplinary approach, and a keen engagement with scientific thinking and fundamental science.

The tri-continental project ‘Quilombo’ will involve an exhibition, a three-month residency in two Swiss cities, and the production of a catalogue. Activities take place in summer/autumn 2021. Individual or two-person applications are welcomed from Congolese, Brazilian and Swiss artists, and are open to all disciplines that imbue a research-based practice.