Environment & Sustainability

The design research program The Terraforming is a three-year (2020–2022) initiative of the Strelka Institute in Moscow, directed by Benjamin H. Bratton and Nicolay Boyadjiev. Each programme cycle runs for 5 months and invites a group of 30 interdisciplinary researchers. The 2022 activities will take place in a hybrid format, online and offline. Applicants must have a higher education degree (in any specialisation) and 2–3 years of professional experience. The recommended age is 25-35. 

Atelier Josepha brings together nature and art under the central theme, ‘Baltic Sea’, and promotes critical reflection on the historical and current circumstances of the Baltic Sea region. Atelier Josepha invites artists of all disciplines to apply for a residency in Ahrenshoop, Germany. The residency will run for three weeks between September and December 2022.

Artists working in any discipline are invited to apply to become an Embedded Artist creatively engaging with the farming community and Corca Dhuibhne Creativity & Innovation Hub (in County Kerry, Ireland) to support participating farmers to identify climate action solutions that will work for them and wider society. This project will be up to 14 months in duration, with the artist’(s) role beginning in November 2021 and continuing until the end of December 2022.

This call invites international artists to help come up with solutions to 21 local challenges defined by 12 Regional S+T+ARTS Centres. 21 artists will be awarded fellowships that encourage them to critique the present and reimagine sustainable futures. Fellowships run February 2022 - August 2022 with exhibiting dissemination activities following from September 2022 - December 2022.

CreaTures is calling for creative practitioners who are working on topics of sustainability and inequality that include or build on long-term partnerships. Applicants need to have been working in a particular locale for longer than 18 months at the time of the award, on topics that touch on both inequality and sustainability in any creative medium. The selected applicants will be supported for a year-long process of research and documentation culminating in a final sharing in Barcelona in July 2022.

The Art Explora Foundation together with Cité internationale des arts invite candidates to propose a project that questions contemporary issues, including new technologies, the links between art and science, and environmental and social issues. Solo residencies (6 months) for artists and duo residencies for artists and researchers (3 months) are available for various dates in 2022/2023.