Curious Encounters Residency

Curious Encounters 3 – Autumn 2024

Duration: 8 weeks
Dates: October 8th – December 2nd, 2024
Status: Open for Applications

Curious Encounters 4 – Spring 2025

Duration: 8 weeks
Dates: Spring 2025
Status: Opens in September

Residency Overview

Each residency invites two collaborating partners: one artist and one researcher/specialist. The interdisciplinary collaboration should focus on multispecies relations and the more-than-human. Residencies occur at Earthwise Residency, Mols, Denmark. Each residency may have specific requirements for applicants.

Residency Theme

The focus is on the more-than-human to foster interdisciplinary work in this critical field. Addressing the climate emergency, these residencies emphasize that Earth is a shared home, not just a resource. Collaboration across science and art can propose new ways to coexist with other species. Earthwise Residency emphasizes practices and research to enhance sensitivity and knowledge about interdependencies. The aim is to develop creative work that fosters curiosity and intimacy with the more-than-human, while also exploring related academic research.

Desired Outcomes

• Exploring how the arts communicate with other living entities.
• Researching and disseminating work on the more-than-human.
• Documenting work with and about the more-than-human.
• Sharing work processes and methods both in-situ and online.

Previous Participants

• Curious Encounters 1: Agnieszka Bułacik & Liene Jurgelāne
• Curious Encounters 2: Sara Bertolucci & Froukje van der Velde

Curious Encounters 3

Dates: October 8th – December 2nd, 2024

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists: Performing or visual artists interested in time-based work with an ongoing collaboration with a researcher. Experience with interdisciplinary approaches and the more-than-human is preferred.
• Researchers/Specialists: Must be actively engaged in research, holding at least a master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) in Humanities, Social Sciences, or Science & Technology Studies.
• Both Residents: Must be 18+, able to travel to Denmark without a visa, and be legal residents of one of the 40 Creative Europe Countries.

Residency Dates

• Residency: October 8th – December 2nd
• Arrival: October 7th
• Departure: December 3rd

Nationalities and Residence

Applicants from outside the Schengen area needing special visas cannot be accommodated. Legal residents of Denmark may be prioritized based on funding.

What Earthwise Provides

• Working space and accommodation in private rooms.
• Access to a library and other facilities.
• Mentoring and consultations.
• A stipend of €4,700 for each participant.
• A small budget for materials.
• Partial travel cost coverage, encouraging sustainable travel.

Resident Responsibilities

• Hold at least two dissemination events for the local community.
• Document project processes and share with Earthwise.
• Post-residency dissemination through articles or podcasts.
• Participate in the Earthbound Symposium in August 2025.

Application Process

• Deadline: August 15th, 23:59 (Danish time/CET)
• Materials: Joint application, short bios, project proposal (max. 2 pages), portfolio or CV.

For queries, contact Natasja at info_at_earthwise_dot_dk.