Dwell Here Residencies

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is currently welcoming expressions of interest applications for our new pilot residency programme Dwell Here.

About the residencies

Dwell Here offers participants a simple proposition: to commit to this time and place while thinking deeply about its urgencies. Together we are curious to learn what can be activated or challenged through the process of dwelling. IMMA encourages reflection across the following themes to consider geographical, historical, political and cultural concepts of Ireland as a starting point to expand and connect international contexts through similarities and differences:

Technologies of Peace – We invite participants to consider commemorative landscapes and memories of peace (as a dream, movement, or value) while generating perspectives on sustainable coexistence.

The Irish Paradigm – We welcome artistic research that can create intimacy and connections, while celebrating the perceived agility and freedoms of operating on the periphery. As a small island on the edge of Europe, Ireland often has a challenging relationship with ‘the centre’.

The Museum as a Site of Vibration – We wish to consider how the museum and site can create new vibrations and rhythms within the built legacy of empire. How can museums make visible cultural shifts, including erased, censored or marginalised histories, as well as sustainability, planetary care, sharing and hospitality.

Location

Dwell Here runs onsite at the Irish Museum of Modern Art where studios and accommodation are situated in tandem to the main museum building

Programme & Activities

Dwell Here offers three residency options with opportunities varying from one month to one year.

• One year residency with free accommodation, access to workspace & 12,000 bursary
• One year studio residency (no accommodation) & €4,000 bursary
• One month residency with free accommodation, access to workspace & €250 per week

The programme is structured around four seasonal Research Intensives – week-long forums with an expanded community of mentors, peers, and fellow residents gathering onsite for communal engagement and interdisciplinary dialogue. These forums will be informed by:

• Methods of presenting self-directed research and studio practice
• Discussions and studio visits with mentors, peers, and fellow Dwell Here residents
• Interaction with IMMA programming, staff, collections, archives, and site
• Off-site visits (local and further afield)
• Engagement with Ireland’s arts communities and infrastructures
• Informal knowledge exchange synonymous with the residency experience such as co-hospitality, co-working and co-living

Application Process

Expressions of interest applicants are asked to submit a PDF document, full application guidelines are available on IMMA’s website

Eligibility

Practices working across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation and related humanities fields.

Proposal Requirements

The application process does not require a specific proposal and is more focused on an expression of interest articulating how the indicative themes outlined above would resonate with the applicant’s work

Deadline

Wednesday 18 September 2024, 16:00 (GMT)

Selection Process

Expression of interest applications will be initially reviewed and shortlisted by IMMA, there is a possibility that further information may be requested at this stage from shortlisted applicants. A final selection will be made by a panel comprised of internal and external assessors.

Please refer to IMMA’s website for more information and full details on how to apply.