Open call • Sustainable studio practice

This residency has been established as a safe space where you can develop a project focusing on the topic of sustainability within your artistic practice. It doesn’t have to be built around the production of art – quite the opposite: we are looking for art thinking projects that provide a new approach to studio practice in times of climate crisis. You will be working in a temporary community which will include artists from around the world. What most interests us is sustainability as method, not as subject. Our overall goal is to prepare a manual for sustainable studio practice which we can use in the future. 

MeetFactory is a non-profit international centre for contemporary art. Our mission is to foster a dialogue between individual genres and make current developments on the art scene accessible to the general public. We support original projects in the fields of visual art, theatre, and music, as well as interdisciplinary and experimental platforms. We aim to create a space in which art is alive and artists are present, enhancing a direct exchange between international artists and visitors, as well as between different fields and generations.

What we provide: 
- accommodation in a shared apartment,
- studio space,
- a fee of 700 euros (gross) per month,
- a production budget of 200 euros,
- travel reimbursement of up to 200 euros (only for land transportation – no air travel)

This residency is intended for artists living within a radius of 1000 km from Prague.

Make sure you are be able to spend at least 80% of your residency time here in Prague.

Interested applicants must send the following information in English: 
- CV,
- a short description of the project you’d like to work on – up to 1000 characters,
- your portfolio – presenting up to 5 projects related to the subject of the open call,
- information about when you’d prefer to come.

Possible dates: 
1st of February – 30th of April 2022 – 90 days
1st of May – 31st of July 2022 – 90 days
1st of September – 31st of November 2022 – 90 days 

Please send all the documents to opencall@meetfactory.cz with the word SUSTAINABLE 2022 in the subject.
Application deadline: August 15th, 2021

Selection results will be announced on the 5th of September 2021 at the latest.

Committee: MeetFactory Artists in Residence team