THE SPACE PROGRAMME 2025 - International Artist Residency in Paris

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The Performance Corporation’s SPACE Programme is Ireland’s longest-running International Multi-Disciplinary Artists Residency. It brings together adventurous artists from diverse disciplines for 10 days of intensive collaborative and creative experimentation. 

SPACE is an opportunity for artists to develop their practice in new ways, dive into exciting collaborations across disciplines and discover new creative horizons without the pressure of creating a finished work. Participants will stay and work in the heart of Paris at the Centre Culturel Irlandais.

Our focus for 2025 invites applications from artists and creatives interested in working in Analogue and Digital Experience Design. The residency is designed for those with experience of working in the arts and tech field. It combines the creative freedom of traditional artistic residencies with the energised innovation of a tech hackathon.

Deadline for applications is 23:00 (Irish time) on Saturday March 1st 2025

 

2025 Objectives

  • To focus on Research and Development: exploring interdisciplinary collaboration without the pressure to present a finished output. 
  • To build and facilitate International Networking.
  • To explore shaping audience experiences in multi-sensory, multi-dimensional, interactive spaces at the intersection of the analogue and digital.  
  • To encourage diverse artistic voices

Residency Experience in Paris

Combining Creative Freedom with Technological Innovation. 

Our unique residency merges the creative freedom of traditional artistic residencies with the energised innovation characteristic of a tech ‘Hackathon’. This 10-day programme in Paris offers access to one of the world’s best cities as part of The SPACE Programme 2025. We aim to provide a nurturing environment for artists from all art forms including Theatre, Visual Arts, Sound, Dance, Music and Digital Arts. The programme offers opportunities to experiment with various technologies, delving into their potential to redefine artistic expression.

Interactive Meet-ups and Collaborations.

Our approach is further enriched by interactive meet-ups and structured encounters with leading artistic practitioners and presenters in the field of hybrid arts experiences transgressing virtual and real space. These professional encounters and collaborations are designed to facilitate idea exchange, networking, and learning opportunities, allowing participants to engage with, and gain insights from, established artists and technologists.

Exploring Artistic Expression in the Digital Age.

Outcomes will include enhanced competence in interdisciplinary collaboration, experience design and interactivity, immersive and digital technologies and their processes. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of varied artistic ecologies, and enriched collaboration and innovation skills as well as potential future collaborators. This blend of experimentation, professional interaction, and collaborative exploration forms the core of The SPACE Programme 2025, fostering a dynamic environment for creative growth and innovation.

Partnership with Digital Arts Festivals BETA (Dublin) and NEMO (Paris)

We are partnering with the BETA Digital Arts Festival in Dublin and NEMO biennial festival Paris as part of the programme this year to create a pathway for participants to present work alongside bespoke networking opportunities as part of the festival.

The SPACE Programme: A Legacy of Innovation

Since 2008, 10+ Irish and International artists each year have benefitted from The SPACE Programme – Ireland’s longest-running International Multi-Disciplinary Artists Residency. The SPACE Programme ethos does not require finished works to be generated as part of the residency. Each year however sees connections made and learnings that accelerate ideation, often resulting in works being presented subsequently. We experience vastly different outcomes based on the unique combination of art forms, artists, and since 2018 additional technological explorations.

Eligibility

Open to artists and creatives who have experience of working across digital, and immersive technologies and who want to extend its application in their work through collaboration with other artforms in the creation of a range of artistic audience experiences. 

You should also have a commitment to exploring how these technologies can expand and intersect with traditional artistic practices as well as an interest in joining a diverse, interdisciplinary group of creatives in Paris this Summer.

This residency prioritises collaborative work rather than individual, pre-existing projects.

Please note the programme is fully immersive. Please ensure you are available the entirely of the dates: arrival in Paris by afternoon of Friday 18th July and departing Monday 28th July. 

What We Provide: Travel, Accommodation, and Technology

  • Access to expertise, technology, resources and spaces in which to work collaboratively. 
  • Travel, Accommodation and meals.

Selection

  • Applications reviewed by a panel from The Performance Corporation, the Centre Culturel Irlandais, and external assessors.
  • Shortlisted candidates may be invited for further discussion.
Event date: 
July 18, 2025 to July 28, 2025
Location: 
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
Deadline: 
01/March/2025
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