Individual Residencies TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO

APPLICATIONS FOR 2022 RESIDENCIES (May - Oct) ARE WELCOMED AND CONSIDERED ON A ROLLING BASIS.

The TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO Residency Programme is designed to support research, study and/or the development of new work.

Applications are open to creative practitioners such as visual artists, film makers, writers, performance artists, curators, designers, musicians, theatre-makers and researchers who work either individually or collaboratively. Individuals and groups are welcomed. Interdisciplinary applications from creatives who work across disciplines are encouraged.

Each individual residency provides uninterrupted periods of time with no expectation of a final outcome. Whether you wish simply to be up close to your practice, allow nature to suffuse your thinking and feeling, produce new work or complete a project The Museum of Loss and Renewal does its utmost to ensure that you can achieve what you set out to do.

FOCAL POINTS

– Time: to produce, reflect, explore, focus
– Individual practice
– International peer-group
– Interdisciplinarity
– Sharing
– No expectation of a final outcome
– Excellent studio / working space
– Excellent accommodation
– Library on site: art, design, architecture, curating, collecting, (art)writing, publishing, walking …
– Natural environment of exceptional significance, accessible from the doorstep
– Local amenities within walking distance

Location

The residency is located in Collemacchia, a small village within Italy’s National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, a protected area of exceptional significance and beauty. Engagement with the natural world begins on the doorstep and the mountainous landscape offers an excellent environment for reflective practice. The ancient, undisturbed and extensive terrain holds a rich and complex history visible in the area’s architecture, customs, agricultural lands and forests. The area is sparsely populated by villages that are largely trilingual Italian-French-English due to the large community of emigrants who continually move between European nations, stemming from economic migration dating from approx. 1850. The village has been home to Tracy Mackenna’s Italian family for centuries and the curators of The Museum of Loss and Renewal foster strong links with the local community which is highly supportive of the Residency Programme.

Accommodation

Residents are accommodated in two recently renovated, comfortable houses situated a couple of minutes walk from each other. Houses have fully equipped kitchens, bathrooms, sitting rooms, and double, twin and single bedrooms, plus central heating and internet throughout. Cleaning is included in cost.

Studio / Workspace

Studio spaces are located in buildings that are situated a couple of minutes walk from each other, and from accommodation. They are recently renovated and include indoor and outdoor making spaces, and desk space. Internet throughout.

Fee and Support

The residency fee is €380 per week, per person. The Residency Programme is operated on a non-commercial cost-covering basis, and is financially supported by The Museum of Loss and Renewal in order to keep fees low. We do not have external funding for this project, so regret that we are unable to offer assistance with fees, flights, production costs or other subsistence. Typically, artists source funding by applying to there national arts funding bodies, by personal fundraising, or through academic institutional support. Letters of invitation can be provided to assist in this process.

A deposit of 50% will be required within three weeks of accepting a place on the residency programme (non-refundable). The remaining balance is payable in advance of the residency start date. Where residents’ residency dates may be affected by Coronavirus, dates can be adjusted.

You will be responsible for funding and organising your own travel, insurances and any visa requirements particular to country of origin. Detailed travel information will be supplied (closest airports Naples, Rome), and collection/drop-off at a local train station / intercity bus stop can be arranged for residents (minimal cost).