The Käte Hamburger Centre global dis:connect, in partnership with METROMOD are looking for an artist to develop a project commemorating artists exiled from Munich and exploring its relevance today.
The selected resident will get the opportunity to develop a public art project commemorating exiled artists, architects and intellectuals who fled Munich, exploring their continued relevance as well as the dis:connected memories and absences that are (in)visible in urban space and in the history of Munich.
The six months residency will start in October 2022 at the earliest and end not later than May 2023. The Centre will pay the successful candidate a stipend to cover accommodation and daily expenses in an amount yet to be determined after decision and a return trip to Munich. The artist in residence will also have access to a workspace in the Centre’s offices. Creative workers, who express themself primarily with visual/performative media (artists, filmmakers, designers, etc.), with an interest in migration and urbanism and is proficient in English are welcome to apply until 28 February. More information can be found here.
The Käte Hamburger Research Centre “Dis:connectivity in Processes of Globalisation” (global dis:connect)examines the dynamic, co-constitutive relationship of global integration, absent connections and disintegration in current and historical processes of globalisation. The Centre emphasises the indispensability of the humanities in globalisation research, whose differentiated instrumentarium is required to recognize the social manifestations of processes of globalisation, their cultural contexts and their individual and collective interpretations.
METROMODmarks out a unique and unconventional map of life and work in exile metropolises in the first half of the 20th century: New York, Buenos Aires, London, Istanbul, Bombay (now Mumbai) and Shanghai. The project refers to urban topographies, inner-city districts, outlying suburbs and streets, to places where interactions took place, but also to the venues used for exhibitions and collaborative projects.
