The Dekoloniale Berlin Residency 2024 invites three artists, architects, designers, directors, photographers, fashion designers or urban practitioners to apply for a residency at Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City of Berlin.
For the fourth time, Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City in collaboration with Contemporary And (C&) are looking for residency applicants eager to uncover and transform historical colonial stratifications and dominant narratives in Berlin’s public space. In 2024, the residency programme in Berlin is titled 'Colonial Ghosts – Resistant Spirits: Church, Colonialism and beyond'. The production of the residency works in Berlin will take place within a period of 6 months, from mid-May to mid-November 2024. This year's focus lies on Berlin’s historic center and adjacent North Side, thus examining in depth the city districts of Berlin-Mitte with an emphasis on the neighborhood of Berlin-Wedding.
Dekoloniale will closely collaborate with the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (Berlin City Museum) as its institutional partner. The Berlin City Museum operates a number of museum sites in central Berlin and the St. Nicholas Church, Berlin’s oldest church building which now houses a museum was chosen as the focal site in the context of the residencies. From their exhibited works in this central exhibition site the three chosen residents will draw the connecting lines to one of three location options, in Berlin-Mitte (Berlin-Center) where they will artistically intervene in the public sphere. Furthermore, the outcomes are to be presented in the framework of the Dekoloniale Festival and the Dekoloniale exhibits on November 14-17, 2024.
Dekoloniale Artist Residency applications can focus on either:
- Nikolaikirche + Subway Station »Afrikanische Straße« (African Street) and the African Quarter
- Nikolaikirche + Colonial Asian and Polynesian Street names (Kiautschoustr./Samoa Street/Beijing Square)
- Nikolaikirche + The Berlin Conference / Wilhelmstraße
The residents are encouraged to consider hybrid modes of thought, research, and practice. Forms of expression that expand disciplinary boundaries are favored and in the context of the residency works at Nikolaikirche bold, larger scale interventions are encouraged.
The preparation for the Dekoloniale Residency will already begin on and after March 7, 2024, when active cooperation of the selected residents is required in order to enable the official permit application process for the urban interventions and in order to facilitate visa application processes (where applicable). Therefore only apply if you are available to communicate and contribute reliably in the months prior.
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Further information on the residency and application process is found here.
Deadline: 7 February 2024
