The European Media Art Platform (EMAP) expands its residency program for artists duos, collectives or other artistic collaborations working in the fields of digital art, media art, and bio-art to residencies in 15 countries. European artists, or collectives can apply for a residency of two months within June 2022 to January 2023.
The residency includes an invitation to the kick-off conference in Zagreb between 17 and 19 of June. Seleceted residents will get a grant of €4,000 including subsistence costs, a grant for collaborating artist(s), a project budget of €4,000, free accommodation, travel expenses up to €1,000, and free access to technical facilities and/or media labs of the host institution. It also includes a professional presentation and the option to participate in exhibition tours at our members’ festivals/exhibitions in 2022-2024, plus the option to receive mobility/presentation grants if exhibited by EMAP partner institutions. Residents will be collaborating with a person of their choice or a person local to the host institution.
Applications should be submitted online and must include a CV, (audio)-visual documentation of previous works, and a preliminary plan and presentation of the proposed project to be developed within the residency. The collaborating artists do not have to be fixed at the time of submission. Applicants must be EU residents or taxpayers in an EU member country or the UK. Emerging artists, regardless of age and academic degree, are encouraged to apply. Applications can be submitted until 27 April. More information can be found here.
The European Media Art Platform initiated by werkleitz and co-funded by Creative Europe since 2018, is a consortium of 15 leading European media art organizations specialised in Digital and Media Art, Bio Art and Robotic Art. The consortium includes several renowned festivals dealing with these interdisciplinary art forms. EMAP also acts as a marketplace for Partners to select artists and works for their own festivals and exhibitions. In addition to production support for artists, the consortium provides an international platform to promote and disseminate the work of media artists. All EMAP memmbers can be found here.
