Open Call

Call for applications – Skaftfell Residency Program 2020

Skaftfell Center for Visual Art

No Funding
Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

Eligibility

Visual artists, artists with interdisciplinary practices, curators and art writers.

Number of Participants

3-4

Deadline

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

Duration

January 02, 2020 - October 30, 2020

Costs

  • kr105,000 program fee (monthly)

Facilities

Alternative Processes Darkroom, Installation Space, Library, Print Shop

Housing

Apartment, Live/Work

Meals

No meals

Public Programs

Open Studios, Self-Directed, Workshops

Disciplines

Visual Arts

Languages

English, German

Program Description

The residency program at Skaftfell creates an environment for inspiration, focus, and experimentation. It allows artists to experience life and work in a unique community where creativity is applied to the everyday and offers conditions that enrich the dialogue between art and life. Skaftfell is far from the busy centers of contemporary art, and offers a refuge, a hiding place, and a thinking space for artists and other creative practitioners. We encourage artists in residence to embrace the idea of a slow residency, and to allow themselves time for contemplation, preparing the ground for a shift in their practices. The self-directed residency program hosts 3-4 artists simultaneously, for 1–3 months within the winter, spring or autumn term. We encourage artists to stay for 2 months or longer, in order to get deeper into the place and their practice here. The program is closed in July and December.

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