Eligibility

Applications are welcomed from anyone who’d like to spend a month with PRAKSIS in Oslo, developing their art practice. Workers in any medium or art-oriented practice (criticism, art theory, art history) Selected residents will be part of a temporary community of between five and eight local and international participants. The residency will involve group activities, discussion and creative exchange around the residency theme, as well as time for independent working. Selection is based on applicants’ ability both to gain from, and contribute to, the activities of the month-long residency. PRAKSIS aims to provide an environment for development and professional growth: applications are welcome from practitioners of differing ages and experience levels. PRAKSIS residencies are intensive and structured around the interests and needs of their participants. The particular form that each residency takes is developed collectively through discussion once the group comes together.

Number of Participants

Places are available for a small group of between five and eight participants. The residency will include scheduled and informal opportunities for critical/theoretical discussion, independent practice or research time, and group activities, including public events addressing the residency’s foci; introductions to Oslo’s art scene and its artists; and expeditions into the superb rural and wild environments surrounding the city.

Deadline

May 01, 2019 11:59 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

May 30, 2019 22:00 UTC

Duration

October 19, 2019 - November 19, 2019

Funding

• kr3,000.00 travel budget

Costs

• kr90.00 application fee

Facilities

Co-Working

Housing

Apartment

Meals

Lunch

Public Programs

Critique, Discussion, Group Dinners, Mentors, Panel, Readings, Round Tables, Seminars, Visiting Professionals, Workshops

Disciplines

Ballet, Ceramics, Choreography, Conceptual Art, Curatorial, Dance, Drawing, Interdiscplinary Arts, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Printmaking, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Thinkers, Video Art, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

Carrying Histories will explore personal and cultural histories through process and discussion. It will unpack the burden of working with historical material, building cross cultural awareness of past and present power structures. Conversations developed within the residency group will be presented to Oslo audiences through a series of public events. This residency is open to anyone with relevant interest and experience in the topic, including artist, curator, writer, anthropologist, historian, educator, dancer etc. For more information visit: https://www.praksisoslo.org/residencies-blog/2019/kyambi