Eligibility

The residency is open to artists and cultural producers from all creative disciplines, as well as thinkers, researchers and practitioners from other fields. Participants will work together as a group and explore elasticity from multiple perspectives through lectures, presentations, discussions, excursions, and field studies.

Number of Participants

A group of approximately eight (local and international) participants will join an active, facilitated programme free of charge SELECTION AND FUNDING - This residency offers a sponsored place for a resident from Finland which includes 12,000 NOK towards stipend and travel. - One stipend of 8,000 NOK is available to someone who cannot otherwise participate. If this is a requirement, please select this option in the application form. - Non-Oslo based residents receive comfortable shared accommodation (with your own bedroom). Oslo-based residents will continue to stay at their home address.

Deadline

May 03, 2025 22:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

June 01, 2025 22:00 UTC

Duration

November 03, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Funding

• kr3,900.00 travel budget
• kr8,000.00 stipend (one-time)

Costs

• kr75.00 application fee

Facilities

Co-Working, Desk Space

Housing

Apartment, Private Room, Shared Bathroom

Meals

Dinner, Lunch

Public Programs

Critique, Discussion, Group Dinners, Open Studios, Professional Development, Readings, Round Tables, Seminars, Work Exchange, Workshops

Disciplines

Book Arts, Conceptual Art, Curatorial, Dance, Drawing, Fiber Arts, Interdiscplinary Arts, Makers, Music, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Scientists, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Thinkers, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

What does it mean for a body, be it human or (thinking non-anthropocentrically) more-than-human, to be elastic—physically, emotionally, socially? How do bodies, minds, and systems stretch, adapt, or rebound in response to pressure and change? Elasticity asks how the concept of elasticity might help us rethink ideas of aging, illness, motherhood, belonging, or even global connectedness. Are these separate states—or part of an ever-shifting, elastic continuum? Led by visual artist Marte Aas and art historian/curator Stephanie von Spreter, Elasticity will explore how both individual and collective bodies respond to—and resist—external forces. Through lectures, excursions, discussions, and collaborative sessions, residents will collectively investigate the meeting points of science, aesthetics, and artistic practice.