Artist in Residence Frankfurt Program (Germany)

The artist residency, a collaboration between basis eV and the Goethe-Institut Malaysia with Lostgens, aims to initiate and support new approaches to the production, study, understanding, and significance of art; to promote artistic research and interdisciplinary creativity; and to provide a platform for international cultural practitioners to freely explore, research, and network.

Benefits

• Travel allowance
• Accommodation in a residential studio
• Integration into an artist network
• Lostgens’ provides expertise and technical capabilities for classic letterpress printing and other printing techniques

Funding Information

• 1000€ monthly allowance.

Eligibility Criteria

• The program is aimed exclusively at visual artists who live and work in Frankfurt
• The artists should be highly qualified and have successfully graduated from an art school
• The artists should have English language skills
• This year the focus of the residency is on (analog) book printing and printing techniques; an interest in these topics is highly recommended

Selection Criteria

• An independent Frankfurt jury selects up to five candidates and proposes them to the independent jury of the host country. The jury then chooses a scholarship recipient based on the criteria of who will benefit artistically from the three-month stay and who best fits the exchange program of the respective institution.

Application Requirements

• Documents must be submitted digitally via the online form. Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the appropriate application form will not be considered.
• Meaningful application documents, submitted via the form and in English, include:
  • Explanations:
    • Of the artistic career (max. 1,500 characters including spaces)
    • Of interest and, if applicable, experience with book printing and printing techniques (max. 1,500 characters including spaces)
    • Planned projects/expectations during the residency (max. 3,000 characters including spaces)
• Portfolio or catalog (max. 16 pages – please reduce data volume)
• CV

For more information, visit Basis.