Applications open for Research Residency Program – India

Building on several decades of experience, they offer a Research Residency to an Indian practitioner at the Foundation through the collaboration with Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation.

The Research Residency is a residency created to support the practice of emerging artists with a situated and embedded practice.

Throughout their stay at Cittadellarte, the resident is guided along a process based on the investigation of specific aspects linked to a responsible social transformation, through debates and meetings with curators, artists and civil society practitioners, studio visits by experts, and visits to exhibitions and places relevant to the themes linked to their research.

In terms of production, the residency is not outcome based and the aim is to support the research of the selected applicant who may present it during a public open studio organised for the group of residents.

Furthermore, during their stay at Cittadellarte the selected artist will have the opportunity to engage and share their research time with other artists in residency.

About The Grant

• Residency date: 7th October to 6th December 2024
• The 2-month long residency offered through this joint grant (Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation & UNIDEE/Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto) includes:
  • Return travel from India to Italy (including airport/Biella private transfer);
  • Insurance (travel and medical insurance for accidents) and visa fees;
  • 2 months’ stay at Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto: single room in the premises shared with other international residents – inclusive of cleaning services, use of shared studio space and workshop facilities;
  • Based on the research of the selected resident, expert visits, curatorial meetings, networking sessions will be organised;
  • Study and research trips will be organised with the residents group to Venice (for four days), Turin and Milan (for one day each) to engage with the international art scene in Italy (hotel, food and travel are covered by the grant);
  • up to 300€ budget for project production and communication, translations;
  • a per diem of 900€;
  • If the resident is interested and has a research related to the theme of the UNIDEE modules programme curated by Chiara Cartuccia: Neither on Land nor at Sea. Meeting by the Mediterranean Im/Possible may request to participate. (The programme for the autumn modules will be released in July 2023)

Eligibility Criteria

• You are an Indian passport holding citizen and currently reside in the country;
• The residency is open to emerging practitioners (artists, curators, writers, activists, cultural practitioners, etc) from different backgrounds and with different practices in the fields of socially engaged art and social practice, curatorial practice and community organisation;
• You were born during or after 1989;
• You have not previously received grants from Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation for overseas projects;
• You have a fluent knowledge of the English language.
• Please note that the residency dates are fixed and no change can be accepted.

For more information, visit Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation.