Connect South Africa/CERN Residency Programme: Applications are welcomed from interested and eligible applicants for the Connect South Africa/CERN Residency Programme 2021.
Connect South Africa supports artistic residencies in Switzerland and in South Africa that germinate new projects, which in turn feed into and animate an ongoing programme of professional exchange between artists and scientists across the globe.
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Connect South Africa/CERN Residency Programme | DETAILS
Connect South Africa will grant a funded residency to one artist from Switzerland and one artist from Southern, East or West Africa. Connect South Africa invites submissions from artists with a distinct interest in an interdisciplinary approach and a keen engagement with scientific thinking and fundamental science.
Eligibility Criteria
The Connect South Africa/CERN Residency programme encourages the participation of artists who meet the following criteria:
- Artists interested in the cultural significance of scientific research and technology.
- Artists interested in extending their connection with the field of physics and sciences of the universe, and to enter in dialogue with scientists and engineers, and staff at CERN, and scientists of the observatories of SARAO and SAAO in South Africa.
- Artists pushing the traditional forms of dialogue with other fields of research, and keen to ask innovative questions across disciplines.
- Artists interested in the scientific community and the interaction with its social fabric and its history and narratives.
- Artists whose work and proposal aims to reflect on new models of social enquiry, the potential synergies between art and science, and to offer challenging methods of exchange and enquiry.
- Artists with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and flexibly across different social-cultural and institutional worlds.
- Artists from a discipline supported by Pro Helvetia (visual arts, music, literature, performing arts, design, and interactive media)and meeting the general Pro Helvetia criteria:
- A convincing body of work and track record.
- A significant footprint in the arts scene of the respective contexts of Switzerland and South, East and West Africa.
Eligible Countries:
Switzerland, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Kenya, Comoros, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Zambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Chad, Uganda, Central African Republic and Zimbabwe.
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Residency Benefits
- A production stipend of 6,000 CHF I US$ 6,500.
- Living expenses in Switzerland and in South Africa.
- International travel costs and local travel, when required, and accommodation at CERN, Geneva, and across various locations in South Africa – principally Cape Town, Johannesburg, the Northern Cape.
Expectations of the Artist
The selected artists for the Connect South Africa residency will be expected to:
- Engage in research based on the proposal submitted in the context of this Call.
- Complete the period of the residency at CERN and in South Africa.
- Meet regularly with the scientific partner/s to discuss the process of artistic research, exploration and discovery, and additionally work with other scientists.
- Give one talk and/or workshop during the residency.
- Communicate regularly with the curators and teams of Arts at CERN and –defunct context in South Africa.
- Develop a concrete project resulting from the residency within the six months following the residency. Depending on the nature of the artists practice, this project proposal could be a fully realised artwork or the development of a preliminary stage or prototype of a project idea.
- Support the curators and project teams on the evaluation and report of the residency within the six months following the residency.
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Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested artists intending to apply to Connect South Africa residency should submit a proposal adhering to the criteria of the call. The application should be written in English and should contain the following elements:
- Personal details: name, address, contact details.
- An artist dossier with the most relevant artworks or projects, including a brief statement and the artist’s biography.
- A project proposal describing, in detail, the project that the artist intends to undertake during the residency at CERN, and in South Africa.
- A video statement (no longer than five minutes), defending the relevance of the intended project.
For artists from Southern, East and West Africa, please download and use the submission form. For Swiss artists, please apply via the submission form on the Arts at CERN website.
Application Deadline: 26th May 2021