Language:
German, English
Founded:
2012
Duration:
2 to 6 months
Paid by artist:

Depending on the type of studio and the length of stay (2-6 months), the residency fees are between 650 € and 1000 € per month. The fees cover all utility costs, space usage and participation in the residency program. The residency period can take place within the next two years after the selected resident is notified. Additional costs apply when more than one person lives in the studio. With this general open call, we do not offer funded residencies, rather, we offer studio spaces and ask our applicants to self-organize funding for their proposed residency project to join our space. Funded residencies are published through separate calls and only happen irregularly.

Application guidelines:

Application page: https://www.zku-berlin.org/open-call/

To join the residency program, please take the time to fill out the application form on the website. Please share short descriptions of your proposal, your practice and your biography, and to inform us if your proposal relates to one or more of our narratives. The option of submitting a proposal unrelated to one of our narratives is possible. Within the application form, we will also ask you to upload the following files:

1) as one PDF: Your CV and a short portfolio with a selection of 2-3 relevant past projects including short project descriptions (max. 12 pages/10 mb)
2) as one PDF: Your project proposal. You are welcome to structure it as you like. We suggest considering: a project description, a working plan, personal relation to the project themes. How does it relate to ZK/U or the city of Berlin? (max. 3 pages)
3) as .jpg: Your practice in up to 4 representative images

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ZK/U Berlin

ZK/U Berlin

Center for Art and Urbanistics
Description

ZK/U is an artist-led independent art residency and project space. It hosts a multidisciplinary residency program, offering a living and working space for practitioners of all kinds (artists, researchers, activists, professionals of various fields) whose work or approach explores the dynamics and experiences of the city. The residency program encourages proposals that challenge conventions, take daring positions, and include extraordinary perspectives. It welcomes applications with a project proposal framed as a conceptual, contextual and interventionist contemporary artistic position,
research or experimentation in the fields of urbanism, geography, anthropology, architecture and the humanities.

The ZK/U residency program allows mutual learning, spontaneous collaborations, discussions and exchanges to emerge, enriched by the diversity of disciplines and profiles of the residents. The ZK/U building, a former train station building located in a dynamic public park, is a space for urban experimentation and cross-disciplinary collaborations. With the re-opening of ZK/U’s renovated and expanded public spaces in summer 2024, ZK/U will slowly return to being as a lively cultural venue that hosts regular public events for diverse audiences. Residents are encouraged to participate in ZK/U’s cultural program.

Studio Information

Space for ‘living & work’: furnished accommodation with mostly private bathroom, studio, wifi, communal facilities, shared and private production areas, a platform open to public events, lectures, performance and presentations.

Technical Information

Various spaces will be available for production, exhibiting, exchange and leisure, including the individual apartments, the open space, the communal kitchen, the library and conference space, the basement and workshop spaces, the roofed terrace, the surrounding park, local municipal workshops in the immediate neighborhood for specialized productions and installations can be realized.

Contact information

Siemensstrasse 27-49
10551 Berlin
Germany

Email
apply [at] zku-berlin.org
Phone
+49 30 21608325
Website
http://www.zku-berlin.org/concept/
Fax
+49 30 55164387