La chambre d’eau is an association established in Le Favril in the Hauts-de-France region since 2001, that hosts multidisciplinary artistic residencies. It supports research, creation, production and contemporary writings distribution.

La Chambre d'eau has determined four categories of artistic residencies, each answering different stakes.
 

• Lab residencies: They consist of giving time to artists or theater companies to write a project, or to allow them to see a reflection on their artistic issues through. Invited artists are autonomous and have spaces at the Moulin des Tricoteries at their disposal for free and for a week. This is an ideal place for concentration, research and experimentation. At the end of their residency, artists have the opportunity, if they are willing to, to do a public presentation of their work step.
  Terms and conditions
  There are two of these residencies a year and they last around one week. The transportation and accommodation package is taken care of by the association and the public representation, if it takes place, is paid.
• Open workshop residencies: These are research and experimentation residencies, particularly opened on issues that concern the Avesnois territory. Regular meetings with La chambre d’eau team are offered as part of a work and implementation process that combines practical experimentation and critical evaluation, in order to support the best the construction of projects linked to territorial problematics, places and partners. Each resident has the possibility to regularly open the workshop to share the ongoing work and his approach with public. They can also plan meetings or artistic gestures within the frame of the association's artistic programme.
  There are two of these residencies a year and they last around three weeks that can be separated during the year. Transportation and accommodation are taken care of by the association alongside participation in the production cost of 1,500 euros and the provision of workspaces (on the site or elsewhere depending on needs).
• Production residencies: are developed over a longer time and necessarily lead to the production of one or several artworks. These residencies can arise from artists’ requests or from invitations by La chambre d’eau. They are conceived and elaborated in close relations between different places and territorial partners. They are formalized around creation times, public meetings, exchange times, both formal and informal, reflection times of construction, analysis and implementation. Residencies are offered in accordance with and linked with the events organized by La chambre d’eau. These key moments allow to give a real visibility and distribution of the artworks.
  There are three production residencies a year and they last around three weeks and can be divided and spread over a certain period of the year. A transportation and accommodation package is taken care of by the association. A residency grant of 2,000 euros and participation to the production costs is also allocated (it can vary according to the needs of the project).
• Research residencies between artists and art/human sciences researchers: As new experimentations, these residencies aim at creating exchanges between research and artistic practices. These residences allow defining a common research field between multidisciplinary artists and researchers in art and human sciences to think back production and reflection conventional approaches. The goal is to initiate collaborations aiming to discuss and produce, in a rural context, new methods and discourses.
  There is one research residency a year lasting around four weeks (divisible). Transportation and accommodation are taken care of by the association alongside a residency grant of 2,000 euros and the provision of workspaces during three weeks.