Founded:
2019
Duration:
The length of the residency can be 2–12 months
Paid by host:

The residency does not include economic support for the artist’s or the researcher’s work. The rent is €600/month (including electricity, water, and the internet).

Application guidelines:

They have an annual call from the beginning of the year to February 20. Both artists and researchers can apply as long as they fit the profile. Application form link here.

Both artists and researchers can apply for the residency. Applicants indicate in the form in which category (arts/academic) they are applying.

1. Artists

• The applicant must be professionally active and their artistic work must have a connection to urban space or the built environment

• The application must include a preliminary plan for the project or work that the artist intends to work on during the residency

• CV (max 5 pages), as well as portfolio (max 5 Mb), should be attached to the application

2. Researchers

• The applicant must hold a PhD degree.

• The applicant’s research activities must be connected to urban space or the built environment.

• The applicant must collaborate with at least one Finnish university (e.g. be a visiting researcher). In addition, they must indicate a contact person from at least one university or polytechnic in Turku (University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences, or Novia University of Applied Sciences).

• The application must include a summary of the research plan (max. 4 pages) where the work planned for the duration of the residency is presented.

• CV (max 5 pages) and the list of publications shall be attached to the application.

Deadline:
AIR tags:
Production residency, Isolation, Sustainability & environment
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The Life on a Leaf Residency

The Life on a Leaf Residency

Interior of The Life on a Leaf Residency
Interior of The Life on a Leaf Residency
Interior of The Life on a Leaf Residency
Exterior of The Life on a Leaf Residency
Interior of The Life on a Leaf Residency
Description

Life on a Leaf Association

The purpose of the association is to promote collaboration between art, architecture, academic research and business, with the aim of creating an urban environment conducive to imagination and creativity.

The Life on a Leaf building is the centre of its activities. The association takes care of the maintenance and preservation of this unique site together with Life on a Leaf Ltd, the owner of the building, in which the association has a majority shareholding. The activities are non-profit.

Activities are:

 

  • Organising an artist and/or researcher residency in the Life on a Leaf building.
  • Using Life on a Leaf as a place for encounters between the sciences and the arts, including seminars, symposia and alike.
  • Maintaining Life on a Leaf building as a special place to visit in Turku.
  • Organizing occasional symposia contributing to new visions of the urban environment from research or artistic viewpoints.
  • Producing occasionally art installations, environmental artwork or similar in the Life on a Leaf premises or elsewhere.
  • Preserving the Life on a Leaf building as part of Turku’s cultural heritage.

The association’s activities aim to have both local and international impact. Life on a Leaf works as part of international networks through its own contacts, with artists/researchers-in-residence, and with universities and colleges, in particular the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi and Turku University of Applied Sciences. Priority partners are those researching the relationship between art, architecture and urban space. As a specific architectural site, the building will contribute to the debate on the links between art, architecture and the built environment, and provide an exceptional place for this dialogue to take place in Turku.

The board members of Life on a Leaf Association are Sampo Ruoppila (Chair), Ulrika Grägg (Vice Chair), Mikaela Lostedt, Saara Malila, Klara Paul, and Mirjami Schuppert (12/2022). In addition, Kim Nordell acts as the association’s treasurer and Robin Lybeck as the association’s secretary and ombudsman.

Studio Information

The residency is mainly suitable for planning creative work and working with computers. There is a room in the house that can be used, for example, for painting (yet note that the room lacks ventilation) and drawing, but not for sculpting or building. The house is ecologically built and is energy efficient.

Accommodation Information

The length of the residency can be 2–12 months; wishes regarding the timeframe should be specified in the application. The living area of ​​the Life on a Leaf house is 147 m2. The entire three-story house is used primarily by the resident. For exceptions, see “Other use of the house” (below). The house is not a museum, but it is vital that the house and the art integrated into it remain in good condition. The resident takes care of the cleaning and the garden. Alternatively, Life on a Leaf can organize it for a fee. The house is not suitable for small children. The artist’s spouse or older children may live in the residence. Pets are not allowed. The residency is not accessible for people with reduced mobility (the building’s second and third floors can only be reached via narrow stairs).

Location

The Life on a Leaf building is located in Hirvensalo, about 5 kilometres from the centre of Turku. It is located on a spacious plot that borders a natural forest. The house shares a yard with another house (Kuusio) designed by Jan-Erik Andersson and Erkki Pitkäranta, which is the current home of Andersson and his partner. The Life on a Leaf building has good public transport and bicycle connections from central Turku.

Contact information

Pikisaarentie 4
20900 Turku
Finland

Email
leaf [at] lifeonaleaf.fi
Phone
+358407464757
Website
https://lifeonaleaf.fi/en/residency/