Who Cares? is a program supported by Creative Europe focusing on care practices, seeking to permeate through the participating organisations' infrastructure and programmes. The initiators ask: who we are caring for, in order to build in interdependence with the communities with which they develop our activity as art production centres? It is a collaboration of Idensitat (Barcelona), SPACE (London), Rupert (Vilnius), Grey Area (Korcula) and Centro Huarte (Navarra).

In the framework of the European project Who Cares? Centro Huarte offers an international residency program for two or more artists that will take place from 1 September to 24 October 2021. When coming from abroad, the residency may be brought forward or extended with 2 more weeks. This residency will take place in Habitación in Centro Huarte. Habitación is a hybrid project between residency and exhibition, in which artists make use of the work space and it is open to the public on weekends. During the process, the artists will share their work and process also on the Who Cares? website and will get a personalized assessment by a mentor working on the theme they propose.

Topics
We are looking for a project developed by two artists or more, established as a collective, that explores art as a place for dialogue and exchange of methodologies, delving into care, affects and knowledge transfer. An approach to the local community for the development of the process will be positively valued.

Since the possibilities of physical encounters have been radically reduced in the last year, initiatives that understand artistic practice as a tool of collective resistance to go through this period of disruption and social change will be supported. In other words, projects are encouraged to investigate care and affective practices in relation to the current moment we are living. Topics to be addressed may include (but are not limited to):

Affective and care networks, in relation to the local area
Mental health, psychic pain, social discomfort
Adaptation and self-recovery, body capacity
Sustainability of life in times of pandemic
Art as a generator of other ways of being
Economic precariousness, but also affective and emotional precariousness
Artistic tools for interpersonal transformation
Ways to silence fear and curb hatred
The political dimension of affects and emotions

Eligibility
Two artists or a collective from any field, based in Europe. Preferably fluent in the local languages (Spanish and/or Basque). Exceptionally, a project could be chosen for artists who do not have a knowledge of these languages, but have a great experience in working with collectives. The deadline for submission of proposals is May 27, 2021, at 23:59 (UTC +2). Projects submitted after that time will not be considered. The selection will be communicated within a maximum period of 1 month from the closing date of the call.