ALTER- 2023 TRANSDISCIPLINARY ALPINE RESIDENCY

ALTER- is a 2/3-month residency in Chandolin, a village perched at an altitude of 2000 meters in the Val d’Anniviers, that invites one transdisciplinary team of artists and researchers a year to rethink and respond to growing environmental crises and their associated social, economic, and cultural shifts. Each team will spend nine to twelve weeks exploring the valley, learning from local villagers, developing work that will be publicly shared on a weekly basis, and presenting a final project. While the residency builds on this locale, the work and wisdom generated by each team could have far-reaching implications for high-mountain communities around the world.

What’s happening to the cycle of seasons in the Alps as the frozen earth thaws? How will the loss of glaciers affect water availability for farming and hydroelectricity? How do the inhabitants of the valley revive and transmit intangible heritage such as the gathering and cultivation of wild plants? What is gone, and what has taken its place? How can we live together with more-than-humans in the land we share?

The next residency will take place either for 3 months from 5 June – 30 August 2023 or for 2 months from 3 July – 30 August 2023. Applications are open only to collectives of 3 to 5 people, already formed and transdisciplinary. The residency is open to all transdisciplinary teams, regardless of age or nationality. Teams can come from anywhere in the world; ALTER- encourages those who have already developed research and work in mountain regions to apply.

Support from the residency includes accommodation and a monthly stipend of 1500 CHF (~1525 EUR) per person.

More information about the call can be found here.

Deadline: 31 December 2022.