Cripta747 - Research Residency 2023

Cripta747 Residency Programme invites artists, curators, and researchers operating in Italy or Italians abroad to join the call for proposals for the 7th edition of the Residency Programme, a research residency with scholarship that will be held in Turin from September to December 2023.

Cripta747 is a non-profit visual art organisation founded in Turin in 2008: it is a place for research, exchange and production where the artistic practices face the contemporary debate. Through a programme of exhibitions, screenings and events, CRIPTA747 investigates new forms and languages ​​with the aim of giving back to the audience an authentic and fresh vision. Since 2017, they have started two new programmes dedicated to international mobility: Residency, to support research with fellowships, and Studio, a project of shared work space with a focus on production.

Cripta747 Residency Programme is aimed at those who demonstrate strong, coherent, and recognizable research in both the work's conceptual development and material production. The residency values the research process and redefines the modalities of disseminating artistic, critical, and curatorial practices in a context free of exhibition restraints. The program is structured to encourage study and research activities by providing easy access to the area's cultural, bibliographic, and archival heritage and its productive network through meetings with professionals, scholars, experts, and artisans in the city.

The projects submitted do not necessarily have to be completed by the end of December; rather, they see the months of residency as an initial research phase of a larger work. Particular attention will be paid to proposals that show a transdisciplinary approach and open up to areas of knowledge also not strictly related to the artistic sphere.

Applicants are invited to submit a proposal outlining the specific research they intend to develop during their residency, specifying the expected benefits of this experience and envisaging the possible collaborations necessary for the project's development.

In addition, applicants are asked to propose an idea for an event to be realized by the end of their stay (a workshop, a lecture, a cycle of projections, a performance, etc.), that directly involves the public.

The winner will be selected by a scientific committee that will work alongside the curatorial team of Cripta747 for the entire season and will accompany the artist for the duration of the residency.

Deadline: February 19, 2023. Click here to find the online application form.