CYCLE UP! Residency Programme

A residency programme to develop artistic perspectives on bicycle cultures and communities in five European cities.

The programme organised by Goethe-Institut (Germany), Czech Centres (Czechia), BoMiasto (Poland), PUNKT (Slovakia) and Tartu 2024 with the City of Tartu (Estonia), will provide opportunities for artists to create interventions that inspire local decision makers and invite communities to imagine bike-friendly, inclusive spaces between May and September 2024.

The residency programme will provide opportunities and networks for artists, communities and decision makers from different backgrounds and perspectives to come together to re-think, imagine and collaborate.

In short
There will be one residency taking place in each respective country (Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia).
Each residency is for a one month stay for one person (except in the case of Berlin which is for two months stay for one person).
The artist-in-residence programme is intended as space for the creative process, and for the realisation of an artistic project.

Included
Accommodation
Travel costs (up to given limit; one round trip)
Financial contribution - including living costs and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
Studio space
Materials (up to given limit)
Opportunities to participate and contribute to community engagement efforts of CYCLE UP! This is a chance to reach an audience outside of the art scene, to try and affect real change in the urban mobility sector.
The CYCLE UP! team will also provide the support in terms of logistics and research on green travel and acquisition of sustainable materials and artistic production.

Expectations
There is no limit on the artistic medium or delivery methods that can be chosen to use, but it must be related to bicycle culture and promoting sustainable local communities.
Projects take place in public space, either in a tangible form - installations, murals, photography, exhibitions etc. - or in an intangible form - performance, community building, happening. The outcome should, however, be available for use for years to come, either to the local community or in other communities to support the development of cycling.
The creative process and outcomes should also reflect the values mentioned in the CYCLE UP! artistic vision.
The artist's initial ideas for the project/artwork will be further developed after initial discussions with project partners and with the local communities from the respective countries.
The design and delivery of artistic outcomes, interventions, programmes or events will be guided by local contexts (politics, history, environmental, economic and artistic), which will be discussed with artists in advance by on-the-ground project partners, local community partners and local decision makers.
The final artwork will be presented to the local public in two stages – first as a work-in-progress during the stay, and then in its final form at the end of the residency, where the artists will explain the principles and contribution to the community.

Artist profile
Independent, open-minded, collaborative, good communicator and innovative in outlook.
Open to participate with the local community to discuss the needs of bike-culture, mobility or infrastructure, and to reflect these challenges in the original artistic outcome.
Ready to work in an open studio setting where the public can interact with artists.

Requirements
Previous artistic experience.
Fluency in English.
Applicants must be a legal resident in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries.
Applicants cannot apply for a residency in the country they are currently or permanently based.
Applicants may only apply for one CYCLE UP! artist-in-residence programme.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

Deadline 31 January 2024

Read more about the program and application procedure here.