Open Call at Nantes Institute of Advanced Studies 2024

The Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts, the Nantes Institute of Advanced Studies, the Lieu Unique and Nantes Métropole are launching for the second time the call for application to the chair "Arts, Society and Contemporary Change". Starting in September 2024, an international professional artist from the field of visual arts from the South (Africa, Central or South America, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania) will be hosted for a 6-month stay in Nantes.

This residency aims to cross-reference contemporary changes through the arts and the human and social sciences. It intends to explore societal changes and the place of Man in this environment through the crossing of disciplines.

The chair supports the development of research in art that dialogues with the humanities and social sciences in order to question the contemporary mutations of our societies. By considering artistic practices in terms of research, the residency participates in the emergence of new research territories (practices and forms, working methods, production regimes, etc.) exploring, through the crossing of disciplines, societal and environmental changes. It engages methodological questions and reflections on the nature of the knowledge incorporated, produced, and transmitted by these practices.

This residency is open to professional artists living and working in the Global South. More precisely, they are targeting artists whose nationality and residency are situated in the southern hemisphere except Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Corea and Guyane. Applicants are expected to have at least five years of professional experience at the time of the start of their residency, which should be supported through their active participation in public life, the dissemination of their work in an appropriate format such as exhibitions, publications, performances, etc.

The residency is scheduled for 6 months from 10th September 2024 to 10th March 2025. The artist will receive a remuneration and benefits package that includes

• A monthly stipend that includes time spent in the workshops with the students (2000 €
  per month).
• 13 working days of authorized absence (10% of the total duration of the fellowship)
• Free accommodation
• Free use of office space and access to library services
• Insurance (75€ per month)
• Production costs (up to €2000)
• Visa and return ticket from the domicile

All applications must be submitted no later than the 8th of January 2024 via this link. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Application file (pdf documents / maximum size 10Mb):

• application form (civil status, title of the project, working methods, description of the eventual production, articulation of the artistic project with the Human and Social Sciences, practical information…)
• CV
• Portfolio including captioned images (10 pages max)
• Two letters of recommendation and/or mentions of two previous partners