Open call: R30 - Climate / Coloniality

Developed with the Asia Pacific Artistic Research Network (APARN), PRAKSIS residency 30, Climate / Coloniality invites artists to consider sustainability in the context of critical approaches to colonial knowledge, and explore new modes of community-engaged practice on a planet under threat.

Climate change is indisputably a problem that is largely created by a privileged elite from the Global North, but it disproportionately impacts nations and regions in the South, alongside those in the north who have least resources to protect themselves from its effects. How might artists, wherever they come from, mobilise the local knowledge of individuals and communities from the Global South as they act in relation to climate crisis? How can they absorb and/or deploy globally interconnected knowledge and skills without reproducing the imperialist concepts and practices that underpinned colonial modernity?

Applications are welcomed from local, national and international people with relevant interest and experience. The residency may be particularly relevant to cultural (or other) practitioners, performers, critics and researchers seeking to explore questions of artistic practice and environmental change in relation to local knowledge systems and movements. It aims to be a place of open exchange and sharing, in order to facilitate critical reflection on the geopolitics of environmental knowledge and the distribution of artistic resources addressing global issues.

The group will collectively plan a residency schedule. The schedule will include daily group meetings and joint activities such as readings, discussions, visits to relevant spaces in Oslo, networking events, communal meals and socialising, alongside unstructured time for independent reflection and research. In the first week, residents will participate in PRAKSIS’s customary “Meet the Residents” event, informally introducing themselves and their practices to the rest of the group and the Oslo arts community.

The residency provides:

• An active, facilitated programme connected with the residency topic.
• A communal work space at PRAKSIS, in the centre of Oslo.
• Comfortable shared accommodation (with your own bedroom) for non-Oslo based residents. Oslo-based residents will continue to stay at their local address.
• A stipend of 10,000 NOK for those who cannot participate otherwise. Limited stipends available, select this option in the application form.
• Weekly group dinners with invited guests. On weekdays, PRAKSIS will provide lunch at PRAKSIS HQ.

Residents are responsible for their own travel and any further costs. The PRAXIS team is happy to support applications for external grants wherever possible.

Requirements:

• English is the common language at PRAKSIS and residents must be sufficiently fluent to participate in group discussion and activity.
• Residents are expected to involve themselves fully in the work of the residency: joining discussions, participating in events and engaging with the resident community.
• Accepting a residency involves a commitment to participation for the full residency term.

Submit the application via Google form by 5 January 2025 at 23:59 CET. Here you will be asked to:

• Summarise your practice (max. 600 characters)

• How does your current practical work or research relate to the residency theme? (max. 1500 characters)

• What particular topics or questions would you like to explore during the residency, and how would you like to address them? (max. 1500 characters)

• How will this experience benefit you and your practice at this stage of your career? Do you have longer-term goals or project concepts that relate to the residency programme? (max. 1500 characters)
• How do you hope to contribute to the residency programme? (max. 1500 characters)
• Adding a CV and/or short bio
• Include contact details for two academic or professional referees. (They will only be contacted if you are invited to interview.)
• Work sample: Portfolio (only one PDF file with all images and texts). Up to 5 images will be accepted. The images should include captions or short descriptions. Alternatively you may include a link (or links) to your website. If submitting a large website - please link to individual projects you’d like us to look at.
• Pay the application fee of 75 NOK (equal to €6.39 as of 14/11/24). The fee covers part of the cost of administering your application. It is paid via the application form.