Residency Call by EPFL CDH in 2022

The EPFL-CDH AiR Program is open to emerging and established Swiss and international artists interested in the area where arts, science, media, and technology intersect. The program allows invited artists to develop interdisciplinary projects and carry out their research in conjunction with scientists and the PhD and masters students at EPFL. Four artists will be hosted for three- to four-month residencies at the EPFL.

It offers an opportunity to access the cutting-edge engineering, infrastructure, materials, and science developed or made available at EPFL, thus fostering intense experimentation in new forms of expression.

At the end of each residency, the resulting project will be presented in a public exhibition or event held at EPFL Pavilions, Amplifiers for Art Science and Society.

Proposals (in English) should be submitted by 29 November 2021 (midnight CET) using the email address: [email protected], preferably as one single PDF of maximum 25 MB (Applicants are welcome to use links for file sharing).

In compiling the document, please consider the following elements: the residency should extend over a maximum duration of four months and the project should be realized within a maximum budget of CHF 15,000.

The PDF file should include:

• Contact information: name, surname, address, email, phone, and (if applicable) website.
• A short biography.
• Indication of the path the applicant is interested in:
  – Open Transdisciplinary
  – Wearable Technologies
  – Interface Design (VR) and Digital Animation
  – Scientific Imaging
• A short pitch of the project (maximum 500 words).
• A motivation letter including a statement on how the project investigates the intersection of arts, humanities, science, and technology and the relevance of conducting the project at the EPFL in this specific phase of the artist’s career (maximum 700 words).
• A detailed description of the project, including the stages of its development and the final production imagined as the outcome of the residency including:
  – The envisioned benefit of the exchange for the EPFL labs and the other EPFL entities involved.
  – Draft of production budget of maximum CHF 15000.
  – The preferable timing of the artist’s stay among the following options (three to four months): February – April 2022 / May – August 2022 / September – December 2022
  NB: Despite these preferential time slots, and a preference for a continuous stay in Lausanne, the program will try to offer flexibility according to the artists’ agendas.
• CV
• Portfolio

For more information, please visit their website or send an e-mail to [email protected] , addressing Dr. Giulia Bini – Program Manager and Curator, EPFL-CDH AiR.