AIR Open Call: Artists, Writers, Researchers & Group Residencies at Mustarinda

Mustarinda is a community in the making since 2009. At its centre lies contemporary art, boundary-crossing research, practical experimentation, communication, education and events, all reaching towards a post-fossil culture by combining scientific knowledge and experiential artistic activity. Since its foundation, Mustarinda Association has been committed to strengthening the cultural and practical prerequisites for the ecological transition. In the coming years, the Mustarinda Association seeks to actively challenge conventions of research, production, and dissemination, focusing on the social conditions of post-fossil life and the long term possible futures in ecological reconstruction.

Tangled through the house, the sauna, the garden, the yard, the forest, its mires and wetlands, the more-than-human and the human bodies work towards the ecological rebuilding of society, the diversity of cultures and natures, and the connection between art and science.

Mustarinda welcomes you to think along with them during your residency and beyond. However, this is not a brief for a thematic residency and your individual or collective practice is valued in its own right. The open call is for wherever your research, process, focus, or need for time and space takes you.

The residency is for a diverse field of practices from artist to educator, researcher, activist or other practitioners.

Working periods:

Spring:
2 weeks from January 16.1. - 30.1.2023
1 month period in February - May

Autumn:
1 month period in September - November.
2 weeks from December 01.12. - 15.12.2023

Studios & Rooms provided:

• Studio 2: 44 m2 workspace + bedroom 410 € / month (225 € / two weeks)
• Studio 3: 14 m2 workspace + bedroom 350 € / month (195 € / two weeks)
• Studio 4: 10 m2 workspace + bedroom 330 € / month (180 € / two weeks)
• Studio 5: 70 m2 workspace + bedroom 450 € / month (247 € / two weeks)
• Writers room: 12–16 m2 bedroom 280 € / month (150 € / two weeks and can also be used for artists who do not need a separate studio)
• Extra person/working pair in same bedroom +150e/month.

The selection process:

Residency selections are made by a group of Mustarinda Association members that changes yearly. They are mainly operating on a voluntary basis and are therefore currently unable to give individual feedback on applications.

They aim to select applicants from all stages of their practice who they believe would benefit from the Mustarinda house, its environment, and their fellow residents. They intend to bring together practices that can support each other, but that also allow discussions and interactions between different cultural, educational, and economic backgrounds, identities, and ways of thinking.

The selection process is guided by:

• Contents of the application
• How the application communicates with other applications
• Availability: applicants' wish on working period
• The composition of each residency month’s selected group

For applications fill in the online application form.

Please send your supporting material (portfolio / C.V., as they apply to your practice) as a pdf to: [email protected]

Use the following format to label your files: "2023_LASTNAME_PORTFOLIO.pdf / _CV.pdf" (Max.15mb). Only attachments that are named correctly will be considered in the application process.

Application deadline: 23 October 2022
They will inform all applicants about the selections by 18.11.2022.