The Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, are organizing a joint residency program for artistic research at the Paul Robeson Archives in Berlin and the UWC Research Collections, including the UWC Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archive in Cape Town. The program supports four artists in a one-month residence in April / May 2025 in either Berlin or Cape Town for their archival research and the production of new artistic works, which will be shown in the exhibition “Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson” at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin from November 2025 until January 2026. 

This Call for Proposals is aimed at artists and artistic researchers who work in the field of sound/sonic art or visual art and whose practice has a connection to the subjects of the respective archive. 

The stipend covers a return travel to Cape Town / Berlin, residency stipend 2700 € (incl. accommodation, ground transport, insurance, daily allowance), a studio space. An artistic work is to be realized for presentation at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, with an artist fee of 1500 € and a production budget of 2000 €. 

Weitere Informationen gibt es unter: adk.de

KONTAKT:

Akademie der Künste
Pariser Platz 4
10117 Berlin
Mail: opencall@adk.de

Deadline: 14. Januar 2025