Rijksakademie Residency
9 Jan 2009
The Rijksakademie, Amsterdam are seeking application for their annual residency programme.
Deadline: 1st February 2009.
The Rijksakademie is an international meeting place, production and research platform for young emerging artists from all over the world. They can work for one or two years on research, projects and production. Every year approximately 25 new artists are invited for a residency. The work period runs from January through December. Residents have their own studio and a modes work budget. There are several large project spaces available for try-outs, collaborations and presentations.
Residents pursue all major contemporary art disciplines and techniques: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video, film, sound and computer art. The relation of contemporary art with other disciplines such as architecture and public space, theatre, new media, music, dance, literature and film is also highlighted.
Residents are supported on an artistic, technical and theoretical level and make appointments for studio visits with visiting artists and other advisors. Technical specialists advice on research, experiments and productions.
The Rijksakademie has some fifty studios. Annually, approximately half are vacated. Each year approximately twenty-five artists are selected for a residency from around 1300 applications from some eighty countries. Resident artists have usually successfully completed their studies and have worked independently as artists for a number of years prior to their application. Experience has shown that a residency at the Rijksakademie at this stage of their careers (3 to 5 years after completing their studies) has the greatest impact.
Admission is initially for a work period of one year (January to December). Whether a second year is considered worthwhile, will be decided by mutual agreement.
The selection procedure comprises a number of rounds. Demonstrable artistic quality and development potential are the deciding factors. Following the first selection rounds in April and May, a selected number of candidates are invited for an interview in June at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. The successful candidates are announced at the end of June.
Application for the 2010 residency Application for the 2010 residency
The deadline for application is 1 February 2009.
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