Open Call for Artists, Curators, Art Practitioners
Reflekt Residency

Goethe-Institut Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines together with SAVVY Contemporary and TanzFaktur are looking for three-month residency applications in visual art and performing art.

As Germany’s international cultural institute, Goethe-Institut promotes cultural collaboration worldwide, encourages intercultural dialogue, and enables cultural involvement. Focusing on shared artistic production, reception and reflection, the Goethe-Institut Southeast Asia initiates and co-organizes this residency platform to connect, to exchange ideas, to collect impulses, to work in a new cultural context, and to draw on a variety of new inspirations.

REFLEKT residency programme encourages the artists/curators/art practitioners in residence to expand their research, develop a concept/prototype, build a project, or create an artwork together with the hosting organizations and local communities. Ideally, after completing the residency, the residents would continue their work and present them in their city of origin with the local Goethe-Institut as a host.

Following a successful inaugural year marked by fruitful networking and dynamic cross-cultural dialogue, REFLEKT returns in 2024, drawing from the inputs and experiences of previous participants as the programme continues to evolve. This year, we offer in total four slots for artists, curators, and art practitioners to work and engage with respective art scene and public in Germany for three months with the following preferred hosts:

SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin) | 2 September–29 November 2024
TanzFaktur (Cologne) | 2 September–29 November 2024

Learn about the hosting organizations’ practices, overview of activities, and requirements below:

The Hosts, Overview Activities, Requirements

Residency period: 2 September–29 November 2024

SAVVY Contemporary is keen to collaborate with an artist, thinker, researcher, and cultural professional who is active in developing artistic organizations, educational projects, neighbourhood initiatives and public research programs. In the midst of transition and growth as an independent institution, we are interested in initiating long-term engagement on topics, such as: Afro-Pacific cultural and art-historical affinities, role of artists in cultural management, innovative and critical approaches in exhibition-making, intersections between social development and artist-run entities, accessibility in precarious conditions and aesthetic strategies in cross-sectoral mobilization.

SAVVY Contemporary welcomes proposals from practitioners who have significant experience in various art ecosystems as well as with practical knowledge on other necessary competencies in the fields of project management, education, community organizing, hospitality, communications, or public engagement.

Due to the volume and diversity of programs and commitments, SAVVY Contemporary will prioritise proposals that are aligned with its core values and current programming. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate individual projects.

The following requirements are a prerequisite to be eligible for residency with SAVVY Contemporary:

Based in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste.
English will be the residency’s communication language. Since the residents are expected to actively engage during the residency, basic understanding, and comfort in spoken English will be required.
Artists, thinkers, researchers, and professionals with relevant experience, having worked in the arts sector for at least ten years or holding a relevant degree/master's degree.
Applicants should have experience participating in an international exhibition, production, commission, festival, residency program, or conducting research.
Practitioners with research-based and public-oriented engagements in their practices are strongly encouraged to apply. Prospective residents are expected to engage with the members and the larger community of the organisation. SAVVY Contemporary does not have studio spaces for production.
Applicants are advised to consider the institutional history of SAVVY Contemporary and its ongoing programs. They need to express the program that they are interested to be involved in. Please visit the following:
Cures: Chronic Promises
Gardens in Transition
Transitions

Residency period: 2 September–29 November 2024

TanzFaktur is a contemporary dance venue founded by Slava Gepner to offer local audiences weekly classes and a yearly dance programme. Founded in 2014, TanzFaktur is an independent arts venue promoting contemporary dance, theatre, and dance films. We work at a local, national and international level bringing the best of these disciplines to local audiences. Since 2019 our work focuses on dance and theatre performances, somatic and physical practices, academic ties, professional development, mixed able bodies, physical theatre, and new circus. TanzFaktur hosts and cooperates with Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, and Deutsche Sporthochschule dance department in the city of Cologne.

The residency aims to collaborate with two choreographers, dance makers, practitioners, or researchers who are interested in socially engaged practices to create an impact, exchange experiences, and strengthen their works with local communities. At the beginning of the residency, participants develop a program to share with the TanzFaktur communities. This could be a workshop, lab, lecture performance, or another format that aligns with their approaches and focus. The residency concludes with a presentation of their work, which might be a performance, open studio session, talk, art installation, exhibition, or in a similar manner.

The following requirements are a prerequisite to be eligible for residency with TanzFaktur:

Based in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste.
English will be the residency’s communication language. Since the residents are expected to actively engage during the residency, basic understanding, and comfort in spoken English will be required.
Beginning or Mid-career choreographers, dance makers, practitioners, researchers with relevant experience, having worked in the dance sector for at least five years or holding a relevant degree/master's degree.
Applicants should have experience participating in an international production, commission, festival, residency program, or conducting research.
Willingness to facilitate, teach, and share.
Regular participation in professional training throughout the entire residency period.
Personal initiative to structure the residency period and motivation to network with the professional local dance scene.

RESIDENCY DETAILS

The Goethe-Institut will cover the costs for airfare to Germany (return, economy class), visa and travel expenses for visa appointment, travel insurance, as well as accommodation during the residency. Artists will receive a lump-sum of fee and daily costs of € 3.000 for the whole residency and a subsidy for production/research € 600.

APPLICATION

If this residency is relevant to your interests and career trajectory, please fill out the application form below.

Students or people currently in study are not eligible to apply.

The application deadline is 16 June 2024. The applications will be evaluated by the respective hosts, independent juries, and the Goethe-Institut staff in respective countries. Short-listed candidates will be invited for an online interview in June/July 2024.

Application form

Contact

Maya
Programme Coordinator
maya.maya@goethe.de

Open Call for Artists, Curators, Art Practitioners Reflekt Residency

The Hosts, Overview Activities, Requirements

SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin)

TanzFaktur (Cologne)

RESIDENCY DETAILS

APPLICATION

Contact

Open Call for Artists, Curators, Art Practitioners
Reflekt Residency