Issues and Objectives
The residency programme run jointly by the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich, the “apartment of art“ (Munich), the Goethe-Institut in Taipei and the Taipei Culture Foundation has existed since 2017. Artist Sophie Schmidt visited Taipei with the programme in 2021. | © Taipei Artist Village/Chong Kok Yew
Tarabya Cultural Academy has been part of Kunsthaus Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin for 10 years. | © Stephanie Steinkopf/OSTKREUZ
The artist residency “Stellare in the Sea” as part of Zones Portuaires 2021 – Atlas of Mediterranean Liquidity. In Genua’s aquarium, sound artists collect audio material from the water and dolphins to create new compositions. | © Silvia Badalotti
Theatre workshop for people with and without disabilities in Peking as part of the “Teehaus 798” project. | © Huo Donghao
Kenian artist KABEAUSHÉ was a guest artist at the Co-Creation Residency of Musicboard Berlin. The residency took place in Kampala, Uganda and Berlin in 2022. | © Dominique Brewing
Artist Theresa Stroetges, aka Golden Diskó Ship, during her Musicboard Berlin residency in India. | © Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
Summer festival at Schloss Wiepersdorf in 2022. Visitors admire a work of art by Annedore Dietze. | © Dirk Bleicker/KSW 2022
Workshop with Sam Vernon, 2023 fellow of the Artists-in-Berlin-Program, in the daadgalerie. | © Eunice Maurice/Berliner Künstlerprogramm
The “Gepacktpavillon” at ZK/U Berlin | © TANZA LAB
Summer festival at the Akademie Schloss Solitude | © Frank Kleinbach
An event commemorating the 90th anniversary of the book burnings in Berlin with Villa Aurora scholars and fellows of the Thomas Mann House | © Phil Dera
Tour of the ”Räume mit Aussicht” exhibition by the Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House in Berlin. | © Stefanie Loos
Artist’s studio, Lucila Mayol Pohl, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, 2022 | © Camilo Pachón
“Towards Perma-Cultural Institutions. Exercises in Collective Thinking”, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, 2022 | © Camilo Pachón
New scholarship holders are welcomed to the Villa Concordia, Bamberg | © Jürgen Schabel
Talks with two fellows, PACT Zollverein, 2022 | © Dirk Rose
Development of residency programmes
Residency programmes are invaluable instruments of cultural exchange all over the world. Given the increase in global interdependencies, residency programmes have become an important resource for knowledge transfer, networking activities and international collaboration. But they constantly face new challenges, such as growing demands for ecological sustainability and long-term effectivity. The Working Group invites participants to engage in dialogue and hopes to stimulate new ideas.Care and accessibility
The aim of residency programmes is to bring together people from different cultural and social backgrounds and involve them in a constructive dialogue. Today, this poses new tasks and challenges, for example including residents from conflict regions who are seeking freedom and protection from persecution. Many programmes also want to be more open to people with disabilities or offer residency opportunities to artists with families. The Working Group provides information and a platform for discussions about greater openness and diversity.Cultural policy framework
The number of international residency programmes is growing, and as a result political frameworks are changing. This affects collaboration with artists who are protected by international programmes, for example, and pressing issues relating to visas and asylum law. Rents, redevelopment, protection of historical monuments and public austerity measures are also urgent challenges. The Working Group aims to coordinate and raise awareness of political concerns.Joint tasks of the Working Group
- Regular exchanges and networking activities with twice-yearly meetings at alternating locations and virtual working groups
- Guidelines and ideas on important topics such as the development of residency work, sustainability, families and partners, accessibility or protection programmes
- Joint cultural-political liaison work of the Working Group to highlight the opportunities and urgent political matters in residency work
- Visibility through press and public relations work as well as regular joint events
- Regular updates on scientific research and evaluations of artists’ residency programmes
