RESIDENCY 2023

First phase

Yerevan (Armenien) und Tbilisi (Georgien)

Mai/Juni/Juli 2023

Die erste Phase der Residenz 2023 legt den Fokus auf Tbilisi, Georgien und Yerevan, Armenien. 

Participants residing in NRW will have the opportunity to reflect on their artistic processes and discuss their own and other working strategies in exchange with cooperation partners in Tbilisi and Yerevan. Through networking in digital spaces and on site, the resident artists will provide their professional colleagues as well as the general public with insights into their work. One focus is on the interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge, strategies and theoretical and practical approaches between the arts.

Bewerbungsschluss für Phase 1 war Montag, 13. Februar 2023.

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RESIDENCY 2022

First phase

Düsseldorf and Goch

May/June/July 2022

During a residency of several weeks (May/June 2022), artists from Armenia and Georgia will live and work in the Weltkunstzimmer, use the exhibition halls, the dance studio, the living and working studios and be able to follow the open invitation to the co-working spaces and the programme (lectures, yoga, workshops) of the nearby 'Freiraum' for artists, scientists and advanced students. The residency programme is interdisciplinary in the areas of visual arts/video, dance/performance and music/sound. The application deadline for the first phase was 31 March 2022.

Together with the "banloREsidency-Expanded" programme of the Goethe Institute Bangalore, led by Maureen Gonsalves, and in collaboration with the Ben J. Riepe Company and Der FREIRAUM, an artist from Bangalore has been invited to Düsseldorf for the period from 9 May to 21 June 2022. Deepanwita Roy's six-week stay is part of the WELTKUNSTZIMMER Residency, which also includes other exchange collaborations in Tbilisi (Georgia)/Yerevan (Armenia) and Osaka (Japan).

For the first time, the exchange within the Weltkunstzimmer Residency can also take place with Osaka, Japan. The Japanese photographer and author Henguchi Yoshinori, who was invited together with his daughter Ichie, will live and work in the guest studios of the former Backfabrik in May and June 2022. The partnership with Osaka came about through the long-standing connection between the Düsseldorf photo artists Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber to The Blend Exchange Programme in Konohana, Osaka.

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Second phase

Tbilisi and Yerevan

Autumn 2022

The second phase of the residency focuses on Tbilisi, Georgia, and Yerevan, Armenia. 

Participants residing in NRW will have the opportunity to reflect on their artistic processes and discuss their own and other working strategies in exchange with cooperation partners in Tbilisi and Yerevan. Through networking in digital spaces and on site, the resident artists will provide their professional colleagues as well as the general public with insights into their work. One focus is on the interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge, strategies and theoretical and practical approaches between the arts.

Bewerbungsschluss für Phase 2 war Montag, 20. Juni 2022.

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RESIDENCY 2021

First phase

Tbilisi and Yerevan

May/June/July 2021

The first phase of the residency focuses on Tbilisi, Georgia, and Yerevan, Armenia. The application deadline for phase 1 was Wednesday 27 January 2021.

Participants residing in NRW will have the opportunity to reflect on their artistic processes and discuss their own and other working strategies in exchange with cooperation partners in Tbilisi and Yerevan. Through networking in digital spaces and on site, the resident artists will provide their professional colleagues as well as the general public with insights into their work. One focus is on the interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge, strategies and theoretical and practical approaches between the arts.

Travel grants

Research project

Radio Auricle

Anja Lautermann and Frauke Berg

(Photo: Christian Ahlborn)

Second phase

Düsseldorf and Goch

August/September 2021

During a residency of several weeks (August/September 2021), artists from Yerevan and Tbilisi will be able to live and work in the Weltkunstzimmer, use the exhibition halls, the dance studio, the living and working studios and accept the open invitation to the co-working spaces and the programme (lectures, yoga, workshops) of the nearby 'Freiraum' for artists, academics and advanced students. The residency programme is interdisciplinary in the areas of visual arts/video, dance/performance and music/sound.

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Third phase

Düsseldorf

November/December 2021

WELTKUNSTZIMMER Residency and Goethe Institute Bangalore meets FREIRAUM/Ben J. Riepe Company

Together with the "banloREsidency-Expanded" programme of the Goethe Institute Bangalore, led by Maureen Gonsalves, and in collaboration with the Ben J. Riepe Company and Der FREIRAUM, two artists from Bangalore have been invited to Düsseldorf for the period from 2 November to 18 December 2021. The six-week residency of Sonia Soney and Ainesh Madan is part of the WELTKUNSTZIMMER Residency, which includes further exchange collaborations in Tbilisi (Georgia)/Yerevan (Armenia) and Osaka (Japan).

Sonia Soney is a dancer and choreographer who graduated from Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore. She is trained in Bharatanatyam, Kalaripayattu,Yoga and contemporary dance. Her work often focuses on social impact, therapeutic movement, gender studies and the role of women.

Ainesh Madan is a dancer and choreographer who studied dance and business at Bard College (USA). He is a founding member of 206 Dance Collective and is interested in helping people connect holistically through dance. Ainesh is an experienced dance facilitator/teacher and is currently working towards a Trainer Certificate in the Alexander Technique.

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Structure

Note: The health and safety of the participants is paramount; the local conditions are therefore continuously analysed and evaluated with all cooperation partners. Due to the Corona pandemic, new criteria have to be defined in order to be able to adapt the process and the timetable with the participating countries and partners to the prevailing situation in each country at short notice and on an ongoing basis. The schedule and more detailed content will be announced as soon as possible and coordinated in consultation with the participants, partners and advisory institutions.

History

Since 2015, the Women's Cultural Office NRW e.V. has been establishing networks of cultural exchange between Georgia, Armenia and North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2015, the Women's Cultural Office NRW e.V. has been establishing networks of cultural exchange between Georgia, Armenia and NRW as an artist exchange programme, under the decisive direction of Maria Wildeis and already then in cooperation with the Museum Goch and the WELTKUNSTZIMMER. The current residency draws on this long-standing partnership and continues to offer it a platform. The programme is expanded to include an all-gender perspective and artistic positions from Osaka (tbc.) and Bangalore (tbc.). 

The exchange with Bangalore is a joint development with the Goethe Institut Bangalore, the Ben J. Riepe Company and FREIRAUM.

The partnership with Osaka came about through the long-standing connection between the photo artists Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber to The Blend Exchange Program in Konohana, Osaka.

Further information on the partners:

bangaloREsidency-Expanded Goethe Institut Bangalore

The Blend

Ben J. Riepe / FREIRAUM

Katja Stuke / Oliver Sieber

Museum Goch

Women's Cultural Office NRW

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and by the Cultural Office of the City of Düsseldorf.

In cooperation with bangaloREsidency-Expanded of the Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan.