OPEN CALL: via Urbane Künste Ruhr

Via: Urbane Künste Ruhr
Deadline: 31 maart 2025
Meer info: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/

Together with its regional cooperation partners, Urbane Künste Ruhr is awarding six artist residencies in the Ruhr region for the year 2025. During the three-month stay, we invite you to develop a context-specific project that is planned to be presented to the public in a curated exhibition in Dortmund in 2025.

The programme is aimed at artists and collectives interested in working in the Ruhr area as well as in taking a contemporary perspective on the polycentric region and its themes. It is implemented together with the regional cooperation partners the History of the Ruhr Foundation (Stiftung Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets) and Foundation for the Preservation of Industrial Monuments and Historical Culture (Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur) or with a focus on performance. The connection, either to one of the cooperation partners or with a focus on performance, offers research opportunities for different artistic practices and thematic approaches to the Ruhr region.

We invite artists and collectives to develop a draft for an artistic project during a three-month research stay and in close exchange with the curatorial team on site. The project – depending on the suitability – is intended to be part of a joint exhibition in 2026. 

For your application it is necessary to choose one of the three focal points. From all submissions six positions (two per focus) will be selected by an expert jury.