Alserkal Residency Open Call: Summer Cycle 2019

Alserkal Residency was created as a platform for artistic and discursive exchange, seeking to support cultural practitioners as they realise projects pertinent to their respective practices. The programme is designed to be immersive and engage the local interdisciplinary community through a series of public events and conversations. Founded by Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal and the Alserkal family, the Residency focuses on research-based and socially-engaged practices.

The programme will run from 1 May 2019 - 30 June 2019. Proposals are reviewed competitively by our Selection Committee.

The Alserkal Residency Summer Cycle is open only to artists, writers, architects, curators and researchers who are currently citizens and/or permanent residents of the GCC and South Asia.

*South Asia candidates must be citizens AND permanent residents of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and/or Sri Lanka (living and working in one of these countries)
*GCC candidates must be citizens AND/ OR permanent residents of member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Residency resources include: 

  • Return flights from the resident’s home city to Dubai
  • Monthly living stipend
  • Research stipend
  • Programming stipend
  • 24-hour access to an individual studio at Alserkal Residency
  • Support from Alserkal Residency team
  • Introductions and critiques with international and local art professionals, who are part of Alserkal Avenue’s network of peers

The open call will close at 6pm Dubai time on 1 January 2019. 

  • APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

     

    All applicants are required to present the following materials as part of their application in a single PDF. Please make sure to upload a PDF file - no larger than 2 MB - containing the following information in the order outlined below. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

    • Full CV with complete contact information (full name, phone contact, email address, Skype ID and personal website URL if applicable).
    • Professional statement of no more that 250 words.
    • A statement of intent: approximately 500 words, that includes a description of what the artist / cultural practitioner would like to present for their public programme. The statement should also mention if there are any specific media or studio requirements. 
    • Portfolio (the portfolio will not take the place of the statement of intent).

    Documentation should be of recent work (dating back no longer than 5 years) and should contain up to 15 images. An image list should be included containing the title, date, size and materials. If your portfolio is larger than 2 MB, please include a link to dropbox.com where we can view the files.

    If images are not possible due to the nature of the applicant’s work, we also accept up to 4 video/audio URL links that support the application (no longer than 5 minutes each). Please be sure to insert the links to the server/website where the file can be viewed within the portfolio.

    Curators / Writers / Researchers should include a minimum of two writing samples of 500 words each.

     

  • File must be less than 2MB
  • Please specify your PDF URL if the file size is more than 2MB.