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WPZIMMEEEEEEEEER OPEN CALL -> https://wpzimmer.be/en/open-call/open-call-2027-2/
Dead line september the 20th
0) INFOS ℹ️
- 15 MARCH – 18 APRIL 2027 (Max ok until 1 of april, ... )
- 17 MAY – 20 JUNE 2027 (Max ok, ...)
- 10 OCT – 12 NOV 2027 (Max ok, ...)
- 22 NOV – 24 DEC 2027 (Max ok, ... )
- 2 workspaces
- A technically-equipped studio space of approx. 18m x 17m
- A medium sized atelier space with limited technical equipment, also adapted to physical practices of approx. 4m x 13m
- Shared accommodation for max. 6 people per residency slot.
- A financial contribution of €5.000 excl. VAT per collective; we expect the budget to be managed by the collective.
- Beyond the workspace, accommodation and financial contribution, wpZimmer opens up its community as well as its knowledge. We value a reciprocal way of working between the artists and our team.
1) QUESTIONS ❓
- What does a ‘process-oriented approach’ mean?
- It is rooted in a practice that extends beyond the physical activities of making artistic products and that can include influences, ideas, materials as well as tools and skills.
- What if I don’t have a collective yet, but want to build one during the residency?
- That is definitely possible, you can dedicate your residency to building a collective. ‘Building a collective’ can for example be the focus of your artistic practice.
- Do we need to be present every day of the 5 weeks at wpZimmer?
- No, you decide when you’ll want to work at wpZimmer and how you’ll fill in your days. On Tuesdays we have a communal lunch where we have an informal conversation between the team and the collective, but if for example you have a job on Tuesdays there’s no pressure to adjust your schedule.
2) CONDITIONS 📜
You are an already existing, new or temporary collective of artists/artworkers based in Belgium with the desire to further develop your collective practice. : ✔ need a brief history here
Your collective consists of min. 3 artists or art workers. : ✔ Imane, Claire, Max, Martino - who else ?
You are looking for a space to experiment with collectivity and collective practices; ✔
You have a process-oriented approach; in other words, you are not focused on a single project, but rather an emerging practice and/or methodology; ✔ ~~~~
---> we should develop this
---> ideas :
One idea why applying is to use this residency programm to work on the current cyberwitch project (ideas + methodology + research + prototypes) + developping futurs ones.
Other idea (should we share it in the application or not) is to ask and/or use the collectif gathering as help for our current and personal project (advices, help, readers, external eyes, dramaturges etc).
Your practice does not rely on one discipline or medium; it moves freely between contexts/themes; ✔
(link with the previous point) : history of the workshop + our personnal practice that cross differents mediums - and it's the multiplicity of differents approach that make this group super interresting.
Your practice aims to bring people together in non-traditional or innovative ways; it is not based on the classic black box setting or white cube approach. ✔ : no - we can work in black box, but also in a garden, museums, organize walks, radio show etc
You are interested in nurturing a reciprocal relationship with wpZimmer : ✔ yes !
3)WE'LL BE ASKED ✏ ✏ ✏
(We advise you to prepare your application in advance, as the content of the form cannot be saved before submission. Please note that all applications who do not comply with the basic criteria (number of artists in your collective and one of you is living or working in Belgium) will not be considered by the jury).
Name of your collective;
(cyberwitchinggroup or a new one ?)
Names (and pronouns if possible) of everyone in the collective;
max (they/them)
Email address contact person;
Is at least one person from your collective living or working in Belgium? Explain what their link is in max. 50 words;
A text (max. 600 words) that describes your practice through the criteria listed above. The jury will assess the applications based on these criteria. For the sake of accessibility, below you find a set of guiding questions that might help you to reflect on these criteria. You are not obliged to address all the guiding questions, they are only there to provide another way of understanding the criteria above.
----> SO : what we wrote upon here (history - multidisciplinary - multiproject/works/approach/desires, should fit in these 600 words + a clear project on what do we wanna work)
somes notions shared the group work around (?) :
casting spells / minerals / offgrid communication / data center / e-waste / frontex / collectivization tools / futur / permacomputing / games / internet hack / collective learning and shared knowledge / printing / games / multispecies lovers
somes perspectives : afters years of differents workshops, the idea is to finally find a place and time to gather together for fews weeks and go deeper into ideas - desirs from what we approach thoses years. It is a way also to question the collective futurs projects, but also tests some prototype or ideas for futurs workshops, with public sharing at the end of the residency (?) --> sharing tools is the best thing to dooooo WITCHES SHARING GROUP <3 <3 <3
4) Guiding questions ➡️
Tell us about your collective and the people involved.
At this stage of your collective’s development, what are you hoping to explore, strengthen or learn through collective practice? / What kind of collective experiments or inquiries would you like to pursue during your time at wpZimmer?
In what methodologies, tools, disciplines and/or media do you wan to engage?
How does your practice bring people together, what kinds of encounters are you interested in creating?
How do you imagine engaging with wpZimmer, and what forms of exchange are meaningful to you?
🎯 🎯 🎯 THE END IS TO FILL THIS
https://form.jotform.com/261593458605364