OPEN CALL: Footnote Centre for Image and Text

Open call for artists (2 spaces available)
Residency period (3 weeks minimum): between 25th November 2023 and 25th April 2024

Deadline for applications
for November/December: 20th November
for January/April: 31st December

Artists, theorists, writers, translators, cultural workers, art professionals & enthusiasts are welcome to apply for a residency programme at our Belgrade studio between November and April. 
The residency is self-funded, flexible and self-directed/ you can start a project, continue an existing one, do a custom research or mingle and get to know the art scene of Belgrade. Footnote centre is a community-oriented space with a strong emphasis on books, zines and self-publishing, but all other creative pursuits are welcomed and supported. 

(CONTEXT)

The open call for a residency is aimed at artists at any stage of their careers who want to spend a period of time living and working in Belgrade, Serbia. Our Centre offers a calm place to live and work and a professional support in different areas of visual arts. Footnote Centre is an independent artist-run studio and a community centre situated in Belgrade. It is imagined as a space of encounters of different art practices with focus on visual arts, publishing, photography and text, curating, moving image as well as on different and informal educational formats and collaborations between individual art workers, artist collectives and cultural institutions.

(SPACE) 

Footnote centre is located in the historical part of Belgrade, near Slavija square. It is situated in a large salon apartment of 100 sqm, consisting of 2 private (residential) rooms, common studio with a library, kitchen, two bathrooms and a balcony.  It is covered with a fast Wi-Fi, and has all the essential facilities. 

(COSTS and DATES) 

The residency fee is 130€ per week. The minimum stay is 3 weeks.  
Since at this stage our programme runs without an institutional support and we are unable to provide funding for the residencies we gladly support applications for external funding/ travel grants/ living stipends etc. 

(HOW TO APPLY)

Applications are free of charge and should be made by email.
There is no application form. The email should contain a CV and a portfolio of selected projects (and optionally a research outline of the residency). The preferred dates of stay should be noted in the email. The applications should be sent to info/@/footnotecentre/./org 

(DEADLINE)

for November/December: 20th November
for January/April: 31st December

QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

 info/@/footnotecentre/./org