OPEN CALL: LITERATURE RESIDENCY AT BROMOUV MONASTERY

Deadline for applications: 09/10/2024

The Educational and Cultural Centre Broumov in cooperation with Pickle Bar are opening a call for residency applications for artists (visual artists, performers, poets and writers) residing in Germany.

The project is realised in the framework of Ora and lege project and Pickle Bar’s program Sturm and Slang,  dedicated to the transformation, hybridation and disruption of language (slangs, dialects, and queer linguistics) as means of forging new being and identity in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Baltics and Central Asia and their significant diaspora communities. 

Two selected participants will have the possibility to realise an artistic publication with the support of Pickle Bar curatorial team (Patricia Couvet and Anastasia Marukhina).The residency includes:
    ·   Accommodation in the house in the monastery garden for 30 days
    ·   Fixed allowance for expenses in the amount of CZK 25,000 (brutto)
    ·   Travel costs from Germany and back
    ·   Graphic design and printing costs for an artistic publication for a budget of CZK 15,000 (brutto) as an output of the residency stay

Part of the residency is also public event (e.g., readings, presentations, debates, workshops, etc.) organized or facilitated by Educational and Cultural Centre Broumov.

Term of residency:
The residency stay will take place in the Broumov Monastery, Czech Republic for a period of one month from 1 to 30 November 2024.

Applicants must meet the following requirements:
    ·   to reside in Germany
    ·   have completed studies
    ·   demonstrate a professional career of at least 5 years
    ·   have at least a basic knowledge of English
    ·   to be free from their professional obligations for the duration of the residency
    ·   to have an interest in the topic of Sturm and Slang and explore how it connects to their own practice

Applications are sent by filling out this form. The closing date is October 9, 2024. The results will be published no later than October 11, 2024 on the website https://picklebar.berlin/.

The Ora et lege (Pray and Read) project was founded in 2020 in collaboration with curator Monika Čejková as a dialogue between contemporary art and the essence of the teachings of the Benedictines and the Catholic Church in general. It is a project thematically focused on the work of contemporary visual artists with text. From the very beginning, it has been conceived as a small biennial, with the main exhibition at the Broumov Monastery in Eastern Bohemia, with alternate years dedicated to lectures, workshops, residencies, and exhibitions both locally and internationally.

The Broumov Educational and Cultural Center with its cultural, educational and community activities aims to revive the national cultural monument – ​​the Broumov Monastery, in which it is based. It creates interdisciplinary environmental and artistic educational programs for children and adults, inspiring further learning. It organizes professional and interest-based cultural events at the national and international level and encourages dialogue regarding our culture and tradition, history, coexistence in the European space.

For inquiries regarding residencies, please contact vkcb/@/klasterbroumov/./cz.