[artinfo] Call for Applications for the 2008 Residency

[Bernd Milla]

Please find attached a call for applications for 
the 2008 Residency for Fine Arts and Sound Art 
(new) at the Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede.
The deadline is *29.09.2007*.
For questions please turn to ausschreibung2008 at artistresidency.net

We would be very grateful for any forwarding or 
publication of this announcement.

Yours faithfully,

Bernd Milla
Artistic Director


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Call for Applications for the 2008 Residency

The Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede are one of the 
largest residencies in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Among former grant holders are many well-known 
international artists such as Emmett Williams, Koeken Ergun, Yuri Leiderman,
Dan Perjovschi, Katharina Sieverding or Egill Saebjoernsson.

The Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede are supported by 
the Barkenhoff Stiftung, Worpswede, and the 
private initiative Atelierhaus e. V., which 
collectively make the studios available. Besides 
the regular presentation of works produced in the 
studios both within and outside Worpswede, there 
are also, on a discursive level, artists’ 
discussions, workshops and symposia on artists’ 
support, which take place at the Barkenhoff.
The grant body is also supported by the state of 
Lower Saxony through the award of a monthly grant of *€ 1.400* Euros.
Selection is made by a specialised jury in the 
fine arts and sound art respectively.
A restriction concerning age or nationality does not exist.


Applications for the 2008 residencies in the 
fields of fine arts and sound art for a duration 
of up to 6 months are requested as of now.
The deadline is *29.09.2007* (date of receipt).

Further information can be found under: ausschreibung2008 at artistresidency.net




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Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede
attn. Mr. Bernd Milla
Bergstrasse 1
D - 27726 Worpswede
Germany



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Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede

The Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede are one of the 
largest residencies in the Federal Republic of 
Germany. Since 1971, over 400 artists from more 
than 30 countries have been invited as guests. 
Among former grant holders are many noted artists 
such as Emmett Williams, Koeken Ergun, Yuri 
Leiderman, Dan Perjovschi, Katharina Sieverding or Egill Saebjoernsson.

The Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede are supported by 
the Barkenhoff Stiftung, Worpswede, and the 
private initiative Atelierhaus e. V., which 
collectively make the studios available. The 
grant body is also supported by the state of 
Lower Saxony through the award of a monthly grant of €1,400.

Grant holders in the fields of the fine arts and 
sound art work in a total of 10 studios between 
40 and 115 m2 for a period of 3 ­ 6 months. In 
the year 2007, a grant has been awarded to: 
Nandor Angstenberger, Diego Castro, Dani Gal, 
Stella Geppert, Matthias Meyer, Skafte Kuhn, 
Rindfleisch/Rapedius, Antje Schiffers, Ernst 
Stark, and Herma Auguste Wittstock (fine arts); 
Boris Baltschun, Jakub Sarwas, and Florian Wittenburg (sound).


Since October 2006, the Kuenstlerhaeuser have 
been undergoing a process of repositioning, 
focussing on lasting artists’ support as well as 
artistic and cultural exchange. Besides the 
regular presentation of works produced in the 
studios both within and outside Worpswede, there 
are also, on a discursive level, artists’ 
discussions, workshops and symposia on artists’ 
support, which take place at the Barkenhoff.

Collaboration with universities and art schools 
has become increasingly important. A series of 
editions have been developed with the grant 
holders of the Kuenstlerhaeuser in cooperation 
with the School of Art and Design, Zurich, and 
shown in a mobile exhibition space with stations 
in Worpswede, Bremen, Kassel and Zurich.
Temporary guest-residencies should build up a 
network of curators, galerists and art critics. 
This year’s winner of the German AdKV Art Critics 
Award, Ludwig Seyfahrt, for example, spent an 
intensive two weeks on site engaging with the work of the grant holders.

The Kuenstlerhaeuser also maintain contact with 
former grant holders. A typical example is this 
year’s exhibition “worpswunder” in the Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen.


A broad spectrum of events make the 
Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede into a dynamic site of 
cultural production, presentation, and active encounters with contemporary art.