[artinfo] Call for applications: Sonic Acts home-based residency

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Open call: OVEREXPOSED home-based residency
Sonic Acts,
Amsterdam / The Netherlands

Application deadline: November 1

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Sonic Acts invites you to apply for the OVEREXPOSED residency 
programme. Starting in December 2020, this environmental residency is 
part of a four-year research programme on the materiality of 
pollution and systemic and political issues related to the 
contamination of our environment.


As we are currently unable to host residents physically, this call 
invites three international artists and researchers to take part in a 
home-based residency. The residency is an opportunity for artists and 
researchers to expand their practice and develop new ideas and 
methodologies while being supported financially in their work over a 
period of one month.

About the residency
Residents are expected to develop their artistic practice around the 
core questions underlying the Sonic Acts OVEREXPOSED programme, 
investigating pollution as a global thread that affects everything 
living and non-living on the planet. With this residency programme, 
Sonic Acts wishes to create awareness about pollution in our local 
surroundings and its interconnectedness on a planetary scale; 
stimulate thought and imagination about necessary steps, both locally 
and globally; and of course, mobilise direct action. We consider 
artistic research as an exploration of the connections between 
aesthetics, historical materiality and politics.

Expectations
Residents are expected to present their research in three formats:
(1) As a text that will be published in one or more suitable Sonic 
Acts channels. The length of the text should be between 4000 and 8000 
words;
(2) As a research journal that focuses on visual materials-field 
notes, photos, archival findings, etc.-to be published alongside the 
text;
(3) As a public presentation, such as a lecture, concert or video 
screening, to be organised by Sonic Acts in collaboration with the 
resident.

Duration
The residency lasts for one continuous month. After the selection has 
been published, successful applicants are required to choose a one 
month period between December 2020 and May 2021 for their residency, 
in consultation with the Sonic Acts team. The presentation dates are 
also to be agreed upon with Sonic Acts.

Applications
The OVEREXPOSED residency programme is intended for artists and 
researchers active in the fields of environmental, blue, animal and 
energy humanities, discard studies, disaster studies, waste 
colonialism, health care studies, postcolonial studies, geopolitics, 
media and experimental arts, etc. There is no age limit for 
applicants. Sonic Acts particularly welcomes and encourages 
applications from disabled, queer, non-binary and POC artists and 
researchers. We also encourage applicants younger than 35 years old.

Financial support
Each resident receives a total fee of EUR 2,000 for the residency, 
including production costs during the residency. Cost for 
presentation in the context of a Sonic Acts programme will be borne 
by Sonic Acts.


Sonic Acts
Weteringschans 6 - 8
Amsterdam
The Netherlands