[artinfo] steirischer herbst Research Residency Fellowship 2023

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Open call: Research Residency Fellowship 2023

Application deadline: July 1, 2023

steirischer herbst
Sackstraße 17
8010 Graz
Austria

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steirischer herbst is an annual festival for 
contemporary art, situated in Graz and the 
province of Styria, Austria. Since 1968, the 
festival has been setting standards in 
contemporary art and curating. Following the 
launch of a research residency program in 2021, 
the steirischer herbst Research Residency 
Fellowship 2023 continues to make the festival's 
archival resources accessible as part of its 
mission to place its history in dialogue with 
contemporary artistic and academic practice. The 
fellowship supports and encourages innovative 
scholarly, creative, and interdisciplinary 
inquiries into steirischer herbst's practice and 
history.

Festival archive
The archive includes a press archive, a media 
archive with over 1,300 items, a file archive, 
and a reference library holding over 3,000 
publications from the 1960s to the present. The 
majority of items are not digitized and in German.

Fellowship start and duration
September 2023 for one month

Support
Fellows receive a stipend of 1,500 euros plus an 
accommodation allowance of up to 500 euros. 
Travel to and from Graz for the residency is also 
covered. Fellows able to commute receive a 
commuting compensation instead. The festival 
collaborates with a network of institutions in 
the city that the fellow is introduced to 
throughout their stay.

Thematic angle
Due to the festival's extensive history and 
interdisciplinary character, the archive provides 
insight into a wide range of topics:

-Cultural politics of postwar Austria
-Art and politics in Austria and Central Europe from the 1960s to today
-Art in public space
-Politics of media and technology in art
-History of contemporary curating in the visual arts, performance, and theater

Research proposals should address one of these topics.

A historical overview of the festival is provided 
on its 
<https://email.e-flux-systems.com/campaigns/rn450tjjyja17/track-url/rl482sqxhp5a5/d58941422dc2ed3a23e1e1dc6ae5292f8dd5896a>retrospective 
website.

Application criteria

The fellowship is open to individuals from all 
countries. Applicants are not required to speak 
German, but German-language skills will likely 
prove advantageous when working with the archival 
material.

Applicants must submit a short proposal in 
English or German of up to 500 characters as well 
as a more extensive 750-word project description 
outlining why research in the archive benefits 
their work and how the festival's history relates 
to their scholarly or artistic pursuits. They 
should also include thoughts about how the 
research might manifest in future projects and 
provide a CV with publications and links to 
relevant websites or digital projects.

Application evaluation

Applications are evaluated based on how clearly 
the case for research in the archive is made, 
including how this will enhance the applicant's 
practice. Applicants are encouraged to explore 
lesser-known facets of the festival's history. 
Research that pays attention to contemporary 
art's embeddedness in broad political and social 
contexts is given preference.

Expectations
Fellows are required to produce a work for 
presentation in the festival's spaces and on its 
website. It can take the form of a text, image, 
audio, or video work (or combination thereof) 
that offers insights into their initial findings 
and/or the direction of their research.

Fellows are asked to credit steirischer herbst in 
work resulting from the Research Residency 
Fellowship.

Submission guidelines

Please email all application materials as a 
single PDF to 
<mailto:seyerl at steirischerherbst.at?subject=Research%20Residency%20Fellowship%20>Barbara 
Seyerl with the subject line "Research Residency 
Fellowship" by July 1, 2023. For further 
information or questions, please also contact 
Barbara Seyerl.

We particularly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.