Call for applications: Namibia residency for artists living in Germany

The call is especially designed for black people of African descent living in Germany who have the opportunity to apply for a fellowship in Namibia. The programme seeks to establish a long-term artistic and cultural exchange between Namibia and Germany.

The residency is organised within the framework of the Colonial Heritage – Shared Futures project, which aims for collective engagement with the histories of colonial relations between Namibia and Germany, and for the development of new forms of artistic narratives around this topic.

The project will be curated by Namibian historian and activist Memory Biwa.

The call is intended for artists across the fields of:

• Visual arts (also encompassing performance, sound and socially engaged art).
• Literature or journalism (encompassing prose, poetry, as well as digital journalism).
• Digital practitioners (encompassing digital art, computing, hacking, gaming) can apply for a four-month residency.

The fellowship will provide an opportunity to engage artistically with the project’s topics, including restitution/reparation, cultures of remembrance, and digital colonialism.

Applicants have until 27 June to submit their applications.

The fellowship includes the following benefits:

• Accommodation.
• A monthly fellowship grant of €1 200.
• Travel expenses for arrival and departure (on a one-time basis).
• Project funding and one-off materials subsidy.
• Health insurance.

The fellowship will be awarded for the period of 1 November 2020 to 28 February 2021. The choice of artists will be made by two independent jury members.

How to apply

All application material can be submitted online and should include:

• A project outline that deals with the topics of restitution/reparation, cultures of remembrance, or digital colonialism in an artistic way (maximum one A4 page),
• A short biography and informative portfolio or documentation of previous artistic work.
• All documents should be sent in PDF format via email to s.thieroff@akademie-solitude.de.

The residency is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg in Germany as part of the Namibia initiative of the state of Baden-Württemberg.

For further inquiries, contact Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff at s.thieroff@akademie-solitude.de.

View the original call here.