Call for applications: 2021 artist fellowship in the Netherlands

The fellowship is awarded annually and offers an artist the opportunity to share ideas and create art projects with leading nanoscientists. A public presentation or performance of the final project is expected at the end of the three-month fellowship.

The fellow will receive a sum of €4 000 for each month that is spent at KIND, to compensate for lost earnings for the duration of the fellowship.

"KIND initiated the artist-in-residence fellowship to promote the relationship between the arts and sciences and thus find new ways to interact and communicate concerning discoveries about matter on the nanoscale. The view is that the cross-fertilisation between creative approaches and scientific disciplines will evoke disruptive new insights, strengthen ties and trigger novel approaches," KIND said. 

The fellowship is aimed at artists at the highest international level in the following categories:

• Music 
• Conceptual art
• Visual art
• Photography
• Design
• Dance
• Film
• Theatre
• Poetry

Eligibility

Interested applicants should:

• Have an academic level of thinking and a portfolio that exhibits his/her artistic credentials through, for example, international prizes, art exhibitions, publications, performances, and the like.
• Have an affinity to the sciences (preferably nanoscience, quantum physics, or life sciences), a research-minded attitude and excellent communicative skills.

Requirements 

Applicants should submit the following:

• Cover letter.
• CV and portfolio.
• Contact addresses of three or more references that are willing to provide a letter of recommendation. 
• The project proposal, formatted as indicated below. 
• The estimated budget of the project.

The above documents should be sent in PDF to Amanda van der Vlist at a.vandervlist@tudelft.nl.

The project proposal should include the following:

• Background.
• Aim of the project.
• Approach.
• The anticipated modes of interaction within the institute.

KIND will provide the following:

• An apartment in the historic centre of Delft.
• Office space.
• Any other facilities, such as assistance by a secretary.
• A reimbursement of travel costs for the one-time travel to and from Delft.

The application deadline is 30 September.

View the original call here.