Call for applications: Goethe-Institut ShUM residency in Germany

The residency will last between four and six weeks. Three applicants will be selected to realise an artistic project that addresses the history of the ShUM communities and their religious, cultural and architectural legacy. They will work and live in one of the three ShUM cities (Worms, Speyer or Mainz). 

The ShUM cities combine Jewish with European and global history and are significant for Jews and non-Jews globally. The monuments are outstanding and serve as a space of remembrance and one's own self-location in the present.

Residents will be expected to give interested visitors insight into their work and concepts in a suitable format like workshop discussions. Young people and schools will also be invited, and an exchange of ideas with local artists and cultural institutions is also desirable.

Residents will be required to share their completed projects in the form of an exhibition, concert, reading and performance, among other formats. These will be organised in collaboration with the curator and artistic director of the residency programme. The mode of communication shall be in English or German.

Who can apply?

The call for applications is open to professional artists from around the world working in the following areas: 

• Music
• Literature
• Visual and media art
• Architecture and design

Requirements

• A short description of the intended artistic project (2 000 characters max).
• A detailed explanation of the project (15 000 characters max).
• Information about whether or not a local cooperation partner is required and, if so, the information about necessary production costs.
• An artistic-oriented CV.
• Information about previously completed projects.
• Information about institutions with which a collaboration exists/existed.
• Catalogues and other publications, CDs, press clippings and/or websites.

The above should be emailed to the cultural coordinator of the city of Worms, David Maier at david.maier@worms.de by 1 July.

Applicants will be contacted by 1 August.

Remuneration

The Goethe-Institute will offer residents the following:

• A rent-free furnished apartment.
• A studio/workroom.
• Travel expenses of up to €1 000 ($1 200).
• An allowance of €250 per residency week and a contribution to other expenses (materials or services) of up to €1 000. 
• Further costs (usage rights, purchases of artworks etc.) must be arranged separately.

View the original call here.