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Institute for Postnatural Studies: Global African Situated Practices Research Residency for an African
About This Opportunity
The Institute for Postnatural Studies (IPS) announces GASP: Global African Situated Practices, a six-week artistic research residency in Madrid, Spain for one individual based in any of the 54 African states. Running from 15 October to 30 November, 2025, the residency supports interdisciplinary and socially engaged practices at the intersection of art, ecology, and research. IPS has appointed LuCAC - Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre, Zambia as the guest jury of experts reviewing the applications. GASP functions both as an acronym and a metaphor: a gasp for breath and a gasp of astonishment—responding to the suffocation and shocks brought about by ecological crisis and its transformations. It asks: What lessons about climatic survival may we derive from the territories we participate in? And with that, HOW MAY THE WORLD BREATHE AGAIN? Based in Madrid, this residency will serve as a dynamic hub of exchange connecting the selected resident with artists, researchers, and practitioners in Spain, the broader Mediterranean region, and Latin America.
Restrictions
Individuals whose practice is deeply connected to their local context in the African continent, working in fields including: visual arts, research and education in the arts, culture, or humanities, curation and cultural programming, archiving and library practices, community leadership in socially engaged art
What's Offered
Additional Resources
Studio space, Curatorial mentorship, Public presentation, Access to local networks, Visits to institutions and independent spaces in Madrid, Supporting documents for visa application process, 2000 EUR joint travel and production budget