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Lo schermo dell’arte: Artists’ Moving Image Research, Residency and Production Programme 2025 (Italy)
About This Opportunity
Lo Schermo dell’Arte announces the open call for the 14th edition of VISIO—European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images, a research, residency, and production programme dedicated to young artists who use moving images in their artistic practice. The project, curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, will be held in Florence in conjunction with the 18th edition of Lo Schermo dell’Arte—Cinema and Contemporary Art Festival, from November 12–16, 2025. Eight selected artists will be invited to Florence to develop their own original projects during an intensive programme of mentoring sessions, round tables and individual meetings, in dialogue with international curators and artists. VISIO confirms its commitment in supporting younger generations of artists with the new edition of the VISIO Production Fund, a 35,000 EUR fund conceived in partnership with Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato), Fondazione In Between Art Film (Rome), FRAC Bretagne (Rennes), and with the contribution of Human Company, a historic enterprise and reference point in Italy for openair hospitality, which also provides a reimbursement of participating artists’ travel expenses. The selected participants will develop their projects with mentors Huwai Chu, Head of Exhibitions at MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, and Valentine Umansky, Curator at Tate Modern (London). Other guests of the programme include Daniel Blanga Gubbay, Artistic Director of Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), and representatives of the project partner institutions: Etienne Bernard, director FRAC Bretagne; Stefano Collicelli Cagol, director Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci; Alessandro Rabottini, artistic director Fondazione In Between Art Film. The funds will eventually be awarded to three winning artists who will work with Leonardo Bigazzi and Lo Schermo dell’Arte team to produce and premiere the films at the Festival in 2026. An artist’s edition of each work will become part of the permanent collection of the project’s partner institutions, which are committed to promote and exhibit them in the following years. The deadline to apply is Friday May 23, 2025. All information on the application process and conditions can be found at the following link.
Restrictions
Artists (citizens or residents of one of the 46 member countries of the European Council or Kosovo who are under 35 years old)
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The curator and the team of Lo schermo dell’arte will work closely with the winning artists, offering them all the necessary production support until the work is completed and delivered with English subtitles by 1 October 2026.