OPEN CALL: SBYD-RESIDENCY | Folkwang Industrial Design

The SBYD-RESIDENCY is a three-month residency program for Indian artists and designers. The program is part of the Sustainability by Design project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Joint Science Conference in the Innovative University. The residency revolves around the themes of craft, longevity, and textiles. We are seeking applications from artists, craftspeople, or designers who cross the boundaries of tradition, craftsmanship, industrialisation, and short-lived consumer structures. The proposed project can involve different approaches – from the abstract or theoretical level to the development and creation of textile objects and/or practices for interacting with them. For the residency on the topic of Tech, we are looking for a person who will focus on the second question: How can new technologies (e.g. Internet of Things, AI, Generative Manufacturing, Extended Reality, DIY-Electronics) be part of the transformation towards sustainable living or production manners? Based on this question, the resident will develop a project, with free choice of media and methods as well as content, i.e. it can involve different approaches – from the abstract or theoretical level to the development and creation of objects or products – and can have different (in the sense of freely chosen) thematic focuses. It is desirable for the project to be embedded in an artistic or creative practice. The scholarship holders will be provided with: → A scholarship amounting to €1000 per month to cover living expenses (= €3000 in total for the three-month residency) → Free accommodation for the duration of the residency programme (one private room per resident in a furnished apartment shared between the two residents) → €1500 materials budget → Payment of travel costs from India to Essen and back (economy class) → A studio in the Folkwang University building at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site