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MOMENTUM AiR

Berlin Studio Residency

The MOMENTUM Residency is dedicated to artistic research into time and temporality in visual language. Open to artists, curators, filmmakers, and writers working in a variety of media and practices, from anywhere in the world. MOMENTUM AiR is a process-based residency designed to facilitate research as well as production of new work, while providing a framework for building professional networks and cooperations within Berlin’s thriving art community.

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MOMENTUM is a non-profit platform for time-based art, active worldwide since 2010, with headquarters in Berlin at the Kunstquartier Bethanien Art Center. MOMENTUM’s program is composed of local and international Exhibitions, Artist and Curator Residencies, Video Art in Public Space Initiatives, a Performance Archive, an Education Archive, and a growing Collection. Positioned as both a local and global platform, MOMENTUM serves as a bridge joining professional art communities, irrespective of institutional and national borders. MOMENTUM is dedicated to providing a platform for exceptional artists with a program focused on the growing diversity and relevance of time-based practices, continuously seeking innovative answers to the question ‘What is time-based art?’.

MOMENTUM AiR is designed to further the mission of MOMENTUM as a global platform for time-based art, focused on the growing diversity and relevance of time-based practices. Visual languages will continue to evolve in concert with the technologies which drive them, and it is the role of visual artists to push the limits of these languages. By enabling Research, Creation, Discussion, Exchange and Exhibition, MOMENTUM AiR provides a platform and a network in which artists and curators can develop their practice, further their knowledge, innovate and experiment, within a respected international professional framework.

MOMENTUM AiR hosts artists and curators for a suggested period of 1 – 3 months, though other timeframes will be considered. Each Residency is individually programmed, and therefore the duration is flexible. With weekly supervision by the Residency Coordinator, and with the support of MOMENTUM’s curatorial team, artists/curators are given individual guidance and support with the research and development of their work. Drawing on MOMENTUM’s extensive network of contacts in both the visual arts and the broader cultural field, the Residency arranges studio and gallery visits, and other events in order to connect art professionals who mutually benefit from cooperation and exchange. The Residency culminates in a public event such as an Open Studio Presentation, Artist Talk, Workshop, Performance, or Kunst Salon. The Residency is committed to documenting its activities, emphasizing the importance of process-based research, allowing AiR participants to showcase their work during development and to maintain a lasting legacy of their work on our online platform and Education Archive.

Situated in Berlin, the ‘Art Capital of Europe’, The MOMENTUM Residency is located in the Kunstquartier Bethanien Art Center, with over 20 institutions and facilities for visual and performing arts. MOMENTUM AiR Residents have access to the facilities in the building, including a media lab, film and photography studios, sound and animation studios, a printing workshop featuring every form of print media, dance studios, theaters, a music school, and other facilities.

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Access to film, media, print, and sculpture workshops, or other production facilities can be arranged, as required for the artists’s residency project.

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COSTS & BENEFITS:

MOMENTUM AiR is a non-stipendiary program – as such, participation fees apply. Applicants are advised to concurrently apply to a variety of funding bodies. MOMENTUM will provide AiR applicants with advice on funding resources and documentation required for funding applications, but as a non-profit institution, cannot offer any funding or maintenance support.

The cost of the MOMENTUM AiR Residency is 1500 euros per month. The Residency fee covers the following:
+ curatorial and administrative support
+ access to a shared studio in the Kunstquartier Bethanien Art Center
+ promotion through the MOMENTUM website, social media, online art listings, and international mailing list of 4000 art lovers
+ design of web page on the MOMENTUM website as a permanent archive of the Residency Project
+ access to the print and media workshop facilities in the Kunstquartier Bethanien and sculpture facilities in the BBK sculpture workshop (material and production costs NOT included)
+ a structured program of gallery visits and studio visits
+ introductions through MOMENTUM’s broad professional network of artists and curators
+ invitations to exclusive openings and events in the Berlin art calendar
+ one public event, such as an open studio presentation, artist talk or kunst salon, documented and archived on our website

The MOMENTUM AiR fee does NOT include:
– accommodation – travel costs & visas – insurance – subsistence costs – materials & production costs – exhibition costs – shipping of artworks

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

air@momentumworldwide.org
+ Upon review of the application, a video interview will be scheduled.
+ Applicants will be informed of the decision of the curatorial committee by email within two weeks of the interview.

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To submit the application form, or for any further questions, please contact:
air@momentumworldwide.org

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MOMENTUM is a member of RES Artis, the international artist residency network.
 

SELECTED FUNDING RESOURCES FOR ARTIST & CURATOR RESIDENCIES:

Berlin Culture Senate Funding Database > >