Open call: Residency opportunity for Dutch artists at PACA in Spain

The artist residency PACA is a space for interdisciplinary contemporary art projects based in a traditional farmhouse (casería) near the city of Gijón, on the coast of Asturias, Spain. It is located at the intersection of obsolete chimneys of the steel and coal industry and an abandoned and tired peri-urban rurality.

PACA's objectives are to promote the introduction of environmental and ecological approaches in the arts and to encourage dialogue between artistic communities and other members of society. PACA manages cultural projects, organizes educational activities, and carries out field studies and research on artistic and environmental issues. PACA seeks to generate new ways of interpreting the territory with which it is in dialogue.

The programme offers a three-week residency from 26 September until 15 October at PACA. During the stay, the artist will carry out an artistic investigation project.

Afterwards, the artist will have a production phase back in the Netherlands of a period of 3-4 months with the research collected throughout the stay in Asturias.

• The result of the artistic research carried out during the artistic residency must result in a material work (documents and/or objects) that can be presented physically by the artist at 2025 (place and date to be specified).
• Any artistic discipline can be presented.
• Costs of the stay for the 3 weeks at the artistic residence will be covered (accommodation, pick up, working space, support). In addition, an artistic fee of 850€ will be granted together with an allowance for diets for the 3 weeks (1.000€), for the roundtrip to Asturias (250€ per roundtrip) and local public transport (100€).
• The applicant must have the Dutch nationality.
• Procedures for permits, medical insurance, etc, to be covered by the artist.
• The name of the Artistic Residence PACA must appear in the credits.
   

The deadline for application is on 25 August 2024.