Rsidencies as a sustainable model for international mobility of cultural actors. Development and current experiences at the goethe- institut

1. RESIDENCIES AS A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY OF CULTURAL ACTORS
DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT EXPERIENCES AT THE GOETHE-
INSTITUT
Melanie Bono
Stuttgart, 25.04.2019

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AGENDA
1. ARTIST RESIDENCIES
1.What are artist-in-residence programmes?
2.A short history and current status
3.Residencies in context of foreign cultural and educational
policy
2. RESIDENCIES AT THE GOETHE-INSTITUT
1.Scope of programmes and formats
2.Principles of residencies
3. WHAT‘S NEXT?

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WHAT ARE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY
PROGRAMMES?
Artist-in-residence programmes give artists and other creative
professionals the opportunity
• to live and work outside of their usual environments (most
often abroad)
• to provide time to reflect, research, or produce work
• to explore new locations, different cultures, and experiment
with different materials
• to connect with new networks in the local scene as well as with
new audiences
Source: artnet.com, transartist.com

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A SHORT HISTORY & CURRENT STATUS
Source: transartist.com
HISTORY
• The Grand Tour
• 1900s Patronage and artists’ colonies
• 1990s Globalisation and diversity
• 2000s: Consolidation

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A SHORT HISTORY & CURRENT STATUS
CURRENT STATUS
• Enormous growth since 2000
• Including many commercial
programmes
• Indispensable part in most artists’
careers
• Rising quality standards
• More competitive
Artist Studio, Fogo Island, Canada

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RESIDENCIES IN CONTEXT OF FOREIGN
CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Artist-in-residence programmes are able to provide
•Sustainable networks
•New insights and deeper understanding
•New impulses for cultural policies
•Space for experiments and innovation
•Strength for the idea of an intrinsic value of art

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RESIDENCIES AT THE GOETHE-INSTITUT
SCOPE OF PROGRAMMES AND FORMATS
The Goethe-Institut is one of the biggest providers of residency
programmes within the frame of foreign cultural and educational policy
in Germany.
61 programmes in
52 places
10 worldwide programmes
3 residency houses
Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto
Vila Sul, Salvador de Bahia Kulturakademie Tarabya, Istanbul
(Cooperation with Foreign Office)

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RESIDENCIES AT THE GOETHE-INSTITUT
PRINCIPLES
•Selection/Nomination by experts
•Residency stay at least 4 weeks
•Adequate living and working spaces
•Adequate financial support of living and travel costs
•Active support and network facilitation
•Active integration of residency in general programmes
•Active participation of artists in events
•No obligation to produce work
•Offer of an alumni Programme

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WHAT’S NEXT?
Recommendations for further developments of artist-in-residence
programmes
• Further development and strengthen of quality measures
• Focus in creating active networking opportunities in guest country
through events
• Facilitate sustainable exchange through reciprocal models and platforms
• Emphasise on alumni work to ensure long-term effects, eg. through
follow-up grants for coproduction and further exchange opportunities
• Aim for establishing programmes in places off the known tracks

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THANK YOU!