Residenze di 10-14 giorni presso due istituzioni del Regno Unito: Battersea Arts Centre Londra e Fierce Festival Birmingham. Con queste residenze, i partecipanti hanno l’opportunità di ampliare la propria rete di contatti, di conoscere un’istituzione inserita nel contesto britannico e di riflettere sul proprio lavoro artistico con l’aiuto di operatrici e operatori culturali locali. Nel 2026 le residenze si terranno a maggio a Londra e a ottobre a Birmingham.

• Artiste e artisti indipendenti della Svizzera delle arti sceniche
• È possibile candidarsi singolarmente o in coppia
• Non è possibile candidarsi per entrambe le residenze

È richiesta un’ottima padronanza dell’inglese. I partecipanti sono scelti dalle istituzioni in base ai seguenti criteri:

• L’artista e le sue pratiche artistiche si sposano bene con l’istituzione ospitante?
• Qual è l’impatto della residenza sull’artista nella fase attuale della sua carriera?
• Si intravedono possibilità di future tournée in Gran Bretagna?

Le condizioni generali si applicano al di là di questi criteri specifici.

Il contributo include le spese di viaggio e di pernottamento, le diarie e altri costi sostenuti in loco (spazi di lavoro, materiali ecc.).

• CV
• Lettera di motivazione
• La candidatura deve essere redatta in inglese

Salvo indicazione contraria, le domande saranno valutate secondo il processo decisionale generale.

Battersea Arts Centre London (8-23 May 2026)

Battersea Arts Centre is a space for artists to experiment, develop, and make extraordinary art happen. BAC presents a programme over multiple spaces with a focus on contemporary performance and international work. It also runs a dedicated creative development programme, working with artists to challenge what performance can be and how it is created. We look to develop and present work that is groundbreaking in ideas and aesthetic, pioneering in its approach to inclusion, and bold in exploration of hidden perspectives. We are interested in work that is playful in approach to form, critically rigorous and socially impactful. We encourage global majority and disabled applicants.

The Residency at Battersea Arts Centre will provide an opportunity to: research, develop and rehearse a project (with a basic lighting and sound set-up) and if appropriate host an invited sharing at BAC; meet with London based artists and industry and be introduced to collaborators if desired; receive producing and artistic mentorship from Battersea Arts Centre; and attend Bloom Festival at BAC (a festival of experimental and non-conventional presentation models)

FIERCE Festival Birmingham (13-18 October 2026)

FIERCE champions artists who work at the boundaries of contemporary performance and live art. The festival disrupts expectations of what art can be, who can make it, and where it can happen. While Fierce isn’t an issue-led festival, it is recognised that the best artistic work so frequently comes from a marginalised position, whether based on gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, or any number of other factors. Fierce transforms the city and the way we feel about it: populating theatres, galleries and hidden, unusual or out-of-the-ordinary spaces like disused warehouses, swimming pools and car parks.
This residency will be contextualised by the next edition of Fierce Festival. Moving away from a traditional, in-studio residency, the artist/s will use the festival as the site of response, intervention, and/or creation. The residency period will be an opportunity to develop relational, site- and Festival-specific research, work and practice.