Africa is not a country. Working across an extraordinary diversity of rich and complex settings, we hope you enjoy learning about our residency partners and the vibrant arts scene in our region.
Our annual residency programme of exchange between Switzerland and East, Central, West and Southern Africa lies at the heart of our work. Residencies provide the opportunity for artists from the region and Switzerland to spend substantial time living and working in a vastly different daily context. Lasting up to three months, residencies offer space and time for artists to pause, reflect, explore, encounter, and to test and develop new ideas and works.
We’re pleased to present this guide to inform and inspire potential applicants, and to make visible the regional network that we partner with to host residencies, as well as for the presentation of Swiss work and other formats of exchange and collaboration.
This network of partners is varied and in flux, responding to the dynamic contexts of the region. Located in both urban centres and rural settings, our partners work across a variety of disciplines and formats in fixed spaces or as open platforms.
We hope you find this guide insightful and inspiring!
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Application deadline: 1 March 2025