[call for applications] AKADEMIE SCHLOSS SOLITUDE RESIDENCY PROGRAMME / deadline: 31.10.2008. / Stuttgart

Akademie Schloss Solitude Residency Programme,
Stuttgart, Germany 2009-2011 (deadline: 31 Oct)

For the twelfth time in 18 years the international residency program Akademie Schloss Solitude - located in Stuttgart, Germany - is granting approx. 65 residency fellowships of three to twelve months in duration.

AKADEMIE SCHLOSS SOLITUDE RESIDENCY PROGRAM ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR 2009-2011 STARTING JULY 1, 2008

Application period: July 1 to October 31, 2008
Application deadline (postmark): October 31, 2008

A public foundation opened in 1990 and funded by the State of Baden-Wurttemberg, the Akademie Schloss Solitude operates an international residency program awarding live/work fellowships to artists. Hundreds of artists from over 70 countries have developed and advanced projects at the Akademie since its opening, creating a close-knit, global network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year.

International artists are invited to apply from the following disciplines: Architecture (architecture design, urban studies, landscape design), Visual Arts (including performance art and curatorial practice), Performing Arts (stage design, directing, dramaturgy, playwriting, dance, acting, musical theatre, performance), Design (visual communication, fashion, costume, product or furniture design), Literature (theory/criticism, essay, poetry, fiction, translation), Music/Sound (sound installation, sound and music composition, sound and music performance) and Video/Film/New Media (including video installation).

For the second time, the application round also offers the possibility to apply for a residency fellowship in the art, science & business program. Scholars, scientists and professionals from the disciplines of the Humanities, the Natural Sciences and Economics (individually or suggested by a business) are invited to apply.

Persons up to 35 or who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years are welcome to apply. Currently enrolled university or college students (at the time of application) will not be considered for selection. Each fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1000 per month, in addition to free lodging. The independent jury consists of a jury chairperson and specialist jurors who independently allocate the fellowships for their respective disciplines.

The jurors for the twelfth application round are: Beatriz Colomina, Princeton/USA (Architecture), Dan Graham, New York/USA (Visual Arts), Christoph Schlingensief, Berlin/Germany (Performing Arts), Yves Béhar, San Francisco/USA (Design), Mircea Cartarescu, Bucharest/Romania (Literature), Lucia Ronchetti, Rome/Italy (Music/Sound) und Sarah Morris, New York/USA (Video/Film/New Media). For the art, science & business program: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford/USA (Humanities), Vadim Bolshakov, Harvard/USA (Natural Sciences) and Caroline Gerschlager, Vienna/Austria (Economy).

Application deadline is October 31, 2008 (Postmark).

As of July 1, application forms can be downloaded from the application website or can be requested in writing from the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Solitude 3, 70197 Stuttgart, Germany, mail@akademie-solitude.de