OPEN CALL: SUSPENDED HOMES ARTIST RESIDENCY
We are delighted to announce our open call for Her og Der’s residency “Suspended Homes” for 2024. This residency is open for international artists (from outside Nordic countries) who arrived newly in Norway. Through the program, we discuss different aspects of being an artist in a new place and provide information on living and practicing in the Norwegian art field. It’s a unique opportunity for artists new in Norway to learn about the cultural and art field while living next to the Hardanger Fjord in a historic village.
Duration: 10 days (November 8th - November 17th 2024)
Location: Fykse, Hardanger (more information below)
Provided: Accommodation, food, travel cost and free workshops and tutorials
Expectations: Artists are expected to participate in the whole program actively
Eligibility: Artists of different disciplines who have been in Norway for less than 7 years are welcome to apply. We are looking for artists who are still not established and plan to be part of the artist field here. We will prioritise artists who didn’t take their art education in Norway.
// Deadline 31th of August //
About Suspended Homes
We want to make the process of re-establishing oneself as an artist more accessible by sharing knowledge, networks, and experience so that artists new to Norway can reestablish themselves more easily. On the one hand, the artist residency provides space to share and reflect on experiences as an establishing artist in Norway. On the other hand, you receive practical information on how to live (and survive) as an artist in Norway.
How do we translate and transfer practices and lives from other places to this new place? How do we create resilience and abilities not only to survive but also to create and be rooted? What does being an artist in a new country “out of place” mean? What has one lost along the way by creating a new home, and what new opportunities have opened up? How has the relationship with place changed with this experience? These are some questions about the home and belonging we bring into the residency.
During the 10-day residency program, different artists will give workshops on how to live and practice as an artist, such as writing and application workshops, and meetings with other artists and institutions. There will also be visits to Bergen and maybe Voss.
This residency is made possible with support from Art Council Norway, Public Art Norway, Vestland County Council.
How to apply
Send us the following information:
Motivation letter
CV
Documentation of work, up to 10 images or 5 minutes of video/audio
We prefer the application to be sent by email to Marie@herogder.org. Please limit your documentation to maximum 5 MB. If you send video material, please refer to online sites like Vimeo, YouTube etc.
If you have any questions, contact marie@herogder.org
About Fykse
The residency will be in Fykse, in an old, local farm. You will be arriving at a small Hardanger farm village, Fykse. Their farming is based on fruit production. They are famous for their unique cultivated landscape. You will eat and work in two buildings. The oldest part is from around 1820 and remodelled in 1995. Later, they expanded in 2002 with an attached building built in the Hardanger tradition from the middle ages, «Røykstove» (smokehouse). The name is because they original had an open fire in the middle for heating and cooking. The houses are decorated with different farm antiques from our farm.
https://www.gamlastovo.joomlasider.no/
About Her og Der
“Her og der" is initiated by the artists Motaz al Habbash, Marie Skeie. Since 2018, Her og Der has worked to establish a larger network with artists new to Norway and established artists and institutions. Through this, the project wants to build bridges, create opportunities for new collaborations and make the art field more accessible and open. It also allows institutions to think more about including newly arrived artists. We have done this through mentoring programs in Eastern Norway and Western Norway, the art festival "Here and Now" in Bergen in September 2022 and the exhibition "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (New in Norway)" at Hå gamle prestegård December 2020 - January 2021. Now, we want to expand Her og der by arranging a 10-day program for artists re-establishing themselves in Norway locally in Hardanger.
For more information http://herogder.org/