FRESH A.I.R.

Funding Priorities

Thanks to the Artist in Residence scholarships, the Berliner Leben foundation creates conditions for artistic project development through its URBAN NATION project. Funding will be provided for project ideas that are expressed through artistic means, and those which fulfil at least two of the following three funding priorities:

Location specificity

• Projects that reflect the tension between locality and urbanity,
• Projects with a local reference,
• Projects that work inclusively within the residential area.

Social commitment

• Projects that position themselves socially,
• Participative projects with residents and/or visitors,
• Projects aligned to the foundation’s goals of supporting social diversity and equal opportunity, or which make a strong stand against discrimination (e.g. sexism, racism and antisemitism).

Originality

• Projects that stand out for their artistic autonomy, that try out new forms of artistic expression, or develop independent artistic forms,
• Projects that artistically visualise cultural, historical or time-specific phenomena,
• Projects that deal artistically with the present and future of urban society.

Application

With Artist in Residence scholarships, the Berliner Leben foundation supports:

• artists from EU member states residing outside of Berlin,
• artists from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway
• artists from the field of urban and new contemporary art, and
• artists seeking cross-genre exchanges with art forms of urban contemporary art.

General Requirements

• The project must clearly be a current and unpublished project be recognizable and meet the quality standards of the house.
• There is a residence requirement.
• Grant applications and grants from third institutions must be communicated.
• Each scholarship holder commits to concept and implement a workshop.
• Each scholarship holder undertakes to attend events of funding partners and the museum (for example, readings, panel discussion, talk, etc.).
• Each fellow agrees to attend a final presentation,
• There is a willingness for cultural and artistic exchange with the Foundation and the Berlin area,
• Further conditions and exclusion criteria can be found in the funding guidelines

Jury

Selection is made by a rotating jury. The decision of the jury is final and may not be challenged. There is no legal claim to the awarding of a scholarship. Applicants will be notified of the decisions, but not the reasoning.

For questions about the jury or the scholarships, please write an email to office-artist-in-residence@stiftung-berliner-leben.de.