Acts of Repair: Loss and Damage

Acts of Repair: Loss and Damage is an artistic research residency. Candidates may submit  artistic research proposals exploring the intangible loss and damage that the climate crisis is causing to culture and heritage, identity and health (physical, mental, and spiritual). Further topics of interest are are reparative acts, modes of healing, community building and kinship-making, that emerge in response to the need to address loss and damage.

Supported by the Open Society Foundation (OSF), Acts of Repair: Loss and Damage is an online artistic research residency aimed at facilitating a transdisciplinary exchange around the issue of loss and damage caused by the climate crisis. The open call seeks three artists and/or curators, (applying as individuals or as collectives) working within any medium to undertake new or existing artistic research projects engaging with loss and damage.

Throughout the year-long program, selected artists and/or curators will be supported in their engagement with the issue of loss and damage and encouraged to spend time exploring and developing their artistic and/or curatorial practice in dialogue with other like-minded cultural practitioners as well as a global community of climate change researchers, policymakers, advocates, activists, and negotiators, working on Loss and Damage — the policies and plans developed to address loss and damage.

Applications from practitioners representing the Most Affected Peoples and Areas (MAPA) — includes all territories in the Global South (Africa, Latin America, Pacific Islands, etc.) as well as marginalized communities (BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA + people, etc.) that might live anywhere in the world — are particularly welcome.

The application deadline is on November 12, 2023, and selected artists will be announced by December 9 during UNFCCC COP28. This residency offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with a global community of climate change researchers, policymakers, and activists as well as a stipend of £10,000. The residency and public program will run from January 2024 to January 2025, featuring workshops and a symposium to foster dialogue and research development.

Each participant will receive a stipend of £10,000 (approximately $12600), paid in 3 equal instalments, at the beginning of the program, at an interim point, and at the end of the program. The participants will benefit from three tailored mentorship sessions with a practitioner relevant to the focus of their research, and will be supported by the Acts of Repair: Loss and Damage team throughout their research process.

Residency’s Key Dates

• December 2023: Selected artists announced during UNFCCC COP28
• January 2024: First online workshop
• May 2024: Second online workshop
• October 2024: Third online workshop
• November 2024: Digital restitution by selected artists on Acts of Repair: Loss and Damage website & COP29 presentation / intervention (TBC)
• January 2025: Transdisciplinary Symposium

Please find the application form including all requirements here.

APPLICATION TIMELINE

Deadline for submissions: Sunday 12 November 2023, 23:59 GMT

Shortlisted applicants contacted for interviews: 27th of November, 2023

Interviews: 30th November – 1st of December, 2023

Selected artist and/or curators informed: 3rd of December, 2023

Announcement of recipients: by latest 9^th of December, 2023

For more information please visit https://www.actsofrepair.com/.