Asia

Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction seeks to explore the hidden choreography of conflict and friction with a three-week residency that will be held at the Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, India, between 10-30 April 2023. Choreographers and interdisciplinary performance artists who are citizens or residents of Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam can apply.

The Asia Culture Center (ACC) in Gwangju, Korea is seeking participants for its 2023 ACC Residency, which will take place over approximately six months from May – October 2023, with a showcase in November 2023. The reorganised 2023 programme is being carried out in conjunction with the ACC Sound Art Lab, which in 2023 is launching the project ‘Futures of Listening’ to research the sounds of Asia and Asian cities.

The New School’s Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy is seeking applications for its 2023/2024 cohort of Fellows that will focus on the nexus of the climate crisis, the digital economy, and cooperatives. Two artists are also sought to join the cohort. The Fellowship programme will run for one year, beginning on 15 March 2023, and will provide Fellows with a stipend to attend the 2023 conference, likely in India.

Poland’s National Institute of Music and Dance has announced the first call for applications for the ‘Dancing Together, Again!’ creative residency project implemented under the Creative Europe programme. The first of the residencies will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, between 29 May – 17 June 2023. Applications are open to artists, curators and researchers in the dance field.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is calling for artists to participate in its artist in residence programme 2023. 4 artists or groups from abroad will be invited for a residency of maximum of 90 days between July and December 2023 or for a maximum of 60 days between January and March 2024.

‘Decolonizing Food: Water, Land and Heritage’ is the first edition of Residency On The Road, the unique Allianz Foundation Hubs residency programme. It aims at bringing together artists, writers, curators, thinkers, activists, chefs, farmers, designers and many more to explore non-conventional food practices. Artists, thinkers, researchers, activists, chefs, farmers, anthropologists, writers, curators, architects, food, fashion, graphic and social designers, and other cultural practitioners based in Istanbul, Kosovo or Sicily can apply.

Richard Koh Fine Art’s residency programme is slated to start around the second quarter of 2023, spanning over three months and across three countries in Southeast Asia. Applicants must be under 35 and citizens of a Southeast Asian country.

Paradise Air has held the Longstay Program under various themes and with different application requirements. The 10th edition of the program – under the theme ‘Puzzling Poly+Semy’ – is open to all people of all nationalities working in the arts field. The application will take place in two phases, with a shortlist of finalists invited to create a ‘video letter’ in early 2023 and final selected artists invited for a residency of 70-90 days in Matsudo, Japan.

Curated by No Discipline Limited in Hong Kong, Something Foreign is an interdisciplinary residency programme promoting cross-cultural exchange. Residencies last 4-6 weeks and happen in spring (April/May) and autumn (October/November) every year.

The Song of the Wind project in Wando, South Korea aims to connect sustainable fishing village practices, the marine ecosystem, conservation, arts, and the social economy with contemporary public art integral to the fishing village. Artists, ecological activists, and scholars of all disciplines whose work explores the theme of ‘marine ecosystem & seaweed farming’ are invited to apply for a residency of 1-3 months during May – June 2023 or September – November 2023.

Arts at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia are offering a joint residency for two artists, one from Switzerland and one from India. The residency will take place April - May 2023 in Bengaluru, and September - October 2023 in Geneva.

The ‘Intermix Residency | Art & Fashion Reimagined’ programme offers visual artists and fashion designers the opportunity to collaborate in an experimental environment to support creative development and skill set expansion. The second cycle of the residency programme will run virtually from 4-18 December 2022 and on-site from 4 January - 28 February 2023.