Goethe-Institut Radio Art Residency for Artists from Non-German Speaking Countries for Fellowship

Eligibility Criteria

• The program is for artists working in the field of acoustic and time-based arts (radio, performance and sound artists).
• Applications are open to artists from non-German speaking countries without residence in Germany.
• Although experience in radio production is not necessarily required, an interest in engaging with the medium and using the radio for your own work is expected.

Offered Benefits

• Financing of arrival and departure expenses
• Provision of accommodation in Weimar for 3 months
• A monthly fellowship of 2,300 Euros (includes material and production costs as well as costs for local transport and travelling)
• A broadcast in the Klangkunst (radio/sound art) program of Deutschlandfunk Kultur (national public broadcaster)
• Curatorial supervision and technical support by Experimental Radio at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Provision of airtime by bauhaus.fm (via Radio Lotte)

Further opportunities:

• Work and present for a month in the exhibition space of EIGENHEIM Weimar
• A workshop with students from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
• An artist talk at ACC Galerie Weimar
• An artist talk as part of the radio talks series of Experimental Radio and concerts in the Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music (SeaM)
• Networking with relevant artists and institutions via the network of Experimental Radio and the Goethe-Institut.
• If possible, a German language course at a Goethe-Institut in the country of residence

Application Process

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Radio Art Residency would like to foster artistic practices on radio. Therefore, applications with a focus on mainly journalism, entertainment (such as talk shows, features or podcasts) cannot be considered.