Artist residency programme
E-WERK Luckenwalde is pleased to announce the launch of the sustainable institution, an interdisciplinary artist residency programme, symposium series, and digital toolkit specifically focused on institutional sustainability, in partnership with LUMA Arles and Rupert centre for art, residencies and education. The programme is a call to action to innovate new sustainable approaches and stimulate human, economic and ecological change to the cultural landscape.
Today, E-WERK, Rupert and LUMA Arles launch a collaborative open call for an interdisciplinary artist residency programme, focused on sustainable exhibition making. The 20,000 EUR grant is intended to provide support towards the research and development of a prototype, an early sample, model or idea of a concept or process towards sustainable exhibition making. the sustainable institution is looking for ideas that will transform the current unsustainable landscape of institutional operations, which could manifest as a pragmatic design solution or experimental action. Creative practitioners including artists, architects, design studios and scientists interested in developing material or immaterial prototypes for sustainable exhibition making in the fight against climate change are welcome to apply. Applications can be submitted from today. Visit the project’s digital toolkit at sustainable-institution.com for more information. The deadline is June 2, 2023, 11:59pm.
the sustainable institution artist residency is an opportunity for artists to produce new solutions in the fight against climate change and mitigate the environmental burden of exhibition making. Three creative practitioners will be selected to develop a prototype for sustainable exhibition making by the jury (Curator Lucia Pietroiusti, Conservator of modern materials and contemporary art specialising in sustainable solutions for cultural heritage, Director of Materials at Ki Culture and Advisor at Gallery Climate Coalition, Kim Kraczon, Architectural scientist, designer and educator, Mae-ling Lokko, Artist Asad Raza, Atelier LUMA, Artistic Director Jan Boelen, Rupert Director, Viktorija Šiaulytė and E-WERK Luckenwalde Artistic Director, Helen Turner). The successful applicants will then be mentored by the jury over a six month research and development period, with a studio at their respective institution between March–April 2024.
In tandem, E-WERK, LUMA Arles and Rupert are also launching a digital toolkit in collaboration with Gallery Climate Coalition as an open resource and tool for culture to improve ecological, economic and human sustainability. the sustainable institution toolkit is an open resource for those working and participating in culture to support systemic-change. The toolkit will present prototypes, symposium excerpts, performances, actionable guidelines, a collection of established resources and the project’s carbon calculation. This is available online to the public, who can use the tools for their own transformation towards sustainability here.
Symposium programme
Between April and July 2023 each institution will present an international symposium programme focused on sustainable change from an economic, humanitarian and ecological perspective.
EARTH BONDS
Rupert, Vilnius
April 20–22, 2023
BIOREGIONAL DESIGN PRACTICES
LUMA Arles
May 26–27, 2023
BURN OUT
E-WERK Luckenwalde
July 1–2, 2023
For media and PR information, contact: Nicola Jeffs, E-WERK Luckenwalde Press and PR Officer, nj [at] nicolajeffs.com / T +44 7794 694 754
Co-funded by the European Union, Teltow Fläming, Musikfonds and the Lithuanian Cultural Council. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the other granting authorities. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
