Collide Copenhagen Residency

Artists and collectives from any country are invited to submit a proposal for a fully-funded, two-month residency split between CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary

Collide is an annual residency programme for artists with a distinct interest in science and technology, who have a strong motivation to engage in dialogue with scientists and engineers.

The selected artist or collective will spend the first month at CERN in Geneva and the second month at Copenhagen Contemporary in Copenhagen. During the residency, the artist conducts research for their proposal, fostering meaningful exchanges with scientists, engineers, and staff in both locations. The residencies will be followed by a remote phase to define and produce a new artwork with the support of both curatorial teams in Geneva and Copenhagen.

Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary invite proposals that reflect on the role of advanced technologies and scientific research in contemporary culture and their impact on society.

Arts at CERN is designed to generate creative connections between science and the arts through a broad programme of artistic residencies, art commissions and exhibitions. Over the past decade, Arts at CERN has brought arts and science together in new configurations, in collaboration with leading cultural institutions around the globe. The Collide residency programme was established in 2012 to foster networks with international organisations, creating new links between art and fundamental science worldwide.

Copenhagen Contemporary is Copenhagen’s international art centre, displaying installation art created by world-renowned artists and new emerging talents. Located in the former B&W welding building and offering 7000 m2 of industrial halls, Copenhagen Contemporary displays large-scale installation art and creates collaborative partnerships and events across cultural genres, locally and internationally. Since 2016, Copenhagen Contemporary has hosted exhibitions featuring, among others, James Turrell, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Anselm Kiefer, Wu Tsang, and Larissa Sansour.

Eligibility and application criteria

Artists from any country who are over 18 years old.
Artists with a convincing body of work and at least 5 years of professional artistic experience.
Artists (or their collaborators in the case of a collective) may only submit one proposal.

Collide particularly encourages the participation of artists who meet any of the following criteria:

Artists interested in the cultural significance of scientific research and technology.
Artists interested in extending their connection with the field of science and entering into dialogue with scientists, engineers and staff at CERN in Geneva and CC in Copenhagen.
Artists with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and flexibly across disciplinary boundaries.
Artists interested in CERN’s community, its social fabric, history, and narratives.
Artists whose work and proposal aim to reflect on new models of social enquiry and the potential synergies between art, science, technology and society.

Collide offers the selected artist or artist collective the following financial support and conditions:

Travel costs and accommodation within a fixed budget for the two-month residency period at CERN in Geneva and CC in Copenhagen.
A production stipend of CHF 15,000.
For artist collectives, all these costs will be split between the members. A maximum of 2 members of a collective can be hosted at the same time as residents.

The application should be written in English and submitted via the online form on this website, which requires the following elements:

Personal details: name, address, contact details.
An artist or collective’s biography (maximum 500 words).
An artist dossier with the most relevant artworks or projects.
Project proposal consisting of:
– Project description (maximum 1200 words) that describes the project proposal you intend to undertake during the two-month residency at CERN and Copenhagen. The scope of this proposal should include a research period in both locations and a development phase after the residency to define and produce a new artwork with the curatorial support of the teams in Geneva and Copenhagen.
– Project summary (maximum 300 words).
– Project motivation (maximum 600 words) that outlines your motivation for undertaking this residency and your interest in CERN’s and Copenhagen’s contexts in relation to your artistic practice.

Timeline

Residency at Copenhagen Contemporary: June 2025.

Applications are accepted from 12 November to 13 December 2024 at 23:59 Central European Time (GMT+1).