Organizer Information
AADK Spain is an artist-run platform dedicated to research and contemporary creation, with a strong focus on experimental, process-based artistic practices. The organization develops residency programs that explore the intersections of body, territory, spatiality, and site-responsive creation, while actively decentralizing contemporary art from major urban centers and embedding it in rural and ecologically rich environments.
This open call is developed in collaboration with performance artist and researcher Raegan Truax, who conceived the ON DURATION platform as a research-oriented space for durational, embodied, and socially engaged artistic practices. The residency operates at the intersection of performance studies, ecosomatic research, and critical temporalities in contemporary art.
Title & Description
ON DURATION Residency (Curated by Raegan Truax)
ON DURATION is a curated international residency program dedicated to artists and artist-researchers working with duration as a core artistic material. The program invites participants to engage in extended, process-driven creative research that challenges conventional notions of time, productivity, and artistic output.
Hosted in the rural and ecologically immersive environment of Blanca (Murcia, Spain), the residency provides access to studio spaces located within a mountainous landscape near the Segura River and surrounding agricultural zones. Artists are encouraged to develop site-responsive work in direct dialogue with environmental conditions, ecological systems, and embodied temporal experience.
The program emphasizes:
- Durational performance and time-based practices
- Site-responsive and ecological methodologies
- Embodied research and ecosomatic approaches
- Political and philosophical inquiries into temporality, endurance, and presence
- Collaborative and intergenerational exchange between artists
Participants may join for one month or two months, with cohorts beginning on July 1st and September 1st. The residency is structured as a hybrid of individual research time and collective programming, including workshops, feedback sessions, and public durational presentations.
Categories
- Performance Art / Durational Performance
- Live Art / Time-Based Practices
- Contemporary Art
- Site-Responsive Art
- Research-Based Art Practices
- Interdisciplinary Art
- Eco-Art / Environmental Art
- Body-Based / Embodied Practices
Eligibility
- International artists and artist-researchers are eligible
- Open to emerging, mid-career, and established practitioners
- Strong preference for artists working with duration as a primary medium or conceptual framework
- Applicants should have experience or strong interest in site-responsive methodologies
- Artists working across disciplines are welcome, particularly those engaged in embodied, ecological, or experimental temporal practices
- Applicants should demonstrate openness to collaborative and collective residency structures
- No explicit age restrictions are stated in the source
Program Benefits & Awards
Selected participants receive access to a structured residency environment, including:
- Individual accommodation (apartment or shared housing options)
- Dedicated studio spaces within AADK Spain facilities
- Access to common areas and surrounding natural environments
- Weekly collective programming (workshops, feedback sessions, shared lunches)
- Individual mentorship and studio visits with the curator
- Documentation of artistic work (photo and video)
- Participation in public durational presentations and site-based activations
- Inclusion in an international, curated artistic cohort focused on durational practice
Application Fee
No separate application fee is indicated in the source.
However, selected participants are required to pay a program fee:
- €1350 – €1700 (depending on accommodation type) for one-month participation
- Additional options for extended stays and group applications (€2500–€4000 for collectives)
Application Requirements
The official application requirements are not fully detailed in the provided text. Typically, applicants are expected to submit via an online form, including:
- Artist CV
- Portfolio or documentation of previous work
- Project proposal or statement of interest
- Motivation outlining engagement with duration-based practice
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 20 April 2026
- Notification of results: 27 April 2026
- Program fee payment deadline: 25 May 2026 (50%), remainder one month before residency start
- Public announcement of selected artists: 1 June 2026
- Residency start dates: July 1, 2026 and September 1, 2026
- Residency duration: 1 month or 2 months
Location
Blanca, Murcia, Spain
Additional Details
ON DURATION positions time itself as a material for artistic investigation, encouraging participants to “leave the clock” as a dominant organizing principle. The residency structure supports autonomous research alongside collective practice, including weekly exchanges, informal gatherings, and optional workshops.
The program culminates in public-facing durational events where artists present evolving or process-based works in real time, emphasizing experimentation over finalized production. The environment fosters interdisciplinary dialogue, particularly around themes such as interspecies relations, ecological temporality, political endurance, and embodied resistance to standardized productivity systems.