Short Description
Cripping Breath is recruiting three disabled, chronically ill, and ventilated contemporary artists who have lived experience of chronic respiratory conditions, and require ventilatory support, such as non-invasive ventilation like CPAP or BIPAP, or other forms like a tracheostomy. This is so that we can explore the ways creative processes can capture the realities of living with the kinds of respiratory illness that mean one engages with mechanical forms of ventilation.
Eligibility
● Applicants must live with a respiratory condition or illness and use, or have had experience with, a form of ventilation (e.g. CPAP, BiPAP, tracheostomy, or intubation in crisis) that they want to draw upon in the residency.
● Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK.
● Applicants must be aged 18 years or older.
Submission Requirements
- A cover letter in written, audio, or video format. Video submissions can be recorded in British Sign Language or English. Written cover letters should be one page, and video/audio recordings should be a maximum of 5 minutes.
- An artist’s CV (maximum two pages)
- Some documentation of your artwork. This might be a portfolio, or a link to your website or Instagram, or something else. Please get in touch if you have a question about alternative formats.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
The fee for the residency is £7,500. The artists’ work on the project can be flexibly fulfilled, but the total amount of time spent on the project (50 days) and the total amount paid to each artist (£7,500) will remain the same. This will cover a variety of activities, including collaborative workshops, meetings, and making processes.
There are collective additional budgets for materials, transport, and to meet access needs. These are not part of the £7,500 fee; artists will not have to pay for these costs themselves, or out of their fee.
Artist Collaborators will be able to engage with a number of additional development opportunities as part of this role. You may be interested in learning about:
● How artists can collaborate with researchers
● How artwork can be seen as important data in research
● Support with higher education opportunities
● Developing work for exhibition
● Co-authoring publications, including books, academic journals, and blogs
● Archival practice and documenting your own work
Entry Fee
None
Location
United Kingdom
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 10 July 2025
Website Link: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-breath/artist-collaborator-recruitment
