Organizer Information
Labó Bosa is a contemporary art gallery, artist residency, and printmaking studio based in a historic tannery on the river Temo in Bosa, Sardinia. The organisation is led by founder and director Marco Sebastianelli, and its programming combines exhibitions, workshops, and residencies that bring artists into close contact with the local community and landscape. Labó Bosa typically runs residencies for one artist at a time, working from its riverside studio equipped for screen printing, relief printing, and digital and generative work, alongside a gallery space where resident artists' work can be shown.
Title & Description
The Economics of Being Looked At | Art Residency
For one month in spring 2027, Labó Bosa will bring together five artists from different disciplines to live and work together in its printmaking studio, examining a single question: what does authenticity mean today, for places and for artists? The residency takes its starting point from the everyday tension between a "authentic-feeling" and a more overtly commercial version of the same local business — and extends that question to the artists' own practice, asking how much of an artist's visual language is genuinely their own versus shaped by the pressure to be legible, recognisable, and sellable. Alongside individual practice, the group works toward a single collaborative print edition that recreates this dynamic in miniature: five individual marks converging into one collective work that could not have been made by any single artist alone.
Theme
Authenticity — for places and for artists — explored through the tension between what is perceived as genuine versus what is shaped for visibility, marketability, and audience expectation.
Categories
- Printmaking
- Residency
- Multiple Disciplines
- Craft
Eligibility
- Open to artists and cultural practitioners working individually across a range of disciplines, including photography, painting, illustration, architecture, and design, among others
- Interest in printmaking, questions of authenticity and place, and collaborative, shared ways of making and living required; no prior printmaking experience necessary
- Must be legally resident in a Creative Europe country other than Italy, including EU member states and partner countries, the Outermost Regions, and Overseas Countries and Territories listed in the source
- Selected artists must provide official proof of residence if chosen
- Full attendance for the entire 31-day residency period is required
Program Benefits & Awards
- A private bedroom in a shared apartment in the historic centre of Bosa
- Access to Labó Bosa's riverside studio, equipped for screen printing, relief printing, and digital and generative work
- Mentorship from art, curation, and printmaking practitioners
- A closing open studio presented in Labó Bosa's gallery
- Dedicated support, including creative feedback, introductions to the local community, and guidance on life in Sardinia
- A Culture Moves Europe allowance of €930 for the full month
- Return travel costs covered
Application Fee
None.
Application Requirements
- Short artist statement
- Link to a portfolio
- Initial ideas on the residency's theme
- Submission via the online application form
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 10 August 2026
- Residency Period: 1–31 March 2027
Location
Bosa, Sardinia, Italy
Additional Details
- Three mentors hold the residency: Marco Sebastianelli (founder and director of Labó Bosa) leads the programme; Enya Daniela Idda (artist and art therapist) guides the collaborative process and shared authorship; Alberto Marci (printmaker and lecturer at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Sassari) oversees the final collaborative edition
- Applicants should note that Labó Bosa also runs a separate, standard residency programme with its own weekly fee structure — this is distinct from the current fully-funded Culture Moves Europe call
- Further detail on daily/travel allowances, green mobility top-ups, and visa support is available via the Culture Moves Europe call-for-residency-hosts page linked in the source