Short Description:

MATCH is a transnational arts project that connects artists to community gardens as a
response to the climate crisis in 5 Mediterranean Cities: Athens, Nicosia, Marseille,
Barcelona and Izmir.
The Mediterranean is a climate hotspot. This is a statement that, today, no one challenges.
It is a complex issue that, with its political, social and environmental components, does
not allow for one single solution. We believe that, alongside other actions that must be
undertaken to mitigate the climate crisis, community engagement and regenerative
practices are vital to enable the necessary societal change to address this “hot” issue.
MATCH: Mediterranean as the Climate Hotspot brings together artists, cultural
organisations and community gardens to build awareness and engagement around
regenerative, self-sufficient, and community-based ways of life through arts practice,
through the development of a new set of ethics, and by sharing knowledge specific to the
Mediterranean climate and cultures.
MATCH will support 10 artists to develop, co-create and present new artworks to
empower community action on climate change, through transnational artistic residencies
and exhibitions. The selected artists will also take part in an integrated linked capacity
building programme, which offers opportunities for shared learning on cultural and
grassroots work that responds proactively to the climate emergency. A feedback learning
process will lead to the design of a (policy) framework focusing on climate change,
culture and the arts.

Application Requirements:

This is an Open Call to select 10 artists based in the Eligible Mediterranean countries of
the Creative Europe programme (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus,
France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain or Tunisia). Selection
will be based on:

  • Quality of artistic practice
  • Quality of response to the questions in the application form
  • Experience of participatory and socially-engaged practice
  • Experience of collaboration with other artists and across sectors
  • Demonstrable interest in the role of contemporary arts in heritage contexts, with
    particular reference to the themes of the programme
    In addition, all applicants must be:
  • Proficient in English language
  • Aged 18 or older
  • Based in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy,
    Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain or Tunisia
  • Submit all application documents requested on the application form
  • Commitment to participate in all activities and evaluation processes

Eligibility:

This is a call for 10 artists based in the following Mediterranean countries: Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro,
Portugal, Slovenia, Spain or Tunisia to participate in an international programme of
learning, residencies and exhibition.

Artistic Production and Presentation:

  • 1 x month-long international research and production residency alongside one other
    international artist. There are five residency options that you can choose from in
    Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France or Turkey (please see ‘RESIDENCY OPTIONS’ below),
    and each participating artist will be selected for one residency. Here, artists will
    undertake research and begin to produce new artworks in response to their
    experiences.
  • Post-production of final artwork(s). After the residency, each artist will have 4 months
    to work on the ideas and artworks created during their residency and complete their
    work for public presentation.
  • 1 x Digital Reflection. Also in the period after the residency, with the support from the
    D6:EU team and a Digital Curator, the artists will develop an online presentation of
    their artworks and ideas. D6:EU will support each artist to identify a local creative to
    work with them to develop their digital reflection. This could be a critical writer, adigital artist, a researcher, a videographer, a photographer or an editor. Curatorial support will be offered through group sessions and one-to-one meetings.
  • 1 x Exposition. Following the period of post-production, the artists will return to the
    country where they had their residency for one week

Program Benefits or Awards:

Artist Fee: €6.000,,00

  • Production budget: €600,00 (including expenses for workshops, research and
    materials)
  • Travel, Accommodation and Subsistence for 1 month in a selected residency space
    and 1 week for the exhibition. The travel will be booked from the city of residence
    identified in your application form.
  • Access to working spaces for preparation of the project
  • Free attendance at 5 Capacity Building Workshops and a Study Visit, including travel,
    accommodation and subsistence
  • Logistical, curatorial and networking support during your residency and exhibition
  • Curatorial support to develop a digital reflection on your artwork, and up to 5 days of
    time for a local creative to support you to develop this digital project
  • Promotion on MATCH social media, website and newsletter channels

 Entry Fee: none

Location:  The project spans several countries including Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Spain, and Turkey

Deadline: 18 May 2025

Website link: https://matchproject.eu/

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