PLACE, PEOPLE AND TIME is The Museum of Loss and Renewal’s Group Residency programme that takes place in the village of Collemacchia, in Italy’s Molise region. The village has been home to Tracy Mackenna’s Italian family for centuries.
Each Group Residency is situated in the contemporary parish of Filignano, amidst the historical remains of Samnite and Roman settlements. The community is situated in the outstanding National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, accessible by foot and minibus.
Each Group Residency is a special gathering, individually designed around particular themes to stimulate new ways of thinking and experimentation through production, research, co-learning and presentation, often in partnership with an organisation and subject experts of international repute.
The Group Residencies offer participants a supportive, discursive environment for practice and research, exchange and co-learning. Residents become part of a multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary international peer-group.
Aim
The aim of this residency is to provide a supportive and stimulating environment to develop your production skills and knowledge of artists’ publications, printed matter and publishing as an artistic practice. Alongside individual practice, the residency will have a focus on knowledge exchange, creating opportunities to learn from each other.
Opportunities are created for creative practitioners and researchers to share and establish a bank of knowledge and creative strategies, both globally interconnected and hyper local, digital and analogue, for imagining new responses to publications and publishing. Bringing together residents from a range of areas of practice and research, the potential to create an international network is made possible.
FACILITIES
Accommodation / Residents are accommodated in two recently renovated, comfortable houses situated a couple of minutes walk from each other. Houses have fully equipped kitchens, bathrooms, sitting rooms, and double, twin and single bedrooms. Single use bedrooms can be allocated dependent on accessibility requirements. Central heating and internet throughout. Cleaning is included in cost.
Studios / Workspaces are located in buildings that are situated a couple of minutes walk from each other, and from accommodation. They are recently renovated and include indoor and outdoor making spaces, and desk space. Internet throughout.
Fee
The Residency Programme is operated on a non-commercial cost-covering basis, and is financially supported by The Museum of Loss and Renewal in order to keep fees low. The residency fee is €1750 (Euro) paid by the resident. It includes the residency programme, accommodation, full board, collection/return to nearest train/bus station, accommodation in a variety of spacious rooms, excellent studio spaces. Double, twin and single bedrooms are available. Single bedrooms are allocated dependent on access needs. Catering (3 meals each day) includes ingredients that are mainly locally sourced and meals prepared by our cook. Vegan and vegetarian diets can be catered for.
A 50% deposit is payable within two weeks of accepting a place on the Group Residency. The remaining 50% is payable six weeks in advance of the start of the Group Residency.
You will be responsible for funding and organising your own travel, your own insurances and any visa requirements particular to your country of origin. Detailed travel information will be supplied (closest airports Naples, Rome), and collection/drop-off at a local train station will be arranged.
We do not have external funding for this project, so regret that we are unable to offer assistance with fees, flights, production costs or other subsistence. Typically, successful applicants source funding by applying to their national arts funding bodies, personal fundraising, or through academic institutional support. Formal letters of invitation can be provided to assist in this process.
Schedule Outline
Day 01
Arrival (transport from Venafro to Collemacchia), orientation, introductions, dinner, readings
Days 02-07
- Subject-specific sessions by facilitators
- Presentations and exercises by programme contributors
- Collective and individual (mentored) working sessions
- Working sessions in the local environment
- Museum / gallery / festival visit
- Readings of theories and texts
- Catered discursive meals
- Collective critical evaluation and forecasting
Day 08
Departure (transport from Collemacchia to Venafro)
A detailed programme with dates and times will be provided to residents before arrival.
Eligibility
- You can be at any stage of your (creative) career
- The programme may best suit (creative) practitioners who are seeking to develop their knowledge and skills within an environment of learning and discussion
- More experienced applicants are very welcome to apply
- Open to (creative) practitioners based in any country but applicants should have a good working knowledge of English
- Applications from duos and partnerships are welcomed
date:
October 2, 2025 to October 9, 2025
Location:
Via Collemacchia, 86074 Filignano IS, Italy
Deadline:
01/August/2025
