Open Call | S+T+ARTS Regional Centers - Repairing the Present

Let’s think globally and act locally to repair the present and build the future we need.

12 Regional S+T+ARTS Centers from 11 different countries launch a call for 21 residencies aiming to address the unintended consequences of steadfast technological development resulting in the European continent’s present social, economic, and environmental challenges and propose ways of tapping into the potential of artists to act as catalysts for change and actively contribute to innovation.

Submission Deadline: 21.11.21

Το repair the present, the EU's economy must be transformed and adapted for the sustainable future we all want. The Regional S+T+ARTS Centers Repairing the Present focus on a resource, urban, ICT & art-driven transformation as the path towards reconfiguring the social, cultural and economic fabric.

We believe this reconfiguration can only be done with the involvement of different perspectives and by tapping into artists’ potential to act as catalysts for change and actively contribute to innovation. We propose shifting the role of artists from that of observers and critics of societal contexts into that of active participants in the reimagination and building of possible futures. With Repairing the Present, we want to create the frameworks needed for this shift.

As a first step, each Regional S+T+ARTS Center has gathered a group of local experts and together defined 21 challenges in their localities. The 21 challenges have been informed by the EU Green Deal, the New European Bauhaus and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to reflect pan-European or global issues that nonetheless, require a focus on local regions.

We now call for international artists to join in coming up with solutions to these challenges in 21 artist residencies which will encourage artists to critique the present, explore beyond its current limitations and reimagine sustainable futures.

Discover the 21 challenges and find more information about the call on starts.eu

Photo: Stelios Tzetzias

We seek artists with a strong motivation to help change behaviours, reduce waste, fight climate change, improve energy efficiency or make cities and communities more sustainable - in essence, a motivation to challenge existing actions and propose more responsible and sustainable ones.

Open Call benefits

The budget for each residency is up to 40.000€, including artwork/prototype production, artist fee, transportation to joint Prototyping Parks, travel and accommodation expenses, insurance etc.
Throughout the residencies, each artist will be granted access to local partners' venues, expertise and technologies upon need and request as well as to a Local Group of Experts consisting of high-level experts from industry, science, public bodies, and the arts.

Timeline

Application deadline: 21.11.21

Shortlisted Artists Announcement: 9.12.21

Jury Days: 13-19.01.22

Winners Announcment: 26.01.22

Residency: February 2022 – August 2022

Exhibiting & Impact dissemination: September 2022- December 2022

How to apply

Conditions for participation and the detailed descriptions of each residency are available on the project’s website.

Deadline: 21 November 2021 at 13:00 CEST

Conditions for participation and the detailed descriptions

Apply to the open call

S+T+ARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of science, technology, and the arts, that effectively implement a European approach to technological innovation centered on human needs and values.