SIT-RES 2026 - OPEN CALL FOR FOUR RESIDENCIES: BALTAN LABORATORIES (Eindhoven) - IDENSITAT (Barcelona) - LUNGOMARE (Bolzano) - ZEMOS 98 (Cantabria-León)
Deadline: 20 June 23:59 CET.
Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe Cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions. Drawing on the Zapatista concept of the pluriverse—"a world where many worlds fit"—the project embraces diverse ways of knowing and living, foregrounding buen vivir (social well-being), communal interdependence, and the relationships between human and more-than-human entities.
The project includes a program of residencies (SIT-RES) happening in 2026 and 2027, where artists and creative practitioners selected through this open call will be invited to engage with a specific context (social, geographical, historical) for one year and develop new forms of creative intervention/cultural mediation.
The application can be submitted for the following institutions and contexts:
- Baltan Laboratories (NL) will work with Landpark Assisië in Biezenmortel, a residential environment for approximately 250 people with intellectual disabilities;
- Lungomare (IT) will engage with the riverscapes in Bolzano;
- Idensitat (ES) will explore the theme of sacrifice zones, focusing upon neighbourhoods in the metropolitan area near the mouth of the Besos river
- ZEMOS98 (ES) will collaborate with the MediNat community, a diverse group of citizens debating the consequences of installing massive renewable energy parks in the north of Spain.
Process
The application process will be structured in 2 phases:
Phase 1
You can apply by filling out this form with the following materials:
- Motivation letter
- CV
- Portfolio (max 5 projects most fitting to the topic of this call)
- Draft proposal focused on one of the context/hosting institutions
We value approaches that leave a distinctive mark on the territory, whether manifested as a physical intervention in public space, as evidence of relationships formed during the residency, or as the catalyst for ongoing processes that enrich community engagement over time. We are particularly interested in methods that involve new audiences and create a culture that embraces diversity and discursive exchange.
SIT-RES 2026 Deadline: 20 June 23:59 CET.
Results: by the end of July.
Phase 2
Three creative practitioners (for each residency) will be selected for the second phase and be asked to develop a more specific proposal in dialogue with the host institution.
SIT-RES 2026 Deadline: 24 August 23:59 CET.
Results: by the end of September.
General Conditions
SIT-RES 2026 starts in January 2026 and SIT-RES 2027 in November 2026.The selected residents will receive an artist fee of €13,500 (travel excluded) and a production budget. Each institution details the terms and conditions of each specific residency/context, including the intended role of the artist, payment, production budgets and minimum requirements, in separate attachments to the general open call (see Downloads section below).
Info
For any enquiries, please contact
For specific details related to Idensitat residency
Each institution will hold online Q&A sessions to illustrate its context and specifics:
Q&A Idensitat: May 5, 6–7pm, online link
Q&A Baltan—Landpark Assisië: May 6, 6–7pm, online
Q&A Lungomare: May 7, 12–1pm, online
Q&A ZEMOS98: May 20, 5–6pm, online
SIT-PLU presentation: June 6, 7–9pm, Floating University, Berlin
About SIT-PLU
SIT-PLU stems from acknowledging that we cannot address contemporary crises using the same categories that originated them. Arts and culture can be significant triggers for contributing to new perspectives emerging and taking hold, but, for doing so, a particular approach should be explored: one in which creative practitioners (and researchers) take on ‘situated’ approaches.
SIT-PLU website: https://sitplu.substack.com/
SIT-PLU is a medium-scale Creative Europe cooperation project involving the following partners: LUCA School of Arts (BE), Floating University (DE), ZEMOS98 (ES), Idensitat (ES), Lungomare (IT), Baltan Laboratories (NL), EINA (ES), Universitat Politècnica de València (ES). SIT-PLU is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Downloads
Idensitat - Terms and Conditions
Baltan Laboratories - Terms and Conditions