AiRS (Artist in Residence Skövde) is an eight week long International Residency that runs from October to December 2024 for one artist. AiRS is run by Skövde Art Museum in the rural town of Skövde in Southwestern Sweden. The residency is primarily based on a dialogue between the artist and the local community, and invites artists who works with participatory, engaged, and critical practices in the public space. But this year we will also do a group exhibition with Taiwanese artists at Skövde Art Museum opening October 17 and one slot in this exhibition will be held open för the residence artist to show either new or already existing work chosen in dialogue with the Exhibition curators.
Residency Date: Oct-Dec 2024
Open Call deadline: January 28, 2024
Studio visits: Late February, 2024
Application and review process
The AiRS team believe in extending the online application to include a personal meeting. As part of this engagement two curators from the Art Museum will visit Taipei in the second half of February 2024 and conduct studio visits before inviting one artist for AiRS 2024. At the studio visit, we ask the artist to present ideas, visions, and critical stance. The studio visit is also a good opportunity to get to know each other and to share information about the residency. We believe this process contributes to obtain a high-level artist residency with focus on evolving the artist practice and selected topic.
What we offer
- International travel to and from the residency (economy class)
- 8 weeks accommodation and a studio space in a small studio apartment
- Personal grant of 30 000 SEK
- Curatorial dialogue on a weekly basis upon arrival in Sweden
- AiRS encourages and will assist in facilitating community engagement including access to a small network of local artists
- A limited production budget (must be billed to, and pre-approved by the Art Museum)
- Public transportation pass and a bicycle
- Swedish SIM card and Wi-Fi in the studio apartment
Eligible Artists
To be eligible for the AiRS 2024 residency, the applicant must be a professional artist working or living in Taipei. The artist needs:
- To submit online application:
(a) personal details & CV
(b) portfolio
To showcase participatory, engaged, or critical practice, including but not limited to temporal practices, site specific work, performance, lens- or audio-based projects, community engagement
(c) proposal
A committed proposal for the 2024 residency where suggested themes or project is described. What is to be researched or developed during the residency period?
Further Requirements
- To be in dialogue with the AiRS team and elaborate on their work and approaches to discover obtainability of the individual proposal submitted.
- A working level of English or Swedish (translator is not facilitated).
- To hold two public presentations in Skövde during the residency.
Disclaimer: 1-2 positions might open for late submission upon invitation from AiRS team
AiRS is awarded to one artist per year. The Residency was founded in 2014 and is made possible on a grant from Region Västra Götaland. AiRS is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression. The AiRS studio apartment is located on the second floor of a newly renovated building from 1862, situated in a courtyard across the street from the Art Museum. An analog graphic print studio, gallery and art school are also located next door. The Skövde Cultural Centre houses the Art Museum, the public library, a theatre, a cinema and a restaurant/bar/café, all in the very center of the city.
Previous AiRS artists
Application and review process
The AiRS team believe in extending the online application to include a personal dialogue. As part of this engagement the two curators of the Art Museum will visit Anchorage in October/November 2019 and conduct studio visits prior to inviting one artist for AiRS 2020. At the studio visit, we ask the artist to present ideas, visions and critical stance. The studio visit is also a good opportunity to get to know each other and to share information about the residency. We believe this process contributes to obtain a high-level artist residency with focus on evolving the artist practice and selected topic.
Please read Eligible Artists above prior to starting your application.
Step 1: Online application
Application deadline: January 28, apply via the link below. No application fee.
The AiRS team reviews online applications and selects 6-8 artists for studio visits in Taipei. The selected artists will be contacted in early February for the planning of the studio visits.
Step 2: Studio visits
The AiRS team will make studio visits late February after which an Artist is selected for the residency. All meetings and studio visits will be in Taipei. If Selected for a studio visit, please prepare for a 60-minute studio visit or portfolio review
Step 3: Reconnection
Some of the AiRS team's previous studio visits have resulted in engagements other than invitations to the residency. Even if you are not selected for our residency program we are still interested in your specific work. This is why we have set up a "Reconnect" opportunity. At this point we will also make public who has been selected for the AiRS 2024 residency
Step 4:Meeting with selected artist
The AiRS team and selected artist meet for in Taipei to discuss details regarding the residency and proposed project. Here the curatorial dialogue begins, and the specifics of the residency starts to take form.