IN SITU is an original multidisciplinary residency program which aims to be both a time and a space for encounters, collective work and individual research, at the very heart of the Cité internationale des arts residency center, but also an area for the production of knowledge and works around the theme of conditions of existence.
It brings together ten artists - from all disciplines - researchers, designers, writers, curators, art critics, architects, urban planners, and even scientists for a period of six months, in Paris on the marais site of the Cité internationale des arts, around a collective and individual dynamic, and a line of work proposed by a guest researcher. The program focuses on an individual and collective approach to ecological conditions of existence which take into account the reality of a changing world and invent, explore, and experiment with possible modes of action.
The focus of the program is proposed by María Inés Rodríguez, director of Tropical Papers.
"IN SITU is conceived as an inclusive space, open to debate, exchange of ideas and other forms of knowledge transmission, in which ecological transition is at the centre of our research. Through a series of monthly meetings/lectures with invited guests and site visits, we will explore diverse perspectives on historical and current geopolitics that are either at the cause of the current ecological and climate crisis or can be instrumental in the transition to a circular and climate neutral society, and can catalyse new ways of thinking, relating, debating and acting.
Through this programme we want to encourage new ways of enabling the radical transition to an inherently circular economy that is carbon neutral and in term even climate positive, which are supported and visualised by projects by creative people working in the arts, architecture, design and scientific research, for whom environmental sustainability has been an essential element in their work."
- María Inés Rodríguez
During the six months of the residency, the program will be punctuated by various formats, including collective work sessions designed by the program’s guest, as well as work sessions focused on the accompaniment of individual practice. At the end of the residency, the recipients and María Inés Rodríguez will hold a public restitution in the form chosen by them.
IN SITU offers a balance between personal time, allowing the realization of a project or research, and collective emulation thanks to the anchoring in the heart of the community of 325 residents of all disciplines, generations and nationalities.
All information and practical questions to read below and available for download > HERE < (please consult these elements before submitting your application).
If for any reason you cannot access online registration, please contact the residency department at the Cité internationale des arts: commissions@citedesartsparis.fr
The residency programme includes:
- Professional support, meetings and networking opportunities including visits to exhibitions and meetings with personalities from various disciplines;
- The provision of a live-in studio, as well as a common space dedicated to the collective reflection of the program, on the site of the Marais of the Cité internationale des arts from October 3, 2023 to March 28, 2024;
- A monthly stipend of 1000 euros;
- A production grant and travel assistance within France of 2000 euros;
- Reimbursement of transportation costs from the place of residence to the Cité internationale des arts, up to 600 euros.
Ten applications will be selected.
The residency program is open to artists with an artistic practice in the field of visual arts, performance art, design, architecture-urbanism, curating, and whose work and research are related to the theme of the residency program.
It is open to candidates of all nationalities residing within the European Union.
Group applications (duo, couple, collective) are accepted and will result in the attribution of one single live-in studio, one single monthly stipend, one single production grant, and the single payment of transportation costs.
In addition to evaluating the candidates’ professional background, the jury members will pay particular attention to the artistic quality of the project, to the arguments presented on the added value of this perspective of residency in Paris, within the Cité internationale des arts and with the support provided within the framework of the program.
IN SITU is aimed at artists who are concerned with the issues related to the program’s theme and who are committed to making its challenges visible.
Transmission of applications
From May 09 to June 09, 2023 included
Announcement of the results
From the end of July 2023
Residency
From Octobre 03, 2023 to March 28, 2024
Candidates wishing to apply must fill out the dedicated online form.
Applicants will need a Google account to complete the application process. If you do not have a Google account, you can create one HERE.
If for any reason you cannot access online registration, please contact the residency department at the Cité internationale des arts: commissions@citedesartsparis.fr
Please note: once you have validated your application it cannot be modified. For this reason, we advise you to take great care when filling out the form.
Before completing the online application form, please make sure you have scanned copies of the following documents to hand (PDF format).
- A curriculum vitae in English (4 pages maximum, pdf);
- A letter of motivation in English in which the candidate states his/her motivation to take part in a collective and supervised research and creation experience in Paris at the Cité internationale des arts. The candidate will also present his/her professional background, the purpose of his/her current research, as well as his/her interest and commitment to the subject of living conditions and the work proposed by the invited personality (4 pages maximum, pdf);
- A portfolio presenting the projects carried out and projects in progress (detail technical captions, 15 pages maximum, pdf);
- An administrative document proving residence in the European Union (proof of address, residence certificate, etc.).
María Inés Rodríguez has a curatorial and institutional practice relating to consolidate the museum as a platform for knowledge trough the exhibition, cultural and educational programs. She is currently director of the Walter Leblanc Foundation in Brussels and assistant curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at MASP, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Sāo Paulo.
Rodríguez is also part of Tropical Papers, an inclusive cultural forum, which she founded in 2005, dedicated to developing a reflection on art, architecture, design and scientific research with cultural practitioners from and in the tropics.
She was previously the Director of CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux in France, chief curator of the MUAC in Mexico City, chief curator at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon (MUSAC) in Spain and Guest Curator at Jeu de Paume in Paris.
Parallel to her curatorial work, Mrs. Rodríguez has organised public lectures and exhibitions around the topics of printed matter and architecture.
Since 2022 she has been an advisor to the Rijksakademie Amsterdam and to the Kadist Foundation, France.
She has been a member of the Board of the Martell Foundation in France since 2017, as well as a member of the jury of The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award Programme 2019-2024 at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Norway.
She has been awarded the following grants: Fondation Patiño - Ville de Genève, American Center Foundation, Apex Art Center in New York, and Davidoff Arts Initiative.
Created in 2010, as a tribute to Daniel Carasso, founder of Danone, and his wife Nina, the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation acts in France and Spain. It reveals, supports, accompanies and connects women and men who dare to look at and build the world differently in the fields of Sustainable Food and Citizen Art. The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation is a family foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France. It is independent of any commercial company.
By pla-cing Citizen Art and Sustainable Food at the heart of its actions, it wishes to contribute to a fairer world for today and tomorrow. It is by allowing the emergence of free minds that question, venture, cross and give life to ideas, and by facilitating the success of their pro-jects, that it will be possible to accelerate this transformation. More specifically, the Foundation’s Citizen Art axis develops its programs to meet the needs:
• Art education and mediation actors, who open the horizons of our knowledge and practices, as well as the pathways that connect us to others.
• Artists and researchers, who invest in cooperative ventures and make art a partner in research to invent new models and imagine tomorrow.
• Artists who engage in projects of general interest and carry out initiatives as citizens to en-lighten, contribute and mobilize in the face of societal challenges.
The Cité internationale des arts is an artists’ residency that brings together artists in the heart of Paris and allows them to implement a creative or research project in all disciplines.
For periods of two months to a year, in the Marais or in Montmartre, the Cité internationale des arts allows artists to work in an environment that is conducive to creation and open to meetings with professionals from the cultural milieu. Residents benefit from customized support from the Cité internationale des arts team.