The decision to focus the residencies on XR comes from the desire to build a shared and hybrid practice, in which languages, skills, and disciplines can meet on common ground. XR is not intended as an end in itself or as a technology to be showcased, but as an environment in which skills and practices are transformed through collective work.
In this context, XR becomes a tool that allows different practices to dialogue and generate forms that would not exist in isolation. It is in this shared dimension that technology opens up to unexpected possibilities and becomes a living material for collaboration.

➜ Three 15.000€ grants for each round of residency (one per selected artist)
➜ A 6-month hybrid residency hosted by an international institution.
➜ A 2-month in-person period (at the host institution premises), including a public Test Lab, an event to present the artwork in production to the local artistic and professional community.
➜ Support for the artwork distribution after the end of the residency.
➜ A mentoring programme to support you in your creative process, from production to mediation, from narration to distribution:

• Mediation of XR experiences, ethics and inclusion;
• Hybridisation of spaces and collective interaction;
• Accessibility of XR art pieces ;
• From production to distribution;
• Business Models for collective artworks;
• XR art and ethics and ecology.

The mentoring programme applies to all residencies.

What does the budget include?

The three selected residents will receive a grant of 15.000€ each. This amount covers the artist’s fee as well as travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs for the duration of the residency.

The grant will be disbursed in three installments:
→ A first payment of 7.000€ will be made upon signature of the grant agreement.
→ A second instalment of 4.000€ will be released following the completion of the Test Lab phase.
→ The final 4.000€ will be paid at the end of the residency period.

Artists will have to send separate invoices at the three payments.

Production costs for the residency will be covered by the host partner and will be up to 5.000€ (the final budget will be discussed between the 3 artists, the creative technologist and the host institution). The host will cover the costs of the Test Lab and the first showcase.

Residencies will take place over 6 months (4 months online/remote and 2 months on-site/in-person) (please refer to each residency timeline).
For each call, three artists will be selected to work together on the development of a single collective project. They will cooperate with a creative technologist, specifically selected by each institution to match the awarded artists’ profile.

Collaboration is the heart of the process: a common ground where different practices meet, negotiate, and transform into a shared vision. 

At the culmination of the 2-month on-site period, each institution will organise a Test Lab, small-scale event where artists will be able to showcase their artwork (any form reached at that point) to the local artistic and professional community.

We welcome artists who are permanent residents in one of the EU Member States or countries associated with the Creative Europe programme (list here). (See FAQ for more information)

• Age Eligibility: you must be 18+. 
• Be able to work and travel around Europe. 
• Not having received a grant in the RiT1 project.
• Not be affiliated with any of the Realities in Transition consortium partners, their affiliated entities, employees and permanent collaborators.
• Each participant can get a grant for only one program but can apply to more than one call.
• Be available at all dates when the programme will occur (cf. timeline);
• Be able to speak and write English fluently;
• Be able to issue invoices;
• Not be under liquidation according to the Commission Regulation No 651/2014, art. 2.182, or not be excluded from the possibility of obtaining EU funding under the provisions of both national and EU law, or by a decision of either national or EU authority.

The cultural organisations issuing this open call are encouraging diversity, inclusion and gender equality. This means that:

• We will pay attention to gender equality, and we endorse applications from the LGBTQIA+ community.
• We encourage people with specific needs or disabilities to apply. If applying through the online form is not possible for you, please contact us and we will adapt the application process.
• We encourage people from different cultural backgrounds to apply.

To apply, please fill out the dedicated form available on each residence’s page.
In the form, you will be asked to upload:

• CV
• Portfolio (link or PDF)
• A video of no more than 2 minutes in which you explain why you are applying for this call and what contribution you think you can make to the project in terms of skillset, expertise, and perspectives
• You’ll need to answer questions about : your technical experience (you do not need to be a technologist, but it is important to understand your level of familiarity and awareness of technological tools) and one or more examples of collaborative, multidisciplinary, or interdisciplinary practices that will inform the process of forming working groups
• A budget proposal describing how you plan to use the available resources: prototyping and production costs, travel, accommodation, and living expenses

All information collected will be used exclusively for the purposes of selection and the formation of balanced, complementary working groups that are consistent with the collaborative spirit of the project.

All applications received will be carefully examined by the institution responsible for the call, which will carry out the first phase of evaluation based on eligibility criteria, consistency with the proposed medium and topic of the open call, and ability to work in a collaborative environment. Following this initial selection, 20 applications will be submitted for in-depth evaluation by a jury composed of:

• members of the internal team of the institution hosting the residency;
• two artists who participated in the first edition of Realities in Transition (RiT1).

This step is intended to ensure a pluralistic view, integrating curatorial, institutional, and artistic perspectives, in continuity with the project’s experience.

The jury will select a shortlist of 6 candidates, who will be invited to participate in an online matchmaking workshop with the host institution. This meeting will be an opportunity for direct discussion, useful for further exploring the candidates’ profiles, skills, and aptitude for teamwork.

At the end of the workshop, the institution will select three artists, who will take part in the residency and work together on the development of the collective project.