Open call: R30 - Climate / Coloniality

Residency dates: 12 August - 11 September 2025
Application deadline: 23:59 CET, 5 January 2025

Climate change is indisputably a problem that is largely created by a privileged elite from the Global North, but it disproportionately impacts nations and regions in the South, alongside those in the north who have least resources to protect themselves from its effects. How might artists, wherever they come from, mobilise the local knowledge of individuals and communities from the Global South as they act in relation to climate crisis? How can they absorb and/or deploy globally interconnected knowledge and skills without reproducing the imperialist concepts and practices that underpinned colonial modernity?

Developed with the Asia Pacific Artistic Research Network (APARN), PRAKSIS residency 30, Climate / Coloniality invites artists to consider sustainability in the context of critical approaches to colonial knowledge, and explore new modes of community-engaged practice on a planet under threat.

Applications are welcomed from local, national and international people with relevant interest and experience. The residency may be particularly relevant to cultural (or other) practitioners, performers, critics and researchers seeking to explore questions of artistic practice and environmental change in relation to local knowledge systems and movements. It aims to be a place of open exchange and sharing, in order to facilitate critical reflection on the geopolitics of environmental knowledge and the distribution of artistic resources addressing global issues.

The group will collectively plan a residency schedule. The schedule will include daily group meetings and joint activities such as readings, discussions, visits to relevant spaces in Oslo, networking events, communal meals and socialising, alongside unstructured time for independent reflection and research. In the first week, residents will participate in PRAKSIS’s customary “Meet the Residents” event, informally introducing themselves and their practices to the rest of the group and the Oslo arts community.

What the Residency Provides

An active, facilitated programme connected with the residency topic. 

• A communal work space at PRAKSIS, in the centre of Oslo.
  
  
• Comfortable shared accommodation (with your own bedroom) for non-Oslo based residents. Oslo-based residents will continue to stay at their local address.
  
  
• A stipend of 10,000 NOK for those who cannot participate otherwise. Limited stipends available, select this option in the application form.
  
  
• Weekly group dinners with invited guests. On weekdays, PRAKSIS will provide lunch at PRAKSIS HQ.
  
  

Oslo has a vibrant arts landscape. PRAKSIS will help link residents to the city’s cultural scene, informing them about exhibitions, talks, performances and other events. PRAKSIS seeks wherever possible to connect participants with relevant organisations and individuals in Oslo, introducing the residency community to Oslo creatives in various spheres, including curators, writers, and artists.

Activities and events will be developed in dialogue with the residency group, and are mainly held at PRAKSIS’s space in central Oslo. At the start of the residency, participants are invited to make a presentation, informally introducing themselves and their practice to the rest of the group. Other activities include residency-related visits, a tour of Oslo's galleries, networking events, discussions and group critiques – some open to the public. A seminar event will address issues surrounding the residency theme.

Residents are responsible for their own travel and any further costs. Our team is happy to support applications for external grants wherever possible.

Requirements

• English is the common language at PRAKSIS and residents must be sufficiently fluent to participate in group discussion and activity.
• Residents are expected to involve themselves fully in the work of the residency: joining discussions, participating in events and engaging with the resident community.
• Accepting a residency involves a commitment to participation for the full residency term.

For more information and to apply:

https://www.praksisoslo.org/residencieslist/2025/r30-climate-coloniality

About PRAKSIS

PRAKSIS is a transnational platform for art, research and learning located in Oslo, Norway, and was established as a charity in 2015. PRAKSIS connects diverse artists, thinkers and publics to Norway’s creative ecology via thematic programmes that focus on urgent issues of our time. Dedicated to inclusivity, PRAKSIS seeks to inspire and support artistic creation, bringing new creative networks and communities into being.

About APARN

The Asia Pacific Artistic Research Network (APARN) aims to map artistic research initiatives and activities in the Asia Pacific region, to provide a regional framework for practical collaboration between individuals and institutions, and to develop an understanding of the local cultural dynamics that influence artistic research activities in the Asia Pacific region. APARN was initiated by the Centre of Visual Art, University of Melbourne and the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta. It is a Special Interest Group of the Society for Artistic Research (SAR).