How to apply for our residency programme
Oriente Occidente aims at the promotion and development of the system of artistic residencies, as a method of contemporary art production and development of innovative and unpublished works through an accompaniment in the different stages of creation able to stimulate and foster the growth of a professional and artistic path.
Every autumn, we open a call for applications to support artists, collectives and companies based both in Italy or abroad, working in the performing arts, and developing research on the body and movement. In 2025 they will come to our Studio:
This year we received about 300 applications. The winners are selected by a commission as follows:
In the evaluation of projects, the following were considered preferential requirements:
research processes that can find connections with the territory, cultivate relationships and a sense of community
research processes that enhance the culture of diversity and accessibility.
The projects selected by the call for proposals that are part of the artistic residency programme have access to:
a residency period of a minimum of 15 days (even if not continuous) in the spaces of Oriente Occidente Studio
an economic contribution clarified during the interview with the artistic direction
tutoring and accompaniment to creation by experts both from the performing arts sector and from other sectors, according to the needs of the individual projects
training or consultancy on organisation, production, communication, design, administration thanks to the skills of Oriente Occidente's staff.
