OPEN CALL – Residency in Tartu, Estonia 2022

The Berlin-based project space roam is pleased to announce in cooperation with the Printing and Paper Arts Centre TYPA the call for applications for a residency in Tartu, Estonia. We are looking for German artists who would like to work from mid-October to mid-November 2022 in Tartu with the option of an exhibition during the Gallery Night on November 25th 2022.

TYPA is an international institution founded in spring 2010 as a private museum to fill the gap within memory institutions and to save the last surviving letterpress machines and equipment. We are looking for printmakers, but we also encourage artists who are new to printmaking – new media, sculpture, audio artists, painters and other artistic practices – to apply. Typa offers a wide range of printmaking processes (etching, relief, silkscreen and more), darkroom photography, bookbinding and support for artists to develop their own projects.

roam defines itself as a platform to engage with international protagonists of the free and independent art scene by strengthening Europe-wide connections, sharing already existing contacts and welcoming creatives to this fastly growing network. The project space accommodates art shows, shorter pop-up projects, networking events and has a residency program with a focus on East Europe.

The residency offers:

• Coverage of travel costs to and from Tartu (max. 200,00 €)
• Accommodation and studio use
• Option of an exhibition during the Gallery Night
• Material for print and photo work (machines, paper, ink, etc.)
• Support, mediation and communication with local partners and networks, promotion
• Exhibition organisation

Application:

• A letter of motivation (max. 1 A4 page)
• Short biography and/or artist statement
• A portfolio with examples of work

Application Deadline: August 14th 2022, 12 p.m. via email to m@roam-space.eu

Stranger to the Trees

by Kat Austen

in cooperation with post-gallery.online

The multimedia project Stranger to the Trees investigates the coexistence of microplastics and birch trees as carbon sinks: How do microplastics behave in urban and rural regions in times of climate crisis? What is the role of microplastics as reservoirs of carbon How do trees interact with microplastics found in the atmosphere and soil? The ubiquitous existence of plastic particles in ecosystems can be detected from our atmosphere to the bottom of the Mariana Trench and raises many questions about how to deal with plastic.

This global problem is at the same moment a micropolitical phenomenon of individual responsibility – what are the consequences of one’s own consumption in relation to the environment? In this new cooperation with postgallery.online, the physical Stranger to the Trees installation will be augmented by an online instance of the work to create an analogue-local, digital-global instance of the work.

The project is characterized by a multifaceted program that focuses on Berlin as an urban space on the one hand and on the potentials of the internet’s reach on the other hand.

For further information visit Kat Austen’s website.

Stranger to the Trees in cooperation with post-gallery.online is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.