Open Call: Euro-Mediterranean co-creation residency programme , Matera / Italien

 

#together and #openfuture have been the keywords for our vision and our forward-looking path.

2022 is the European Year of Youth: Europe calls on young people to become active citizens and actors of positive change.

Europe needs the vision, the engagement and the participation of all young people to build a better future based on equality, inclusion and sustainability leveraging participation of local communities, especially those with fewer opportunities, from disadvantaged backgrounds, from rural or remote areas.

We want to invite young creatives, from Europe and the Mediterranean area, to work with local communities of Basilicata, investigating a new idea of Europe shaped around those principles and which embraces the Mediterranean area as a key place to shape the future.

 

We will select four European and Mediterranean young creatives (individuals and collectives, aged under 40) for a three weeks residency in a village of Basilicata region (Italy) during November 2022.

Invited creatives will develop and deliver their proposal through a co-creation process with the local community and a local creative or cultural company, that will participate in the development of the project.

 

The creative proposal must reflect the previously listed values and can belong to any field: theatre, music, literature, communication, design (any kind - service, relational, graphic, etc.), architecture, digital, photography, circus, multimedia, film, writing, craft, multi-artform, visual.

Outputs might be of any type, e.g., books, exhibition, archives, documentaries, architecture prototypes, urban games, social design processes, design of services, infographics, digital products, communication campaigns, billboards, etc. Proposals must include a clear description of the methodologies/strategies to be used for leading co-creation processes with the community, especially young people, and include a phase of co-design, preparation, collective action and follow-up activities, with highlights and milestones.

 

The residency will run over 3 weeks, November 6 to 27. Selected creatives will have to spend their time in the identified village for the entire period. At the end of the residency, selected applicants should submit a final memory that will include: title, description of the project, objectives and a graphic dossier (10 A4 pages minimum) plus the complete handbook.

 

A 4.000 euros gross fee (+ € 1000 for groups of over 3 people) for stipend, living costs or related expenses will be provided. The Foundation will assist the creatives in finding appropriate accommodation.

 

A 1,500 euros gross budget is available to cover materials or equipment needed for the duration of the residency. Receipts will be necessary.

 

A gross contribution to travel expenses of € 500 is available (€ 1000 in case of groups of over 3 people) and can be used for any related travel expenses to Italy or travel within Italy on arrival. Receipts will be necessary.

 

September 2nd, 2022