SAGA RESIDENCY 2022

Artist Application - OPEN CALL

ABOUT

22. - 31. August 2022

10 days in Eyrarbakki, Iceland.

The SAGA residency 2022 will be hosted for the sixth time in Eyrarbakki, Iceland, a small village on the south coast. We invite artists in the fields of visual art, design, performative artists, site specific work and mixed media to apply for this year. We will be collaborating with the largest prison in Iceland, Litla Hraun, located in Eyrarbakki and artists will be exploring how collaboration between an artist and inmate can be fruitful and beneficial for the process and result. Exhibition will be both in the prison and outside, in the town.

The experience is communal and includes workshops, studio visits/lectures/excursion/community outreach.

Artists are invited to apply by 12:00 Iceland time of 6th of July, 2022. Answers will be out in mid of July.
 

 

Saga Residency provides:

  • Accommodation between 22. - 31. August 2022

  • Workspace between 22. - 31. August 2022

  • Local, roundtrip transportation from Reykjavík to Eyrarbakki

  • Excursions to nature and inspirational sites

  • 10 days of professional facilitation on creative leadership and collaborative art practices

  • Limited tools and materials

  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner

 

Registration fee:

  • 45.000 ISK for the full 10-day experience. This includes food, housing, excursions, local transport and everything else that is listed above. We will be collecting registration fees before the residency.

  • Note: The residency does not include airfare to and from Iceland, or local transit from the airport to Reykjavík out of the program's designated pick-up and drop-off times. If you are arriving before 22. August or staying after 31. August, you must secure your own accommodation.

  • Note: We work intentionally with participants to write letters of recommendation for local grants or funding, and for visa purposes. We never want finances or country of origin to be a barrier to participate in our program.

 

Who Should Apply:

Creative leaders and/or artists from any medium (this could be: builders, architects, writers, designers, sculptors, technologists, painters, dancers, theater performers — and even those not included in this list!) that’s interested in working collaboratively in a dynamic, raw experience with an inmate in Iceland’s largest prison.

 

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

Fill in the form below to apply for the 2022 residency program.

In the motivation letter we would like to know why you would like to particiapate in this residency and how do you relate your artistic pratice to social impact? We would like to know what kind of work you are interested in sharing and collaborating with inmates.

Please feel free to reach out at sagaresidency@gmail.com if you have any questions.