Liepāja invites two new media artists from the CreArt Network to work in Liepāja AiR, between 23 September and 27 October 2024. During the residency, the artists will have a diversified cultural programme, which will aim to widen their knowledge about the city and the region. Moreover, the artists will have the opportunity to attend and experience New Media and Technology Festival UPDATE, as well as to take an active part in the festival programme with a masterclass, artist talk or presentation.
The final works created during the residency will be presented to the public in the exhibition ‘UPDATE 2024’ together with other festival artists working with digital arts, VR, environmental art, media art. The exhibition will be open from 19 November to 9 December 2024.
Artists born or residing in any of the cities taking part in the CreArt can apply: Kaunas (Lithuania); Aveiro (Portugal); Valladolid (Spain); České Budějovice (Czech Republic); Clermont-Ferrand and Rouen (France); members of HDLU (Croatia); Lublin (Poland); artists from Ukraine through Lviv Artistic Council ‘Dialogue’ (Ukraine); Oulu (Finland); Regensburg (Germany); Skopje (North Macedonia), and Venezia (Italy).
Liepāja 2027 will provide:
- Five-week accommodation for two international artists and studio space (if needed).
- Round-trip ticket expenses to and from Liepāja up to 400 EUR
- Artistic fee in the amount of 1,000 EUR/gross
- Daily allowance of 30 EUR/day
- Production cost of new artwork(s) in the amount of 800 EUR/gross, result presented in the exhibition
