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With the support of the Liebelt Foundation, Hamburg <\/strong>, Klub Solitaer e.V.<\/strong> is offering a curatorial residency<\/strong> including a research and travel budget. The curatorial residency will in turn prepare the artistic residency programme Dialogfelder<\/strong> (Fields of Dialogue<\/strong> ) for the following year. We see curators as active designers: researching, mediating and organising. The focus is on the supra-regional networking of art spaces in East and West<\/strong> in order to jointly test strategies for dealing with transformation<\/strong>. Young curators are given the opportunity to apply their practice in a real urban context, promote cooperation and develop concepts for site-specific works<\/strong> that have an impact on urban society.<\/p>\n

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PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/h1>\n

During an 8\u201310-week work phase<\/strong>, the selected curator will combine local research in Chemnitz<\/strong> with a travel grant<\/strong> to eight partner locations<\/strong> (four in the east, four in the west). These trips serve to explore different strategies in urban and peripheral contexts. There, he or she will examine how other art spaces respond to situations of transformation<\/strong>, which strategies are successful, and how these can be adapted to the Chemnitz context.<\/p>\n

The result will be a network of art spaces<\/strong> in various regions of eastern and western Germany that will jointly test and further develop their strategies.<\/p>\n

The results will be presented at a symposium<\/strong> in Chemnitz in June 2026, in which the partner institutions visited will participate. Together, the experiences will be evaluated, a long list<\/strong> of artists will be compiled, and funding<\/strong> will be sought<\/strong> for the implementation of the dialogue fields in the following year.<\/p>\n

A publication<\/strong> will document the results and will be supplemented by digital formats such as travel diaries and podcasts.<\/p>\n

PROCESS<\/strong><\/h1>\n

14 February 2026 | Information and discussion<\/strong> session
\n2:00 p.m. \u2013 8:00 p.m. LOKOMOV Chem<\/strong><\/span>nitz
\nAll interested parties are invited to get to know the organisers and their environment and to discuss current moments of transformation with each other.<\/p>\n

1 March 2026, midnight | Application deadline<\/strong>
\nFollowed by selection by a jury.<\/p>\n

1 April 2026 | Start of the work and research period.
\n<\/span><\/strong>A central element is the travel grant, which provides for visits to eight art spaces (4 in the east, 4 in the west \u2013 urban and peripheral). A publication and dissemination strategy will be developed in advance, which may be based on field notes, photographs, interviews or digital formats such as travel diaries or podcasts. This will be implemented alongside the project.<\/p>\n

June 2026 | Presentation of the curatorial concept<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe participating art spaces from East and West will be invited to discuss and refine the concept together. The overarching theme for the 2027 dialogue fields<\/strong> will be defined. The consortium will jointly develop a longlist of artists, establish work plans and begin a joint application and fundraising process.<\/strong><\/p>\n

March to September 2027 |<\/strong>Implementation
\nImplementation of the artistic residencies of the dialogue fields in Chemnitz in accordance with the funds acquired.<\/p>\n

October 2027 |<\/span><\/strong>Publication
\nA publication brings together spaces, methods, interventions and discussions and relates them to the overarching theme.<\/p>\n

CONDITIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Fee for curatorial residency:<\/strong> \u20ac10,000 gross<\/p>\n

Travel budget for research:<\/strong> up to \u20ac4,000 gross<\/p>\n

The fee will be paid in four instalments against invoices:<\/p>\n