Signal Culture is announcing an open call for Artist, Toolmaker, and Researcher Residencies for the first time since 2020. Signal Culture is an experimental media arts organization, focusing on real time analog and digital processes.We’ve moved to Loveland, Colorado and have been testing our facilities – now we’re ready and excited to welcome residents from around the world again!

Founded in 2012, Signal Culture is an environment where innovative artists, toolmakers, curators, critics, and art historians who are contributing to the field of experimental media art will have time and space to make new work and to interact with one another. We have welcomed over 450 residents from all over the US and about 25 countries. In addition to the residency program, we organize public exhibitions and produce resources for researchers and practitioners in the field of experimental media art as a way to expand support beyond the residency.

Residency Categories:  Make sure to familiarize yourself with the residency categories so that you can apply for the one that’s the best fit for you. Descriptions of each of our residencies can be found on our website.

https://signalculture.org/residency-program.html

Eligibility:  You may apply for a residency category if you have not had a residency in that category in the previous 2 years (see categories above).

You must be at least 21 years of age

Cost :  There is no application fee

Residents will be provided free housing and studio space during their residency

Residents are responsible for their own transportation, food, and costs of any supplies.

What You’ll Need to Apply

Bio or a link to a CV

Links to 2 work samples. We will not download videos. if you had a previous residency of the same category, one must be from your most recent residency in that category. We’ll want to know a little about the work and your role in its production.

Think generally about how you’ll want to use time in a residency and whether you have any specific needs. You don’t need to have a specific project in mind, and you don’t have to complete a project during the residency.

Review your calendar between October 2024 and January 2025, and be ready to select your available dates

Collaborations

Each collaborator will need to apply with their own form

Residents With Families:  We offer the option of residencies as short as a week to accommodate the fact that many residents have jobs, families, and other restrictions on their available time. Often, residents find getting away from day to day responsibilities to be a benefit of residencies, however we will provide a limited number of spaces for residents to bring families with them. We do not have baby gates, high chairs, extra beds, etc. You will be solely responsible for the safety and supervision of any children and for ensuring that they do not cause any damage or interfere with other residents. You are also responsible for keeping common areas clean and free of clutter.

Timeline:  Applications Due August 18, 2024, 11:59 PM, Mountain Daylight Time, US

Notifications by mid-September

Residencies October 16, 2024 to January 21, 2025

https://signalculture.org/apply.html