Deadline: July 19, 2026
Applications are invited for the Mediterranean Futures Residency 2026. EL SPACE is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of the Mediterranean Futures Residency, a selective two-month international residency bringing together artists, designers, architects, and creative technologists whose practices engage with cultural heritage, memory, and contemporary technological transformation.
Situated within the exceptional historical and cultural landscape of Tunisia, the residency offers a rigorous framework for artistic inquiry, critical exchange, and experimental practice. A cohort of five residents will be selected through an international open call. Selected residents will be invited to undertake a period of focused research and production at one of the Mediterranean’s most culturally rich sites, Carthage.
Areas of Interest
Applications may address, but are not limited to:
- Cultural memory and contemporary society
- Archives and counter-archives
- Architecture, urbanism, and spatial heritage
- Oral histories, storytelling, and intangible heritage
- Material culture and craft traditions
- Digital heritage, preservation, and access
- Artificial intelligence and cultural memory
- Digital fabrication and contemporary making
- Sound, image, and technological mediation
- Speculative and critical futures of heritage
- Public space, collective memory, and contested histories
- Networked culture and decolonial historical narratives
- Climate change and environmental risks on local cultures
Benefits
Selected residents will receive:
- Full accommodation for the duration of the residency in Tunis
- Travel support to/from Tunis
- Meal support throughout the program
- Production support, including access to digital fabrication facilities:
- 3D printing
- Laser cutting
- Curatorial and research mentorship from the program team and invited specialists
- Access to cultural and heritage institutions, archives, and collections
- Integration into an international cohort of artists and researchers working across disciplines
- Opportunities for public presentation, professional exchange, and critical dialogue
Eligibility
- The Mediterranean Futures Residency welcomes applications from emerging and established practitioners across disciplines, including:
- Visual artists
- New media and digital artists
- Designers
- Architects
- Video artists
- Photographers
- Sound artists
- Creative technologists
- Independent researchers and scholars
- Interdisciplinary and hybrid practitioners
- Applicants should demonstrate a strong, sustained artistic or research practice and articulate a clear and compelling engagement with questions of heritage, technology, and contemporary culture. The residency particularly welcomes practitioners whose work operates at the boundaries of disciplines and challenges established frameworks.
- The residency is committed to assembling a cohort that reflects the geographic, cultural, and disciplinary diversity of the contemporary art world.
- To be eligible, residents must be nationals of one of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Ukraine.
Application
Applicants must submit the following materials in English or French:
- Curriculum Vitae: maximum 3 pages
- Artist Biography: maximum 300 words
- Statement of Practice: maximum 500 words, describing the applicant’s artistic or research background and primary areas of inquiry
- Project Proposal: maximum 1,000 words, outlining the specific research questions, methods, and intentions the applicant wishes to pursue during the residency
- Portfolio: up to 10 representative works or project examples, with captions and brief descriptions
- Preliminary Production and Resources Plan: a concise outline of intended activities, resources, and timelines for the residency period (include a list of materials needed)
- Links to relevant websites, videos, or online work (optional)
All materials should be submitted as PDF files via email at [email protected]
For more information, visit Mediterranean Futures Residency.
