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Research residency (artist or curator) in digital and hybrid arts at Productions Recto-Verso (Quebec City, Canada)

19 June 2025

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Introduction :

• Two-month residency (January-February 2026) in Quebec City (Quebec, Canada) with Les Productions Recto-Verso, Festival Mois Multi.
• Focusing on digital-related themes, intended for a French exhibition curator and/or digital artist.

In order to enable the exchange of different artistic perspectives, foster lasting ties between Quebec artists and writers and their French counterparts, and thereby contribute to the development of these creators’ artistic approaches, CHRONIQUES has signed an agreement for artist exchanges and workshop residencies under the sponsorship of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec between Quebec and Marseille in the field of digital arts.

After two successful editions, we are excited to launch this third year of cross-residency, with the same format.

As part of this exchange, a French curator or digital artist will be given two months to conduct research and reflection on topics related to digital technology.

The residency is taking place at Productions Recto-Verso, which organises the Mois Multi festival in Quebec City (QC-CA). At the same time, a Quebec artist or curator will be welcomed in Marseille by CHRONIQUES as part of the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques.

Objectives:

This cross-disciplinary research residency has five objectives:

• Support and stimulate creators by providing them with a studio and an environment and resources appropriate for research.
• Offer participation in the festival in the form of a presentation of the general approach and the results of the new research (residency outcomes, conference, workshop, etc.).
• To help artists and writers recharge their batteries by giving them access to a new and stimulating cultural environment.
• To enable the exchange of artistic or literary points of view and to contribute to the establishment of lasting links between creators in Quebec and abroad.
• Promote the work and career development of Quebec and French artists abroad.
• Develop new networks for artistic creation, production and distribution.

Specifications:

Relevant fields: Digital arts and hybrids: exhibition curating, visual or media arts, multidisciplinary, electronic, and digital arts.

Eligible candidates: Artists and/or exhibition curators with at least two years of artistic practice.

Duration of the residency: Eight weeks, between January and February 2026, depending on the availability of the organization and the artist or curator.

Location:

Productions Recto-Verso is a forum for expressing the changes taking place in contemporary artistic practice, encouraging innovation and risk-taking. They support research, creation and the dissemination of multidisciplinary arts. Active and committed to artists and the community of Quebec City, Les Productions Recto-Verso operates within a national and international network. A benchmark in supporting the creation and dissemination of avant-garde artistic practices, the organization is also a key link in a vast international network of contemporary art.

Les Productions Recto-Verso produces and co-produces works that fuse artistic practices, languages, and processes based on scenic, sensory, and technological experimentation, in addition to offering an artistic residency program focused on research and multidisciplinary creation. They produce the Mois Multi, an international festival of multidisciplinary and electronic arts, which hosts and presents avant-garde productions by artists from Quebec, Canada and abroad.

Admission requirements:

During the residency at Recto-Verso, under the responsibility of the organization, an artist studio located in the Méduse cooperative is provided free of charge to the selected artist or curator. Depending on the development and needs of the project, workshop time with members of the cooperative or other collaborators in Quebec City may be reserved by Recto-Verso on behalf of the selected artist.

Grant amount: €5,500

Expenses covered by the grant :

The grant awarded will enable the successful candidate to cover the costs of their personal insurance, travel, living expenses and the costs of carrying out the project. the successful candidate undertakes to book his/her own transport.

It is also their responsibility to obtain all documents necessary for their stay abroad, including a visa if required by the host country.
Applicants are not required to submit a detailed budget in support of their application.

Eligibility:

To be eligible, candidates must :

• Declare yourself a professional artist or curator;
• Practice in France and have been resident there for at least one year;
• Create works or practice an art on one’s own account, for remuneration, as a creator or performer, in the fields of digital arts and their multidisciplinary hybrids.
• Be engaged in ongoing artistic research or practice;
• Disseminate or publicly perform works in venues or contexts recognised by their peers.

Ineligibility:

• A group legally constituted as a company or partnership, whether for profit or not.
• Projects carried out as part of a school programme.
• Incomplete applications.
• Projects requiring more production activities than research.

Assessment of the request:

Criteria :

• Quality of research and artistic work
• Interest and relevance of the project
• Project feasibility

Process: All applications are evaluated on their merits, based on the specific objectives and evaluation criteria for each component of the residency.

Response time: 1 month following the registration deadline.

Contents of the file :

A cover letter specifying:

• The project; the expected impact of the residency on your work and career; the reasons for choosing this particular residency to pursue your project.
• A portfolio with your projects (no links to download deadlines)
• A curriculum vitae
• A press kit

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