Residency programs
Research-creation residencies
Cross-residencies France/Quebec
Fields: Digital arts and hybrids: exhibition curating, visual or media arts, multidisciplinary, electronic, and digital arts.
Target audience:
Curators and/or artists working in digital arts.
Présentation & modalités
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 initial editions, this year we launched the third year of the cross-residency program, under the same terms and conditions.
As part of this exchange, a French or Quebec curator or digital artist will be given two months to conduct research and reflect on topics related to digital technology.
Locations and duration
The French winner will enjoy a two-month residency (at the beginning of the year) in Quebec City (QC-CA) with Les Productions Recto-Verso, Festival Mois Multi.
The Quebec winner will enjoy a two-month residency (at the beginning of the year) in Marseille (France) at the CHRONIQUES offices at La Friche la Belle de Mai.
Objectives
- Develop new networks for artistic creation, production and distribution.
- 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.
Amount of the grant
€5,500 – costs covered by the scholarship:
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.
Calendar
In odd-numbered years: calls for applications for residencies are launched at the beginning of summer. Residencies take place at the beginning of the following year for a period of two months.
Creative residencies
Mediterranean Residences
Fields: Visual arts, photography, music.
CHRONIQUES is a partner in the program for the visual arts.
Eligible participants:
Artists from the Mediterranean region, including Morocco, Algeria, Albania, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, and Palestine.
Présentation & modalités
Résidences Méditerranée is a program run by La Friche la Belle de Mai for artists from around the Mediterranean—Morocco, Algeria, Albania, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, and Palestine—in Marseille, to encourage their mobility in the Mediterranean region.
CHRONIQUES is a partner of the program in the field of visual arts.
Locations and duration
Three months of support in a residential facility at La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille (FR).
Objectives
- Hosting emerging artists from countries around the Mediterranean
- Facilitating mobility and encounters between artists from countries around the Mediterranean
- Create a research laboratory without any obligation to produce results
- Ensure contact with professionals in the region
Calendar
The call for applications for the residency is launched in the spring. The three-month residency is scheduled for the beginning of the following year.
S+T+ARTS International Residencies
Support and residency program in Africa
Fields: Digital arts.
As part of the European S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence project.
Eligible individuals:
Permanent resident artists or nationals of an African country.
Présentation & modalités
International residencies 2025–2026:
Support and residency program in Africa (Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa) as part of the European S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence project.
Of the ten residencies, four will be mentored by CHRONIQUES, in partnership with B’sarya for Arts in Alexandria, Fak’ugesi in Johannesburg, and Interference in Tunis.
Production residences
Winning projects from the CHRONIQUES CRÉATIONS platform
Fields: Digital arts and hybrids.
People involved:
National and international artists
Présentation & modalités
Every two years, the winning projects from the CHRONIQUES CRÉATIONS production platform benefit from residencies with our partners and platform members with a view to presenting them at the 2026 Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques.