Two-month residency
at Jester Genk.
Petrohradská kolektiv, in collaboration with Jester Genk, is launching a call for applications for a two-month residency. This opportunity is open to artists based in the Czech Republic, offering them a chance to engage in a creative period at Jester in Genk, Belgium. This pilot year of collaboration expands Petrohradská kolektiv’s activities to include residency opportunities abroad, opening the door for Czech artists to international cultural exchange.
About JESTER
Jester (nl: Nar) is a meeting ground for the development and presentation of contemporary art where the jesters of the future live, work and share in Genk. The cross-pollination between residencies and exhibitions makes Jester a fertile soil for experimentation, research, innovation and exchange. Jester is an interlocutor who does not offer unequivocal answers, but enters into dialogue with outspoken and less heard voices. Jester listens attentively to artists and curators, thinkers and makers, neighbours and partners, to present society with a polyphonous but critical mirror. These unexpected encounters between artists and the community, underpin our generous and inclusive operation, where everyone is heard as well as questioned.
Jester came into being in 2021 through the merger of FLACC and CIAP, two Limburg-based organisations that have grown into vital players in the (inter)national arts field since the 1970s. In 2023, Jester landed in three new pavilions on the C-mine site. Due to the unique history of this mining site and its neighbouring, multicultural cités, social, economic, demographic and ecological issues are deeply rooted in Jester's operation. Winterslag's landscape embodies its ability to generate and process energy, through its industrial past of coal mining, but also through its current concentration of cultural actors, among others, and its central location in the Euroregion, closeby Maastricht, Luik and Aachen. From the Belgian periphery, Jester establishes new connections with this resilient ecosystem to (re)generate new energy in this thriving working, living, and presentation space.
Jester supports starting and international artists to further develop their practice and experiment with new media in our workshops for wood, metal, ceramic and digital production. Through technical, artistic and professional guidance, Jester encourages these future jesters to question themselves and the world. The different temporalities of development and presentation are inextricably intertwined and meet in an inspiring conversation between different artistic practices. The site around Jester is a developing area, which resonates with a dynamic and transformative programme structure where artists help shape the young organisation and its evolving physical and mental space. Just as Genk was known at the beginning of the 20th century as a station d'artistes - a favourite refuge for painters, scientists and writers - Jester welcomes dozens of international artists every year to meet and explore the scarred, post-industrial landscape together.
Jester came into being in 2021 through the merger of FLACC and CIAP, two Limburg-based organisations that have grown into vital players in the (inter)national arts field since the 1970s. In 2023, Jester landed in three new pavilions on the C-mine site. Due to the unique history of this mining site and its neighbouring, multicultural cités, social, economic, demographic and ecological issues are deeply rooted in Jester's operation. Winterslag's landscape embodies its ability to generate and process energy, through its industrial past of coal mining, but also through its current concentration of cultural actors, among others, and its central location in the Euroregion, closeby Maastricht, Luik and Aachen. From the Belgian periphery, Jester establishes new connections with this resilient ecosystem to (re)generate new energy in this thriving working, living, and presentation space.
Jester supports starting and international artists to further develop their practice and experiment with new media in our workshops for wood, metal, ceramic and digital production. Through technical, artistic and professional guidance, Jester encourages these future jesters to question themselves and the world. The different temporalities of development and presentation are inextricably intertwined and meet in an inspiring conversation between different artistic practices. The site around Jester is a developing area, which resonates with a dynamic and transformative programme structure where artists help shape the young organisation and its evolving physical and mental space. Just as Genk was known at the beginning of the 20th century as a station d'artistes - a favourite refuge for painters, scientists and writers - Jester welcomes dozens of international artists every year to meet and explore the scarred, post-industrial landscape together.
Who are we looking for?
- artists based in the Czech Republic
- we are open to any genres, forms, and fields
What do we offer?
- Accommodation at Jester; Use of the residency house: Jester provides a bedroom in the residency house where the artist also has access to common spaces such as the kitchen, living room, bathroom.
- A studio at Jester; Use of the facilities (workspaces): Jester provides access to a studio and makes use of the workspaces available. The artist may use a maximum of 2 workspaces during the residency, to choose from ceramic, wood, metal, or digital/print.
- During the work period, artistic and productional support from Jester, during office hours, part-time.
- Travel costs up to €500 (depending on the ticket price from the Czech Republic to Genk);
- An artist fee of €2,000 (€1,000 per month);
Important dates
15. 10. 2024 — 15. 12. 2024
The residency period
September 15 2024
Deadline of submissions
October 1 2024
Results of the selection procedure
All selected applicants are informed via email.
Location: Schachtboklaan 11, 3600 Genk, Belgium
Contact: opencall@petrohradskakolektiv.com
The residency period
September 15 2024
Deadline of submissions
October 1 2024
Results of the selection procedure
All selected applicants are informed via email.
Location: Schachtboklaan 11, 3600 Genk, Belgium
Contact: opencall@petrohradskakolektiv.com
How to apply?
We accept applications till September 15 2024.
Please apply by submitting the filled form available on this website.
The selection will be made by a committee consisting of Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester members.
Results of the open call will be available on October 1 2024.
︎︎︎application form
Before submitting your application, please read the following
In the application form you’ll be asked to
/ enter following data: Basic information: name, date and place of birth (used only for our internal administration), citizenship, email address, phone number, website.
/ answer questions in English about motivation for the residency, or a project proposal and an idea for its implementation, in particular with regard to how the residency can benefit the applicant's artistic practice.
/ send material written in English to opencall at petrohradskakolektiv dot com with the subject 'Opencall_Jester_2024': CV; a portfolio, motivation letter
Application conditions:
* Participation in the residential program requires communication skills in English
* Residents of the program are required to spend at least 75% of the duration of their stay in the place of the residence.
* The residence must be completed within the specified period and it is not possible to interrupt it.
* Each resident is obligated to prepare a final report of their stay including a photo documentation (single document in PDF).
Make sure you own the copyright to all materials submitted:
* Each applicant is the holder of an exclusive copyright and / or has obtained the consent of any other copyright owner to any submitted text, excerpt or portfolio image in accordance with all applicable national and international regulations. It guarantees that the (re) publication of any submitted textual or portfolio material will not infringe the rights of any third parties. The applicant unconditionally and irrevocably declares his responsibility for copyright and liability to third parties for all possible disputes of copyright infringement and will fully indemnify Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester for all resulting third party claims.
* By submitting your application in any form, you consent to and license Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester as a legal entity to use your name, text, drawing or design and represent your text, drawing or design in any media of Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester for promotional and documentary purposes of the residence if you are selected.
* By submitting the application, you agree to the processing of personal data (telephone number, email address, permanent residence, and other personal data) only for the purposes of the Open Call.
Petrohradská kolektiv takes care of your information. We comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other laws that protect your data. All your personal details will be deleted after the application selection procedure.
In the application form you’ll be asked to
/ enter following data: Basic information: name, date and place of birth (used only for our internal administration), citizenship, email address, phone number, website.
/ answer questions in English about motivation for the residency, or a project proposal and an idea for its implementation, in particular with regard to how the residency can benefit the applicant's artistic practice.
/ send material written in English to opencall at petrohradskakolektiv dot com with the subject 'Opencall_Jester_2024': CV; a portfolio, motivation letter
Application conditions:
* Participation in the residential program requires communication skills in English
* Residents of the program are required to spend at least 75% of the duration of their stay in the place of the residence.
* The residence must be completed within the specified period and it is not possible to interrupt it.
* Each resident is obligated to prepare a final report of their stay including a photo documentation (single document in PDF).
Make sure you own the copyright to all materials submitted:
* Each applicant is the holder of an exclusive copyright and / or has obtained the consent of any other copyright owner to any submitted text, excerpt or portfolio image in accordance with all applicable national and international regulations. It guarantees that the (re) publication of any submitted textual or portfolio material will not infringe the rights of any third parties. The applicant unconditionally and irrevocably declares his responsibility for copyright and liability to third parties for all possible disputes of copyright infringement and will fully indemnify Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester for all resulting third party claims.
* By submitting your application in any form, you consent to and license Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester as a legal entity to use your name, text, drawing or design and represent your text, drawing or design in any media of Petrohradská kolektiv and Jester for promotional and documentary purposes of the residence if you are selected.
* By submitting the application, you agree to the processing of personal data (telephone number, email address, permanent residence, and other personal data) only for the purposes of the Open Call.
Petrohradská kolektiv takes care of your information. We comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other laws that protect your data. All your personal details will be deleted after the application selection procedure.
