TaDA – Textile and Design Alliance Artist in Residence Programme
Do you work in the fields of design, textile design, architecture, visual art, literature, performing arts or on transdisciplinary projects and have a strong interest in textile production and its context? Then the innovative Artist in Residence Programme TaDA offers you a unique opportunity to work together with renowned textile companies in Eastern Switzerland.
We are looking for creative personalities from different disciplines and regions of the world to open up new opportunities of collaboration with the textile industries in Eastern Switzerland. Particularly welcome are cultural practitioners who want to engage with questions related to the future of the textile industry and its sustainability. To take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the companies, basic technical knowledge of textile production is preferred. Projects with a strong experimental orientation are especially encouraged.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2023
About the open call
Particularly welcome are cultural practitioners who want to engage with questions related to the future of the textile industry and its sustainability. To take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the companies, basic technical knowledge of textile production is preferred. Projects with a strong experimental orientation are especially encouraged.
Benefits
- Accommodation in Arbon (private room with shared bathroom and kitchen), few minutes walking distance from the workplace and the Bodensee
- Workplace in the former textile and engine factory Saurer AG in Arbon (3 minutes from the apartment)
- Travel expenses are covered
- Contribution to the cost of living
- Professional advice and exchange with 13 partner companies and organisations, including selected use of their infrastructure
- Individual professional support
Residency periods 2024
- April to June 2024
- September to November 2024
Languages
Onsite contact languages: English and German
Deadline
2nd October 2023 3:29 am IST
Application Materials
Applicants will be asked to complete and upload the following PDF documentation in connection with the online application form
- Online application form LINK
- Portfolio with curriculum vitae
- Project outline with clear reference to textile production in Eastern Switzerland: max. 1 A4 PDF page with at least 4 images that illustrate the idea or process (sketches, technical drawings, other visual representations).
- For the application form, click here
Decision Announcement
Beginning of December 2023
Jury
- Martin Leuthold, textile designer
- Claudia Mareis, Professor of Design and History of Knowledge, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Luba Nurse, head of the collection, Textilmuseum St.Gallen
- René Rossi, Head of the Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles Laboratory, Empa
- Barbara Signer, Artist
- Domenica Tischhauser, textile technician, Head of Development Tisca Tischhauser AG Trusteeship Representative
Partners
- Empa
- Filtex AG
- Lobra AG
- Lässer AG
- Rigotex AG
- Saurer Museum
- Schoeller Textil AG
- Sitterwerk
- Startfeld
- Textilcolor AG
- Textildruckerei GmbH
- Textilmuseum St.Gallen
- Tisca Tischhauser AG
