BOISBUCHET RESIDENCY x AC/E

Boisbuchet Residency Open Call 2023 – Supported by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)

Residency for two Spanish (or based in Spain) designers or architects from 29 May to 9 July 2023

This opportunity supported by Acción Cultural Española will enable two emerging Spanish (or based in Spain) designers or architects to undertake a fully-funded residency at Domaine de Boisbuchet from 29 May to 9 July 2023.

Domaine de Boisbuchet is an international research center for design and architecture. The campus is surrounded by 150 hectares of protected nature in southwest France and comprises an architectural park of historic and contemporary buildings. Residents may take advantage from all the Domaine’s facilities for work and accommodation, from its 150 hectares of forest, pasture, a river, a lake, and an unpolluted fauna and flora; from its architectural park, its vast library, archive and collection; and overall from its expertise and network after 30 years organizing workshops, events, exhibitions and many other cultural activities with institutions and people from all over the world. The residency program may be complemented by the usual series of activities held at Boisbuchet, such as exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, presentations, talks, discussions, conferences, and more.

Application Deadline: Friday, 31 March 2023

The Residency comprises

– Access to a fully accessible workshop at Domaine de Boisbuchet

– A wide variety of studio and exhibition spaces for residents to work in

– Accommodation and full-board meals during the entire period of stay.

– Basic living expenses (300 EUR) for each resident.

– The amount of 1200 EUR in concept of production support for each resident.

– Economy return flights from the resident home city to France and train ticket from/to Poitiers train station (up to 600.00 EUR for each resident).

– Administrative and curatorial support from Domaine de Boisbuchet.

– A public presentation/lecture during the residency.

– Studio visits by curators, artists or critics invited by Domaine de Boisbuchet.

– Inclusion of residents’ projects in the online archive of Domaine de Boisbuchet’s website.

Selection and Eligibility

The residency is open to designers and architects working in all disciplines. Applicants should submit a project proposal within their application, outlining their specific research interests and intentions for the residency. Applicants should have at least a moderate level of spoken English.

Selection Process

The residents will be selected on the basis of their applications. A selection committee made up of the Head of Research at Domaine de Boisbuchet, as well as the Head of Design/Architecture of AC/E, will select the candidate on the basis of the quality of his/her work and their potential for making the most of the program. The successful applicants will be notified on Friday, 14 April 2023.

Application Procedure

Proposals may be submitted in English or Spanish.

The application for Boisbuchet’s Residency Program will be carried out by following the subsequent procedure:

1. Applicants must send an email to residencies@boisbuchet.org before Friday, 31 March 2023, no later than 23:59 hours (CEST) including a proposal of up to 8 pages in PDF format. The size of this document should not exceed 15 Mb. The email must indicate the subject “Boisbuchet AC/E Residence 2023”. The proposal must include:

– CV and a letter of motivation (maximum one page each).

– A simple statement outlining your plans, which should include a short description of a research project specific to the context of your residency at Boisbuchet (up to 500 words).

– Any relevant documentation (e.g. other related projects, articles, or papers about your work, exhibitions, publications, etc.).

2. The selection process will conclude with an interview, which will be conducted with the selected candidate. This will allow us to get to know more about the applicant and their project proposal in order to best prepare their residency at Boisbuchet. The following information will be requested in this second phase:

– Copy of D.N.I. / N.I.E / PASSPORT

– Accreditation of being in possession of the European Health Insurance Card or health insurance that covers possible medical eventualities that may occur during the period of residence.

– Copy of insurance valid in France during the dates of residence including personal liability (the latter definable as “damage or bodily injury caused to others¨).

Terms and conditions

Intellectual property

The participants are responsible for the originality and authorship of their projects and guarantee that they legitimately hold all the intellectual property rights and expressly exempt the organisers from any responsibility for any liability for any damages and/or losses that directly or indirectly, the breach of this warranty may cause directly or indirectly. The resident expressly authorises the organisers to use his/her name in any way they deem appropriate for the purposes of this call for applications.

Data protection

Participants accept that the personal data provided by virtue of this call may be subject to processing in the personal data files owned by the organisers with the purpose of managing this call for entries. You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, and cancellation at Domaine de Boisbuchet 16500 Lessac (France)

Participants’ image rights

Participants acknowledge that they may appear in images (photograph, video, etc.) taken inside the domaine during the period of residence for their subsequent informative or promotional dissemination, and authorize such use.

Acceptance of the rules

The participants, by the mere fact of applying for the call, accept these rules.

You can contact residencies@boisbuchet.org for further information