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IMMA welcomes expressions of interest for a Dwell Here: One Year Residency for practices based in Ireland and internationally to reside and practice for up to one year at the museum. This opportunity invites practices working across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation and related humanities fields. Successful applicants will be supported to undertake independent site-responsive research.

IMMA’s Dwell Here programme is structured around four seasonal Research Intensives – week-long forums with an expanded community of mentors, peers, and fellow residents gathering onsite for communal engagement and interdisciplinary dialogue.

A one year residency includes a requirement to engage with and share process-based research with the expanded community participating in each research intensive. Themes highlighted in the Dwell Here: Research Invitation will inform intensive planning with residents. Studio engagements may surface as a workshop, a temporary exhibition, a reading group, a walking tour, an open studio, a talk, a site visit, a performance, or other studio related activities for the onsite community and invited guests. In addition to these contributions it is anticipated that each Research Intensive will be informed by:

  • Methods of presenting self-directed research and studio practice
  • Discussions and studio visits with mentors, peers, and fellow Dwell Here residents
  • Interaction with IMMA programming, staff, collections, archives, and site
  • Off-site visits (local and further afield)
  • Engagement with Ireland’s arts communities and infrastructures
  • Informal knowledge exchange synonymous with the residency experience such as co-hospitality, co-working and co-living.

 

IMMA welcomes Expressions of Interest from artists and thinkers who are:

  • Based in Ireland or internationally
  • Committed to research excellence within their chosen discipline

Research Invitation

Dwell Here offers participants a simple proposition: to commit to this time and place while thinking deeply about its urgencies. Together we are curious to learn what can be activated or challenged through the process of dwelling. IMMA encourages reflection across the following themes to consider geographical, historical, political and cultural concepts of Ireland as a starting point to expand and connect international contexts through similarities and differences:

Technologies of Peace – We invite participants to consider commemorative landscapes and memories of peace (as a dream, movement, or value) while generating perspectives on sustainable coexistence.

The Irish Paradigm – We welcome artistic research that can create intimacy and connections, while celebrating the perceived agility and freedoms of operating on the periphery. As a small island on the edge of Europe, Ireland often has a challenging relationship with ‘the centre’.

The Museum as a Site of Vibration – We wish to consider how the museum and site can create new vibrations and rhythms within the built legacy of empire. How can museums make visible cultural shifts, including erased, censored or marginalised histories, as well as sustainability, planetary care, sharing and hospitality.

One Year Residency Supports

  • Free onsite accommodation (separate to studio)
  • Access to an onsite IMMA studio (if required)
  • Amenities such as electricity, heating, Wi-Fi, parking etc
  • A monthly bursary of €1000 for pre-agreed contracted months
  • One return journey for residents living outside of Ireland
  • Pre-agreed material/programming expenses related to the seasonal Research Intensives
  • Some of onsite accommodation is suitable for partners or small families however the requirement of these provisions needs to be discussed with the residency programmer
  • IMMA’s residency is a self-catering facility, occasional hospitality is provided

One Year Residency Key Dates

Dwell Here Expression of Interest Application key dates:

  • Application Deadline: Wednesday 18 September 2024, 16:00 GMT
  • Applicants Notified: mid October 2024
  • Residencies Commence: Between November 2024 and February 2025
  • Duration: minimum of 10 months / maximum 12 months
  • All Dwell Here residencies are finished by Wednesday 17 December 2025

 

Dates for two of the four seasonal Research Intensives are:

  • Dwell Here: Spring Research Intensive / Wednesday 05 – Tuesday 11 Feb 2025
  • Dwell Here: Summer Research Intensive / Wednesday 14 – Tuesday 20 May 2025

 

Application Guidelines & FAQs 

 

Application Guidelines & FAQs

Applicants are requested to submit one PDF document containing a current CV, a statement of practice, an expression of interest, details of two referees, and samples of professional practice.

Links to Application Guidelines and FAQs are provided below