Rising to the Future - Creating a Sustainable Global Society
Open Call for UCD Social Sciences and Law Artist in Residence 2020/21
Creating a Sustainable Global Society is one of the four strategic themes underpinning UCD's 2020-2024 Strategy. Responding to the unprecedented loss of Ireland’s biodiversity is critical to this challenge.
The new residency at (opens in a new window)UCD Parity Studios, supported in partnership with UCD Earth Institute and (opens in a new window)Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Arts County Council aims to contribute to this challenge.
Art practice, as a process of understanding through making, is a unique form of research in the university context. They particularly welcome applications from artists who are interested in situating their practice and contributing additional perspectives within a community of researchers, students and staff.
The principal aims of the scheme are to support mutual exchange between the artist and researchers across UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, to explore areas of research, current and prospective, through the lens of artistic practice.
Research in the College is concerned with overcoming societal challenges by understanding the past, present and future behavior and interactions of individuals in societies, organisations and cultures. The residency will support the artist to create work that explores the social/political/cultural/economic factors influencing sustainable human behaviour.
The College comprises nine Schools of Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, Information and Communication Studies, Sutherland School of Law, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, Sociology and the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.
The residency will be split into two phases over the 12 month period;
- Research and Development of proposal (3-6 months, duration to be agreed in consultation with the artist)
- Delivery of proposal
What's on offer?
- A stipend of €10,000
- 24-hour access to studio space at UCD Parity Studios
- Cross-disciplinary peer support through monthly artists in residence process meetings
- Access to UCD library, lectures and other university resources
- Research support through the extensive network of UCD Earth Institute academics and researchers and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
What is expected of the artist?
- Use the studio space to develop your work on average two days a week, over the course of the year. While formal introductions to relevant researchers are made, many fruitful conversations occur through chance meetings on the corridor or during coffee breaks, so being on campus is an important factor in the process.
- Initiate meetings with relevant researchers and DLR personnel.
- Prepare a 30min talk for the purposes of introduction to your work and proposal to interested staff and researchers
- Make the process of your research visible/known to others through a blog or other online forum
- Be available for a UCD Open Studio Day when the public and wider UCD community will be invited to visit the studios and talk with you about your work.
- Contribute to monthly artists in residence process meetings.
- Deliver a practical workshop related to your work to UCD students.
- Credit UCD researchers, UCD Parity Studios, UCD Earth Institute and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown CC, for work arising from the residency.
