In Situ Residency Programme – 2025-2026

With our partner Fondation Daniel and Nina Carasso

Presentation

In Situ is a multidisciplinary residency programme which aims to be both a time and a space for encounters, collective work and individual research, at the very heart of the Cité internationale des arts residency center, but also an area for the production of knowledge and thematic work around the conditions of existence.

This programme is designed to accompany and support artists committed to a world in the throes of transformation. It brings together ten artists – from the fields of visual arts and performance, music and sound research, performing arts, design, writing, architecture and urbanism, curating and art criticism – for a period of six months, in Paris and on the marais site of the Cité internationale des arts, around a collective and individual dynamic, and a line of work proposed by a guest researcher. The program focuses on an individual and collective approach to ecological conditions of existence which take into account the reality of a changing world and invent, explore, and experiment with possible modes of action.

In 2025, the focus of the program is proposed by María Inés Rodríguez, director of Tropical Papers.

« In Situ is conceived as an inclusive space, a laboratory for ideas and exchange, where ecological transition is at the heart of our research. In the face of environmental and climatic challenges, this third edition is part of a broader reflection on how we can reconfigure our ways of thinking and acting. As Keller Easterling suggests in Medium Design, it is not simply a question of reordering what exists, but of rethinking the interrelationships between uses, temporalities, densities and forms of socialization.

Through a series of encounters, lectures and site visits, In Situ explores the historical and contemporary geopolitical issues that have shaped the current ecological crisis, as well as the levers for a transition to a circular, climate-neutral society. The program seeks to decompartmentalize fields and open up spaces for dialogue between curatorship and art criticism, the arts, architecture, design and scientific research, highlighting practices that integrate sustainability as an essential component of their approach. In Situ encourages the creation of new narratives, stories capable of influencing our perceptions and behavior, and catalyzing sometimes unexpected cultural transformations. The third edition of the In Situ program aims to generate practices capable of giving rise to new imaginaries and modes of action. »

— María Inés Rodríguez

In Situ places particular emphasis on supporting professionalization of emerging artists, offering them a framework conducive to research, creation and exchange. During the six months, the program will be punctuated by various moments, including collective work sessions designed by the guest, as well as work sessions focused on the accompaniment of personal artistic practice.

The programme offers a balance between personal time, allowing the realization of a project or research, and collective emulation thanks to the anchoring in the heart of the community of 325 residents of all disciplines, generations and nationalities.

Documents to be uploaded to the application form

Before completing the online application form, please make sure you have scanned copies of the following documents to hand (PDF format).

• a curriculum vitae in English (4 pages maximum, pdf);

• a letter of intent in English in which the candidate states his/her motivation to take part in a collective and supervised research and creation experience in Paris at the Cité internationale des arts. The candidate will also present his/her professional background, the purpose of his/her current research, as well as his/her interest and commitment to the subject and the focus proposed by the invited personality (4 pages maximum, pdf);

• a portfolio presenting the projects carried out within the last 10 years maximum and those in progress (detailed technical captions, 15 pages maximum, pdf);

• an administrative document proving residence in the European Union and a valid resident permit (proof of address, residence certificate, etc.).

The residency programme includes:

• professional support, meetings and networking opportunities including visits to exhibitions and meetings with personalities from various disciplines;

• the provision of a live-in studio, as well as a common space dedicated to the collective reflection of the program, on the site of the Marais of the Cité internationale des arts from October 03, 2025 to March 26, 2026;

• a monthly stipend of 1000 euros;

• a research and production grant of 2000 euros;

• reimbursement of transportation costs from the place of residence to the Cité internationale des arts.

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Calendar

Forwarding of applications:

From 25 March to 26 April 2025

Announcement of results:

End of June 2025

Residences:

From 03 October 2025 to 26 March 2026

Next call date:

The next application deadline is January 1, 2026

How to apply?

All applications are made online.

You will require a Google account to submit your application. If you do not have one, you can create one HERE.

If you are unable to access the online application form, please contact the Cité internationale des arts Residency Department: : commissions@citedesartsparis.fr.

Please fill out the form as thoroughly and accurately as possible as you will not be able to modify your application once you have submitted it.

Eligibility and selection criteria

The residency program is open to emerging artists who have been professionally active within the last 10 years maximum and with a artistic practice in the fields of visual arts and performance, musics and sound research, performing arts, design, writing, architecture and urbanism, curating and art criticism .

Their work and research are related to the In Situ theme.

It is open to candidates of all nationalities residing within the European Union and at capacity to express themselves and exchange in English.

Group applications (duo, collective) are accepted and will result in the attribution of one single live-in studio, one single monthly stipend, one single production grant, and the single payment of transportation costs.

In addition to evaluating the candidates’ professional background, the jury members will pay particular attention to the artistic quality of the project, to the arguments presented on the added value of this perspective of residency in Paris, within the Cité internationale des arts and with the support provided within the framework and dynamic of the program.

In Situ is aimed at artists who are concerned with the issues related to the program’s focus theme and who are committed to making its challenges visible.