In Situ

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 programme 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 2027, the focus of the programme is proposed by Alexandra McIntosh, Director of the International Centre for Art and Landscape on the Île de Vassivière (CIAPV), France

“In Situ proposes a space for artistic research and creation, a temporary convergence that seeks to explore practices of reciprocity, from collective engagement to our interconnected position within a more-than-human world.

Bringing together artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, the residency is conceived as a dynamic ecosystem across two locations, where exchange and collaboration can nurture the growth of new ideas and narratives. La Cité internationale des arts, which hosts and fosters temporary artistic communities, is brought into dialogue with the programme and rural environment of the Centre International d’Art et du Paysage on Vassivière Island. Much like the situation of a residency, rurality is taken not as a condition for isolation and withdrawal, but as a radical enmeshment in a context and a community.

Alternating between collective exchange and autonomous research and production, the residency will include discussions, workshops and studio visits, as well as two week-long periods of immersion and encounter with the territory of Vassivière and the Plateau de Millevaches, long associated with practices of resistance and experimental modes of living, as well as a burgeoning artistic scene.

In the face of climate breakdown and increasingly fractured societies, In Situ proposes an interregnum, where existing models cease to apply and new relationships and paradigms can be experimented. Artistic imaginaries can help us to reconsider our connections to the natural world, and, by extension, to one another, encouraging a move away from a politics of domination to one of attachment, negotiation and alliance.” — Alexandra McIntosh

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 programme 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 over 300 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 programme, on the site of the Marais of the Cité internationale des arts from January 5 to June 28, 2027;

• 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.

Current

D-25

Calendar

Forwarding of applications:

From 27 August to 27 September 2026

Announcement of results:

End of October 2026

Residences:

From 05 January to 28 June 2027

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 programme is open to emerging artists who have been professionally active within the last 10 years maximum and with an artistic practice in the fields of visual arts and performance, music 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 a 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, within the Cité internationale des arts and with the support provided within the framework and dynamic of the programme.

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

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