spatial affairs: extended reality experiences project

The SPATIAL AFFAIRS. Extended Reality Experiences project invites artists or choreographers for a residency at the three participating cultural institutions to develop prototypes for performances in physical space that interweaves body, space, technology in synergetic ways to foster collective lived experiences.

The project is a two-year, joint program between the cultural institutions HEK (House of Electronic Arts) in Basel, Switzerland, MAP - Museum of Art & Photography in Bangalore, India, Tabakalera International Center for Contemporary Culture in San Sebastián, Spain, in collaboration with the technological and research partners iart, studio for media architectures, and metaLAB (at) Basel, Switzerland, and technological research center TEKNIKER in Eibar in the Basque Country in Spain.

A substantial part of the project will be to support the creation of prototypes that will be developed in the residencies in the three cultural institutions named above. The artists for the residencies will be selected by open call. The residencies will last six weeks, and will take place between June and July 2024. The duration of the residencies will be agreed with the committee and will be subject to the cultural institutions availability and its commitments with regard to its programming.