an• other here

We, the team of the Bärenzwinger and an• other here, are looking for Berlin-based artists or collectives who propose sustainable and winter-proof projects that invite us to walk together into and through the winter in and around the Bärenzwinger’s locations.

In winter, life in northern areas shifts from the outdoors to the indoors. Animals hibernate or go into cold torpor. Hibernation means developing special survival techniques and strategies. These resonate with the human sphere, as the welfare state is in decline. Individuals cohabit and sometimes face inhospitable spatial dimensions. To address these confrontations, forms of local self-reliance emerge, a phenomenon that irreversibly leads to collective autonomies of proximity.

The Bärenzwinger is very much at the mercy of the cold season, outdoor and indoor spaces are only vaguely separated. Technology fails, the heating is defective. What kind of improvisation and adaptation are required to respond to the cold and dark?

Art history reminds us that felt acts as an insulator to conserve heat, which can be a source of energy, a real engine of creativity and conviviality. Nowadays, what sustainable materials generate spaces for protection and sharing? What visions of ecotopias does the Bärenzwinger recall?

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Practical information

••Duration of the residency•• 01.12.2022 – 28.02.2023

••Schedule•• 14.11.2022 – 30.11.2022 Space preparation and get to know each other 01.12.2022 Kick-off of the residency

Who can apply? Professional Berlin-based artist (graduated), designers, collectives.

••Work equipment and assistance•• Work equipment and assistance are funded up to 1,250 €. Our team assists the projects with transport, curation, production management, construction team, press work and reception of the public. Basic equipment with tools, technical equipment, internet etc. is available in the Bärenzwinger and can be used during the stay.

••Workspace•• The Bärenzwinger space and its two-side garden.

••Fees•• Artist or Collective fee of 1,500 € (per each artistic position)

To apply, please submit (on a single pdf): – Artist statement (max. 300 words) – Project proposal (max. one DIN A4 page) – Technical needs (max. 300 words) – Portfolio with max. 10 pages with 10-20 images (no larger than 5 MB) including curriculum vitae – Links to website, Instagram, recent exhibition or press

••Jury•• – Lara Huesmann, Malte Pieper, Lusin Reinsch, Maja Smoszna and Joana Stamer (Curatorial direction of the Bärenzwinger)

• Livia Tarsia in Curia (Independent curator and director of an• other here)

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To be submitted by 03.07.2022, until Noon: opencall@baerenzwinger.berlin Incomplete applications will not be considered. Acceptances and rejections will be sent at the End of July.