The Centre for Multispecies Relations and Future Ecologies invites applications from two artists for a 62-day residency at our site in the Altarello di Baida district of Palermo, Sicily.

The residency is structured around a 1,500 sqm garden at the threshold between the city's urban expansion and the historic rural landscape of the surrounding hills. The site, degraded through previous use, characterised by soil compaction and significant biodiversity loss, functions as both studio and subject. Artists are invited to participate in an ongoing process of ecological transformation, producing interventions that emerge directly from extended observation and fieldwork on the land.

The residency unfolds in five phases: an initial orientation period with planned small trips, gatherings and other activities; an observation phase involving independent fieldwork and regular consultations with artists, curators, scientists, and anthropologists from Centre and its network; a proposal and ecological feasibility phase developed in collaboration with mentors; a creation phase; and a public restitution comprising an open event, a workshop, and a public discussion.

Each artist develops an independent site-specific intervention. The two residents share the site, the living space, and the process, exchange is encouraged but not prescribed. Artist duos or artists that always wanted to work together are encouraged to apply: we are very much open to hosting two independent projects but also to giving space to a collaborative one.

**Accommodation** on-site in a fully furnished independent house, with a private bedroom and shared kitchen, living room, two bathrooms and outdoor studio space 100 metres from the working site.

**Access to recycled and salvaged materials** through the Centre's established partnerships.

**A bicycle per resident** for local transport.

**Connection to an active network** of climate scientists, botanists, farmers, and community practitioners across Sicily and beyond.

**Travel** budget (per artist) of 400 Euro for distances under 4000 km, top up for green mobility 400 Euro.

Total **allowance** (per artist) of 1860 Euro before tax.

**Production budget.**

Final **public** **event**.

_Mentorship is provided by Fabio Aranzulla and Luca Cinquemani, co-founders and artistic directors of the Centre, who meet with residents weekly through site visits, studio discussions, and work-in-progress presentations. Logistical coordination, accommodation, local transport, partner contacts, and ongoing support, is managed by Francesca Farris, the Centre's head of logistics, ensuring artists can focus on their research from the moment of arrival._

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