There is an application fee equal to €6.37 as of 09/04/24.

A body that possesses elasticity can change its form in response to external forces, then return to its previous state when the forces are removed. In a literal sense, elastic bodies are potentially adaptable and flexible. Structurally speaking, theories of elasticity in fields such as economics and neurobiology can also show adaptability and flexibility.

  
What does it mean for a body, be it human or (thinking non-anthropocentrically) more-than-human, to be elastic: to expand and contract? Can concepts of elasticity help us better understand different bodily and psychological states, such as aging, illness, motherhood, belonging and attachment? Are these even distinct states, or part of an elastic continuum? How expansive is our own capacity for elasticity, and to what extent does our increasingly shrinking and homogenized world limit our ability to explore it?

  
Developed by artist Marte Aas and art historian/curator Stephanie von Spreter, Elasticity invites participants to explore elasticity from both a material and a theoretical perspective. The project will seek to apply elasticity as a phenomenon and a construct to both individual and social bodies. It will ask how the term can help us rethink collaborative relationships between scientific, aesthetic and artistic practices.

  
The residency is open to artists and cultural producers from all creative disciplines, as well as thinkers, researchers and practitioners from other fields. Participants will work together as a group and explore elasticity from multiple perspectives through lectures, presentations, discussions, excursions, and field studies.

* A group of approximately eight participants will join an active, facilitated programme free of charge.
* Residents share a work space at PRAKSIS HQ in the centre of Oslo.
* PRAKSIS will host weekly group dinners with invited guests. On weekdays, PRAKSIS provides lunch at PRAKSIS HQ.
* This residency offers a sponsored place for a resident from Finland which includes 12,000 NOK towards stipend and travel.
* One stipend of 8,000 NOK is available to help towards the costs of someone who cannot participate otherwise. _If this is a requirement, please_ _select this option in the application form._
* Non-Oslo based residents receive comfortable shared accommodation (with your own bedroom).
* Oslo-based residents will continue to stay at their home address.

  
Oslo has a vibrant arts landscape. PRAKSIS will help introduce residents to the city’s cultural scene and inform them about exhibitions, talks, performances and other events taking place during the residency period.

Where possible/suitable, our team will do its best to support applications for external grants.

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