Open

Call

for

R&D

Residency

The call for residency is open to people in the following areas of expertise:

• living arts
• science applied to the arts
• collaborative art
• digital art
• 3d modeling
• musical instruments
• game design
• spatialized sound, composition
• virtual reality
• scenography
• robotics
• artificial intelligence
• video
• field recording
• digital instruments

All areas or combinations of the following areas:

• Performance
• Installation
• Sound art
• Visual art
• Robotics
• Machine learning
• Development of tools for the production, distribution or conservation of art

Projects related to Metalab’s research interests:

• A project proposal that offers a new perspective on Metalab’s research interests and the uses of internal software and hardware.
• The ability to work independently.
• Enthusiasm for exchanging knowledge and ideas with the Metalab team and its collaborators.
• A dissemination strategy for the project in residence. This will certainly depend on the stage of development of the project, and could include a weblog, a videolog, a publication in a conference or a newspaper, or any other means of preserving and making public the results of the project, as well as the role of Metalab in its development.
• If applicable or if possible, a public presentation (concert, installation, etc.) presenting the result of the residency.
• Willingness and ability to work at the SAT during (a certain length of time) of the residency.

• Remuneration in the form of a residency grant
• A desk for working in a shared office environment
• Access to Metalab and SAT equipment and facilities
• Support for video documentation of the residency’s work, with distribution to the SAT networks
• Support in case of request for additional financing
• Exchanges with competent and experienced staff members in various fields
• Free access to Satosphere events
• Opportunities to network or discuss with members of Montreal’s artistic or technological community

• Sept. 20, 2021: opening of the call
• Nov. 1st, 2021: call closed
• Nov. 22, 2021: announcement of the selection
• From Nov. 29, 2021 to Jul. 29, 2022: period during which the residency must take place

Comité de sélection :

• Jenny Thibault (directrice générale et artistique)
• Claire Martin (responsable des communications)
• Dominic Paquin (directeur résidences & créations)
• Emmanuel Durand (codirecteur de la recherche)
• Nicolas Bouillot (codirecteur de la recherche)
• Le cas échéant certains membres du Metalab seront consultés quant à la faisabilité des résidences

The selection committee will assess the applications according to the following criteria:

• The adequacy of the proposal with the research interests and the software ecosystem of Metalab
• The originality of the artistic concept (s) presented
• The feasibility of the residency
• The selection committee will pay particular attention to the diversity among the nominations and invite women, members of visible and ethnic minorities, aboriginals and persons with disabilities to apply.
• La SAT procédera à une évaluation de votre plan de production et de votre budget de création.
• Seuls les artistes des projets retenus seront contactés.

Selection committee:

• Jenny Thibault (general and artistic director)
• Claire Martin (communications manager)
• Dominic Paquin (director of residences & creations)
• Emmanuel Durand (co-director of research)
• Nicolas Bouillot (co-director of research)

If need be, certain members of Metalab will be consulted about the feasibility of the residences.