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Artistic Residency
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Artistic Residency

FUTURES residency programmes support artistic practice, research, and professional development within the field of photography and image-making.

Each residency responds to a different way of working. Some practitioners seek a structured programme built around artistic research, exchange, guidance, and engagement with partner organisations. Others need dedicated time and space to pursue independent research, develop an ongoing project, or immerse themselves in a specific context.

While each residency has its own format, duration, and working framework, all are grounded in FUTURES' commitment to supporting contemporary image-making through critical inquiry, experimentation, collaboration, and international exchange. Together, they create opportunities for practitioners to develop their work within a connected European network of artists, organisations, and cultural contexts.

Explore the residency programmes below to find the opportunity that best aligns with your practice, interests, and current stage of development.

A residency programme supporting artistic development through research, experimentation, and public engagement.

The FUTURES Artistic Residency Programme creates the conditions for artists to deepen their practice through artistic research, experimentation, dialogue, and engagement with contemporary themes. Developed by FUTURES and delivered in collaboration with partner organisations across Europe, the programme provides artists with dedicated time, guidance, and support to advance their practice within a structured residency framework.

Each residency takes place within a distinct cultural context, creating opportunities to engage with new environments, communities, and perspectives. Through artistic research, dialogue, and public engagement, residents are encouraged to deepen their inquiry, expand their practice, and explore new approaches to image-making and artistic practice.

While each residency is rooted in a different local context, all are delivered through a shared FUTURES framework that supports artistic research, professional exchange, and public engagement across a connected European network of partner organisations.

How It Works

Nature, Technology and the Environment

The FUTURES Artistic Residency Programme is guided by a research framework exploring the intersections of nature, technology, and the environment, themes that are increasingly urgent within contemporary society.

Artists are encouraged to engage critically with questions of ecological relationships, technological transformation, environmental responsibility, and the ways these forces shape contemporary life. The residency provides a framework for investigating, reflecting on, and expanding these ideas through artistic research and experimentation.

How It Works

The residency places particular emphasis on process and development, supporting artists as they research, test new approaches, and advance their projects throughout the residency. Public engagement forms an integral part of the programme, with each residency culminating in a public-facing event that creates opportunities for dialogue and exchange with diverse audiences.

Artists are selected through an annual open call available to FUTURES artists. Applications are reviewed by an international jury and assessed based on the quality of the artist's practice, the strength of the proposed residency project, and its relevance to the current research framework.

The residency programme takes place across multiple locations in collaboration with FUTURES partner organisations. Together, the residency locations form a connected European programme, enabling artistic research and exchange to develop across different cultural contexts while remaining grounded in a shared FUTURES framework.

Alongside independent artistic development, the programme includes guidance, public engagement, and opportunities for exchange with local communities, cultural organisations, and professional networks.

What We Offer

Expert Guidance

Residents have opportunities to engage with professionals whose expertise is relevant to their project, offering guidance, feedback, and perspective throughout the residency.

Public Engagement

Each residency concludes with a public-facing event, creating opportunities to share work and engage with local audiences.

International Visibility

Artists and their projects are promoted through FUTURES communication channels, extending the visibility of the residency internationally.

Contextual Grounding

Residents gain access to local artistic communities, cultural organisations, and professional networks through FUTURES and its partner organisations.

Application

How To Apply

The FUTURES Artistic Residency Programme is currently open exclusively to artists who are part of the FUTURES platform.

Each year, FUTURES launches an open call inviting eligible artists to apply for residency opportunities. Applications are reviewed by an international jury, which selects residents based on the quality of their artistic practice, the strength of their proposed project, and its relevance to the annual residency theme.

Additional requirements

Residents are responsible for arranging travel documents, health, travel, and liability insurance, and any visa requirements (support will be provided where needed).

Residents must ensure they have appropriate coverage in place before arriving at the residency.

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Residency Locations

The FUTURES Artistic Residency Programme currently takes place across three locations:

FUTURES Hub, AmsterdamLocated at the FUTURES Hub in Amsterdam, the residency offers a private live-work environment that combines accommodation, workspace, and access to public facilities. Situated within the FUTURES headquarters, the Hub provides residents with a base from which to engage with Amsterdam's photography and contemporary art scene while developing their work within an international network.

ISSP, RigaHosted by ISSP, the residency provides accommodation and workspace in the centre of Riga, alongside access to ISSP's facilities, photography library, equipment, and professional network. Residents are supported in engaging with Latvia's contemporary photography community and wider cultural landscape.

Capa Center, BudapestHosted by Capa Center, the residency provides accommodation, studio facilities, and access to one of Central Europe's leading photography institutions. Residents benefit from professional support, local connections, and opportunities to engage with Budapest's contemporary art and photography scene.

Located at the FUTURES Hub in Amsterdam, the residency offers a private live-work environment that combines accommodation, workspace, and access to public facilities. Situated within the FUTURES headquarters, the Hub provides residents with a base from which to engage with Amsterdam's photography and contemporary art scene while developing their work within an international network.

ISSP, Riga: The resident will be housed at the ISSP Riga Residency apartment in the city centre, shared with other two artists. The accommodation offers comfortable conditions for living and working - a separate bedroom with a working space, spacious shared living room and a fully equipped kitchen. The resident will have access to ISSP office facilities including use of printer, scanner, ISSP photography library and studio lights

Capa Center, Budapest: The Capa Center residency program offers all entering participants a fully furnished private room within a communal apartment located on the Art Quarter Budapest premises, a studio space catering to the project’s requirements within its 400 m2 shared studio in the coolest postindustrial area of Budapest. Capa Center provides varied services to integrate the residents into the local art scene and contribute in establishing professional connections that best support their work and career. In addition, the residency will offer the possibility to organise a presentation at the Capa Centre in downtown Budapest, and use the Capa Centre's office facilities, including the printer and scanner.

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Current Resident

Curated by Benedetta Casagrande

Adél Koleszár
Adél Koleszár

Tudor Rhys Etchells uses the photograph to challenge fictions created by legal systems. Working within such a bureaucracy in his previous role as a human rights lawyer inspires his closeness to the document and the brutally mundane. For him, the photographic medium, with its own cumbersome structures of viewing and representing, appears the best match for understanding processes that construct the imagined norms of our society. Embracing photography’s performative element, he deconstructs our conceptions of visual knowledge. He achieved a Distinction in MA Documentary Photography at the University of South Wales during which he was awarded the Reginald Salisbury grant. Recently he was awarded an Arts Council of Wales Research and Development grant to fund a residency and his first solo exhibition at BayArt, Cardiff. He is a lecturer at the University of Gloucester and regularly gives visiting lectures at institutions, including Ffotogalley. He is based in Cardiff and an associate artist of BayArt gallery.

Past Artists

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