Residencies
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About the residency programme
The residency programme that is carried out throughout the year is at the heart of PACT Zollverein’s day-to-day work. Running since 2002, it offers artists and cultural professionals from all over the world a space to develop artistic projects and productions.
In conjunction with the areas of stage, platform, and urban space, an exchange between theoretical and practical work takes place at the Artists’ Centre. There is the possibility of an internal showing at the end of the residency, but this is not a requirement – the focus is on the process of the artistic work.
The arrangement of the residency is flexible: residets can discuss, develop and rehearse independently in their own designated studio; if needed, they have access to all of PACT’s facilities (rehearsal rooms, kitchen, Wi-Fi, etc.) at any time.
The PACT feed gives artists-in-residence the opportunity to document their current work processes and projects, making them accessible to the public.
Thanks to the support of the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, residency recipients receive a grant to cover their living expenses and travel costs.
Residences are advertised twice a year through an open call and are awarded by an international jury. A residency project does not include a public showing at PACT Zollverein.
A residency incorporates the following
Studio space (from 69 to 173 sq. m., one of which is barrier-free)
Local accommodation (max. 4 people, barrier-free and family-friendly accommodation possible by arrangement)
Period of 3 – 6 weeks (at a stretch)
Weekly grant allowance for all of the residency project participants (max. 4 people)
Travel costs covering one journey only per participant to and from PACT Zollverein (max. 4 people)
Technical equipment (by arrangement and subject to availability)
Professional technical support (by arrangement and subject to availability)
Possible working fields of a residency
Dance / Choreography
Performance
Media art / Installation
Video art / Film
Music / Sound art
Science
Urban research
Technology
Architecture
Current Open Calls
The application process for residencies from January to July 2026 has ended.
Applicants have been informed about the outcome of the decision by e-mail by in November 2025.
Residencies 2025
January – July
August - December
Past Residencies
January – July 2024
August – December 2024
January - July 2023
August - December 2023
SPRUNGBRETT<> TANZRECHERCHE NRW 2023
Media Art Fellow of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 22/23
January - July 2022
August - December 2022
January - July 2021
August - December 2021
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