Residencies
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Current Open Calls
Applications for the residencies from August to December 2026 are now open!
Applications for the residencies from August to December 2026 can only be submitted using the online form below. Please complete the form in English.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 23 FEBRUARY 2026 | 23:59 (CET)
All complete applications will be considered by the jury. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their decision by e-mail by mid-April 2026.
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‹, ›urban space‹, and ›PACT·LAB‹, the ›artist's centre‹ is a place for interdisciplinary practice and artistic exchange. At the end of a residency, there is the possibility to showcase the projects developed during the residency in the form of open studios or showings. However, this is not a requirement – the focus is on the process of artistic work.
The PACT feed gives artists-in-residence the opportunity to document their 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 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)
*We principally expect participants to choose low-emission modes of transport to and from PACT.
Fields of work
Performing Arts
Inter- & transdisciplinary artistic practices
Film & Moving Image
Artistic practice engaging with digital technologies
Socially engaged arts
Residencies 2026
Luísa Saraiva, Letícia Sckrycky, Francisco Antão, Connor Scott (February / March)
Annie Hanauer with Nic Conibere & Léa Kieffer (February / March)
Eva van Tongeren (March / April)
Matthias Ranner, Dodzi Dougban, Calvin Khan (March / April)
Alina Sobotta (April)
Veronika Abdul-Visocka with Patsy Lassbo & Kristian Møller-Munar (April / May)
Monā Farivar, Francesca Waehneldt, Virginia Lewerissa ,,Aura“ (April / May)
Rediet Haddis Yalew (May / June)
Asad Ali Zulfiqar and Mandeep Singh Raikhy (May / June)
allapopp (June)
Kukily, afrofeminist arts collective (Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald, Jasmin Sánchez, Julia Cohen Ribeiro, Lina Lasso) (June / July)
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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