Embassy of Foreign Artists     

We invite artists from all disciplines to lead a reflection and researches alongside scientific within their actual laboratories.
The aim is to promote exchanges and crossovers between scientific and artistic practices, in order to bring about new ways of formulating, perceiving, and using research in both science and art. Connecting these fields promotes a better understanding of their respective areas of research.

The selected artist will be hosted for three months at the laboratory (in Geneva or the surrounding region), working directly with the scientific team, and will receive mediation support from the programme team.

 

OBJECTIVES FOR COLLABORATION

  • Explore new approaches to research, analysis and communication through the encounter between art and science.
  • Promote mutual understanding of the methods and languages specific to each discipline.
  • Experiment with innovative forms of interpretation, visualisation and restitution.
  • Participate in the creation of a collective map of scientific and artistic imagination.

Each pair will be invited to present the results of their collaboration at an interdisciplinary round table and in a collective publication at the end of the cycle.

 

REQUIRED PROFILE

  • Professional artists from all backgrounds engaged in an artistic research project in any field (visual arts, dance, theater, music, writing, comics, cinema, etc.), whose project would benefit from the cutting-edge research conducted by the partner laboratories.
  • Interest in transdisciplinary dialogue and openness to experimental approaches.
  • Availability to stay in Geneva for three months in contact with the local artistic and scientific community.

 

PRACTICAL DETAILS

  • Duration of the residency: 3 months (to be selected according to the proposed sessions).
  • Location: In the house of EOFA and at the partner laboratory in Switzerland.
  • Support: The artist will receive
    • accommodation in a private room with access to the areas shared with other residents,
    • a residency stipend of CHF 1400 per month,
    • mediation and communication support provided by EOFA,
    • pairing with a scientist within their research project,
    • access to equipment and data depending on the laboratories.

 

CONDITION FOR APPLICATION

Candidates must respond to the following criteria:

  • Be a professional artists coming from following artistic fields: performing arts, visual arts and applied arts, that is active in either fine arts, music, literature, comics, cinema, dance, theatre, design, video, etc.
  • Must have a wide range of creations, publications and performances at a professional level.
  • Not be currently registered in a basic artistic training course.
  • Be over 28 at the time of application.
  • Speak French or English.
  • Accept and agree to pay costs related to their travel and possible artistic production.

 

DOCUMENTS FOR APPLICATION

Interested artists are invited to submit a proposal including:

  1. The application questionnaire fully completed.
  2. The application file in pdf format – maximum 15 pages including:
    1. A motivation cover letter (1 page max)
    2. A description of the research project to be developed during the residency
    3. A portfolio of recent works
    4. An up-to-date cv

 

CONTACT AND INFORMATION

To be sent by email to: residence@eofa.ch
Subject line: “Call for artistic participation – Art&Science – Imagination”
Deadline for receipt: 19 April 2026 by midnight local time (UTC+2).
The completed questionnaire, fully completed with Adobe Acrobat (click here), and your application file must be sent separately in the same email (residence@eofa.ch) in PDF format.