The 13th SCHLOSSMEDIALE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC, NEW MUSIC AND AUDIOVISUAL ART will take place from June 19 – 28, 2025.
A grant for a five-week residency will give three individually active artists the opportunity to develop new art at a location that is steeped in history, and to display, install or perform their work in the unique spaces of the castle in creative and open engagement with it.
The works created will be shown in the castle during the Schlossmediale Festival.
We are looking forward to welcoming artists who are ready to find inspiration for their work in the castle and its surroundings. Each year a theme is chosen that defines the programme of the ten-day festival and is also the basis for a creative response by the artists in residence.
Annual motto for 2025: AUSGEPACKT! (UNPACKED!, description below)
Duration of the art residency: May 19 – June 28, 2025 (festival: June 19 – 28, 2025)
Grant holders
Three qualified artists – solo artists, no duos or groups – with professional experience in different fields who represent the following artistic disciplines:
- sound art
- sound studies
- audiovisual art
- experimental instrument building
- visual art
- installations
- sculpture
- land art
- performance
Important note: Sound installations without a visual dimension will not be taken into account.
Living and working
The three artists awarded the grant will live in a historical, charming house in the small, picturesque town of Werdenberg at the foot of the castle. Each will have a room at their disposal for the duration of the residency, as well as a shared kitchen, a shared living room and a small, shared bathroom. An open, considerate and sociable attitude is necessary for the cohabitation to function smoothly during the residency period; it is hoped that living together may bring additional value in terms of inspiration. Long-term stays in the house by friends and relatives are not encouraged due to lack of space. It is important that any visits are organised by the grant holders themselves in consultation with each other.
There is only limited working space. Relatively small rooms in various houses can be made available for the purpose. No studios exist; the grant holders would have to arrange these individually in the locality. However, a few exhibition spaces in the castle can be used from an early stage, circumstances permitting.
Funding
Grant: CHF 4.000.–
Expenses for travel, transport and meals:
CHF 1.000.–
Material costs up to CHF 1.000.–
The artwork must be finished and in perfect working order on the opening day of the festival.
The grant holders are expected to work on their artwork, or parts of it, on site during the residency period. They will present the work they have created to groups touring the castle and in public talks during the festival. Also, before the exhibition opens, the artists commit to giving an insight into their work on at least one tour of the castle. Contact with and even the involvement of the residents of the small town (the Städtli) and the surrounding area is possible. For the art presentation, it is of great importance that the artists live and work in the castle and the Städtli.
