Free international residency, artists cover travel, accommodation, and food.
This artist residency in Italy invites artists, performers, musicians, and researchers to join a four-week collaborative process in Pontedera, Tuscany. Centered on voice, silence, and collective presence, the residency culminates in a public Vigil performance on July 3rd.
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Opportunity Snapshot – Artist Residency in Italy
What:
Dwelling in a Silent Song – Free International Artistic Residency
Who:
Artists, performers, musicians, and researchers working with voice, theatre, and interdisciplinary practices
Where:
Pontedera, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Award / Support:
Free participation
Shared artistic process and residency structure
Public Vigil presentation
Participants must cover travel, accommodation, and food
Application Fee:
None
Residency Duration:
June 8 – July 4, 2026
Flexible participation (1–4 weeks)
Deadline:
May 3, 2026
Official Link:
https://forms.gle/bqWwNVsvDWC2ggq97
About the Artist Residency in Italy
Dwelling in a Silent Song is an international residency focused on collective artistic research through voice, silence, and listening. The project explores how presence, attention, and relational practices can shape performance processes and shared environments.
Participants will work through immersion, walks, rehearsals, and collaboration with local inhabitants, building toward a performative Vigil. This final event is conceived as an open environment where audiences can enter, listen, and engage at their own pace.
What Is Offered
- Free participation in the residency
- Collaborative artistic research process
- Structured rehearsal and creation environment
- Engagement with local communities
- Public presentation in the final Vigil
- Flexible participation duration (1–4 weeks)
Who Should Apply to Artist Residency in Italy
Artists, performers, musicians, and researchers working with voice, theatre, and interdisciplinary practices
Professionals or amateurs
Participants interested in participatory processes and engaging with a specific territory
Timeline
Deadline: May 3, 2026
Why This Opportunity Matters
This artist residency in Italy offers a process-based environment focused on collective creation, listening, and presence, with no participation fee, while requiring artists to self-fund travel and living expenses.
Apply
https://forms.gle/bqWwNVsvDWC2ggq97
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