Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe Cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions. Drawing on the Zapatista concept of the pluriverse —”a world where many worlds fit”— the project embraces diverse ways of knowing and living, foregrounding buen vivir (social well-being), communal interdependence, and the relationships between human and more-than-human entities.

The project includes a program of residencies (SIT-RES) happening in 2026 and 2027, where artists and creative practitioners selected through this open call will be invited to engage with a specific context (social, geographical, historical) for one year and develop new forms of creative intervention/cultural mediation.

An application for the upcoming 2027 residency period can be submitted for the following institutions and contexts:

– Baltan Laboratories (NL) will engage with Wondermash, a future ecologies institution operating within the living storyscape of the Meuse Delta;

– Lungomare (IT) will engage with the riverscapes in Bolzano;

– Idensitat (ES) will explore the theme of sacrifice zones, focusing upon neighbourhoods in the metropolitan area near the mouth of the Besos river;

– ZEMOS98 (ES) will work with sustainable, local models of energy transition in Galicia in Northwestern Spain;

SIT-RES 2027 begins in January 2027. The selected residents will receive an artist fee of €13,500 (travel excluded) and a production budget. Each institution details the terms and conditions of each specific residency/context, including the intended role of the artist, payment, production budgets and minimum requirements, in separate attachments to the general open call, whose terms apply to all residents

They value approaches that leave a distinctive mark on the territory, whether manifested as a physical intervention in public space, as evidence of relationships formed during the residency, or as the catalyst for ongoing processes that enrich community engagement over time. They are particularly interested in methods that involve new audiences and create a culture that embraces diversity and discursive exchange.

Please note that all applications must be completed in English

SIT-RES 2027 Deadline: 31 May 23:59 CET.
Results: by the middle of July.

In the second phase of the application process, three creative practitioners (for each residency) will be selected and asked to develop a more specific proposal in dialogue with the host institution with a deadline on 14 August 23:59 CET. The results will be known by the end of September.

See more on the official website. For any enquiries, contact sitplu.project@luca-arts.be.