Thank you for your interest in applying for a digital artist residency. The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Tuesday 10th September.
Please ensure you have read the eligibility criteria carefully before submitting your expression of interest.
From October 2024, we will host 4 digital residencies, aimed at early-career artists based in the North of England who have a critical, digital arts practice. The main focus of the artists' work should be world-building, games engines, XR and immersive, or creating accessible digital worlds.
Successful artists will receive an individual fee of £2,500, a production budget of £1,500, and 3 months of support. These residencies will also include access to Studio/Lab - both the digital production space and creative technical resources.
There are 4 residency spaces available:
- 2 spaces are commissioned directly by FACT and our funders
- 1 space is commissioned in partnership with DaDa (Disability Arts and Deaf Arts)
- 1 space is commissioned in partnership with Lucid Games
If you are applying for the DaDa or Lucid Games residency place, please state this clearly in your application.
Please note the project or idea you're proposing can be something you've already been researching, or related to something you've already been working on and want to push further.
You'll get a chance to exhibit the work as part of a new exhibition Art Plays Games at FACT in 2025, and so you should be happy to share a single-screen version of the work with the public from then.
FACT is flexible to the different circumstances in which people work. If your application is successful, we will invite you to share with us details of any access requirements you may have, however it is that you define access.
If you need any further support with the application process, please email studiolab@fact.co.uk with the subject line 'S/L Regional Residencies 2024'.
DaDa are able to offer more bespoke support to artists applying specifically for their residency via Denise at denisek@dadafest.co.uk, or by phone at 07510 669040.