Proposals are being invited for short unfunded residencies in 2011/2012 for artists based in Lochaber. Proposals are welcome from artists working in all media: visual artists, sound artists, filmmakers and writers. Please forward this information to any other artists you know in the region who you think might be interested.

Outlandia is currently unfunded.  They are applying for funding to enable them to offer funded residencies in the future. In the meantime they are accepting proposals for unfunded residencies (of 1 day – 1 month).

Apply by email with a 1-page outline on why you are interested in this opportunity, alongside an outline of how you would address the residency and proposed dates. Also include your CV and any weblinks you may have to images of your work. Please send your documents as a PDF.

Deadline for residency proposal – August 20th 2011.

Apply to London Fieldworks: info@londonfieldworks.com

Artist’s Information

Outlandia

Outlandia is an off-grid treehouse observatory imagined by artists London Fieldworks and designed by Edinburgh based Malcolm Fraser Architects. Tracey Warr is Associate Curator for the project. Outlandia is supported by an Advisory Group of local artists, residents and curators. The Outlandia Patron is the writer Robert Macfarlane.

Outlandia has been inspired by childhood off-ground dens, wildlife hides and bothys, by forest outlaws and Japanese poetry platforms. It is located in a copse of Norwegian Spruce in Glen Nevis on Forestry Commission land, at the foot of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, approx 3 miles from the town of Fort William. Outlandia is performative architecture, a field-station and a flexible meeting space in the forest, and was launched on 18 September 2010.

Facilities

Outlandia is off-grid and has no facilities.

Costs

Outlandia is currently unfunded and you will be responsible for all of your own costs including accommodation and travel. It is forbidden by the terms of the lease with The Forestry Commission to stay overnight at Outlandia. They can provide you with a list of nearby hostel, camping, guest-house, cabin and hotel accommodation.

To apply

Please apply by email to: London Fieldworks – info@londonfieldworks.com including a CV with website or weblinks to examples of your work and a maximum 1 page outline on why you are interested in this opportunity, alongside an outline idea of your intended activities at Outlandia, proposed dates and contact details.

If they can accommodate your proposed residency they will confirm this with you and give you a letter of agreement setting out the terms and conditions.

For more information visit www.outlandia.com  and www.londonfieldworks.com

Source: London Fieldworks