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The Revitalizing Rituals Artist Residency invites artists from diverse disciplines to explore rituals, belonging, ecology, food, storytelling, and community relationships through collaborative artistic research.
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Get matched →The Revitalizing Rituals Artist Residency invites artists from diverse disciplines to explore rituals, belonging, ecology, food, storytelling, and community relationships through collaborative artistic research in Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia, and Somogy County, Hungary. The residency supports four selected artists through funding, accommodation, travel support, and opportunities for community-based artistic creation. The programme is designed for experienced artists who are committed to reciprocal, non-extractive engagement with local communities and ecological environments.
The Revitalizing Rituals Artist Residency is a research-creation programme that brings together artists and communities to explore the relationship between rituals, cultural identity, and ecological connections. The residency focuses on how artistic practices can strengthen relationships between people and local communities, cultural traditions and contemporary creativity, food systems and ecological knowledge, and human activities and natural environments.
The main goal of Revitalizing Rituals is to explore how rituals can support belonging, community relationships, and ecological awareness. The programme supports artistic practices that examine: community traditions, cultural memory, ecological reciprocity, food and land relationships, storytelling practices, collective experiences, and place-based artistic approaches. The residency promotes artistic processes that respect local knowledge and encourage meaningful collaboration.
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A total of four artists will be selected: Two artists for Hungary, Two artists for Tunisia. Each location will host one locally connected artist and one artist with migration or diaspora connections linked to the region. This structure encourages exchange between different cultural perspectives while maintaining strong connections with local communities.
Selected artists will also participate in a Storytellers Camp in Tunisia. This activity supports documentation of residency experiences, storytelling development, and sharing artistic journeys with wider audiences. Artists will collaborate with visual storytellers who document the residency process.
Revitalizing Rituals provides a platform for artists to explore connections between culture, ecology, and communities. The programme supports sustainable artistic practices, community-driven creativity, cultural exchange, environmental awareness, preservation of local knowledge, and new approaches to collaborative art. By focusing on rituals and ecological relationships, the residency encourages artists to create meaningful work connected to place and people.