Tankwa Artscape in Calvinia, South Africa – Open Call
Artists working in site-responsive practices including sculpture, spoken word, sound, movement, and performance art are invited to spend two weeks engaging artistically with the remote Tankwa Karoo desert landscape.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Award
- Accommodation, meals, and limited material and transport support provided
- Location
- Tankwa Karoo, Calvinia, South Africa
About
Overview
Tankwa Artscape is a funded two-week annual artist residency for 10-12 national and international artists in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa, focusing on site-responsive practices such as sculptural art, spoken word, sound, movement, and performance art using found materials.
What's provided
Accommodation, meals, and limited material and transport support. Artists are responsible for arranging their own travel, though the organisation assists in securing external funding.
Eligibility
Open to national and international artists working in site-responsive practices.
Focus
Artists work in response to the geological and environmental character of the desert location.
- Award
- Accommodation, meals, and limited material and transport support provided
- Theme
- Artists work in response to the geological and environmental character of a remote desert landscape, using site-responsive practices.
- Eligibility
- Open to national and international artists; 10-12 artists selected per residency cycle.
- Audience
- National and international artists
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