INTERSECTA - ESPRONCEDA

Overview

INTERSECTA is a pilot residency at Espronceda bridging performing arts, immersive media (AR/XR), and cultural research to explore how migration, identity, and digital transformation are reshaping artistic practice in Europe. The residency focuses on process over product, operating as a prototyping lab where ideas are tested, findings shared, and synergies built between a cultural researcher and two XR artists.

Who Can Apply

• 1 cultural research profile focusing on diaspora/identity
• 2 AR/XR creation profiles interested in performance and prototyping
• Strong interest in participatory work, documentation, and transferability required

What We Offer (per resident, 3 months)

• €8,000 covering accommodation, living expenses, local transport, XR production & materials, documentation, public work-in-progress presentations, and proportionate program/staff support
• Access to XR spaces and tools: prototyping, device testing, work-in-progress sessions, peer mentoring
• Meetings with local agents and international collaborators (hybrid)
• Showcases, living archive, and digital-first communication

Program Structure (12 weeks)

• Weeks 1–2: Arrival & alignment; practices mapping, embodied mapping lab, framework on migration–identity–memory–XR
• Weeks 3–4: Design thinking & diagnosis; co-define audiences/challenges; opportunity matrix; benchmark of replicable cultural formats
• Weeks 5–6: Concept & field listening; guided ideation, body–device sketches; micro-ethnography with migrant and local communities; concept refinement
• Weeks 7–8: Prototyping V1; integrate movement + XR into short modules; internal work-in-progress with guest mentors
• Weeks 9–10: Tech clinics & iteration; tracking/capture/interaction/spatial sound; accessibility & mediation; iteration toward V2
• Weeks 11–12: V2, showcase & next steps; prototype V2; public work-in-progress showcase with structured feedback; roadmap for alliances, festivals, education/museums

Eligibility & Format

The residency is fully on-site (no hybrid/virtual residencies), in line with PICE rules. Multilingual access (EN/ES; Tagalog when relevant). Open programming for migrant communities. Gender balance and transparent resource distribution. Safe and non-discriminatory environments.

How to Apply

• Application portal: AC/E – PICE Residencias 2025
• Application window: May 1 – September 7, 2025
• Register an account and submit three applications (one per resident) under Residencias nacionales
• Eligible start dates: October 15, 2025 – February 14, 2026
• Provisional/definitive listings published October 3–14, 2025

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Studio location: Carrer D'Espronceda 326, Nave 4,5 & 10, 08027 Barcelona, Spain (by appointment only)