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