LAUSANNE, EPFL / CDH, VAUD (CH)

Information sheet LAUSANNE-EPFL-CDH-EN-DE-FR-IT

RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION

name of institution:   EPFL, Collège des humanités (CDH) in partnership with the City of Lausanne
address:   Station 10, CM 2273 
PO box (post office box):    
postcode, city:   1015 Lausanne
canton:    
country:   Switzerland
phone:    
fax:    
email:   info.CDH-AiR@epfl.ch
website:   https://www.epfl.ch/schools/cdh/art-culture-society/artist-in-residence-at-cdh/

STUDIO

name of studio:   EPFL, CDH AiR Program
address:   A. Workshops and research: same as above (EPFL)
B. Accomodation: La Meute, Parc du Loup 3, 1018 Lausanne
postcode, city:   zip/city: 1015 Lausanne
canton:    
phone:    
email:    
website:    
geographical location, how to get there:   A. Metro m1, stop „EPFL“
B. The apartment can be accessed with three buses:
1 Direction Blécherette, Stop “Bois-Gentil”
20 Direction Blécherette, Stop “Bois-Gentil”
21 (straight from/to Lausanne’s station) Stop “Beau-site”
language area:   french
number of studios:   1 Apartment, 58 sq.m. independant and fully equiped apartment, workshop availlable in the building
rooms, description:    
exists since:   2019
remarks:   Initiated by EPFL College of Humanities (CDH) Direction in partnership with The City of Lausanne, the EPFL-CDH Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Program “Enter the Hyper-Scientific” reflects the CDH mission of fostering transdisciplinary encounters and collaborations between artists and EPFL’s scientific community. The program invites professional Swiss and international creative practitioners, both emerging and established, for three-month residencies to realize innovative and visionary projects at the intersection of art, science, and advanced technologies.

CONTACT

name:   Giulia Bini
phone:   +41 21 693 81 79
email:   info.CDH-AiR@epfl.ch

COSTS/ADDITIONAL GRANT

costs for residents:   none
additional grant:   yes
amount:   monthly flat fee of CHF 1’500.-, + a production budget of max. CHF 15’000.-
financed by:    

ALLOCATION OF THE STUDIO, CONDITIONS

allocation by:   EPFL CDH AiR Selection committee
appilcants:   Annual open call for professional Swiss and international artists, emerging and established, with proven career paths or clear potential, who are interested in harnessing science and technological interventions in their artistic endeavors art division:visual and media arts; film, digital, mixed media, and imaging; sound and experimental forms of music; experimental design; literary, critical, and speculative writing
art disciplines:    
age:    
duration of stay:   3 months

COSTS, HOW THE STUDIO IS FINANCED

rent, extra charges:   financed by the City of Lausanne
fee / production budget:   financed by EPFL – CDH

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DAVOS, KWACAKWORO, CANTON GRISONS

Information sheet: studios template Kwacakworo

RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION

name of institution:   Kwacakworo Association
address:   Mattastrasse 1
PO box (post office box):    
postcode, city:   7270 Davos Platz GR
canton:    
country:   Switzerland
phone:   +41 81 413 51 28
fax:    
email:   kwacakworo@bluewin.ch
website:   www.kwacakworoassociation.ch

STUDIO

name of studio:   Kwacakworo
address:   Mattastrasse 1
postcode, city:   7270 Davos Platz GR
canton:    
phone:   +41 81 413 51 28
email:    
website:    
geographical location, how to get there:   few minutes from train-station Davos PLATZ (direction North, pass on the main street below the church; at the Mattastrasse (crossroad), walk 50m down, the house is on the left; it has a blue-yellow flag and it’s colour is green. Easy to find.
language area:   german / swiss german
number of studios:   (at the moment) one studio
rooms, description:   2 rooms, sliding walls separating dining room from bedroom, dining-room from kitchen, bedroom from bathroom; with a veranda; in front and behind the house a garden
exists since:   the house was built around 1870, the residency is new (2025); later on, it will be on the upper floors and have six rooms (for two artists)
remarks:   More about the Kwacakworo Association on https://kwacakworo.com/ Association
 The head of the Association is a Sudan-born Professor of Engineering in Winona, USA, Prof. Beckry Abdel Magid; his deputy is Mr. Christian Grünig, living in Davos  (he is renting the studio during the winter).

CONTACT

name:   Michèle Sandoz 
     
email:   michele.sandoz@kwacakworoassociation.org

COSTS/ADDITIONAL GRANT

costs for residents:   appartment for free, electricity and heating included. Food etc. is not included
additional grant:    
amount:    
financed by:    

ALLOCATION OF THE STUDIO, CONDITIONS

allocation by:   Conradin Perner / Kwacakworo Association
applicants:    
art disciplines:   all artists (including writers) but even researchers, humanitarian activists 
age:   not relevant, preferably young artists
duration of stay:   between 2 to 8 weeks (to be discussed)

COSTS, HOW THE STUDIO IS FINANCED

rent, extra charges:   all included
financed by:   Kwacakworo Association

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