Open Call Overview
• Application Deadline: December 18, 2026
• Residency Dates: Bookings available starting March 2027 onwards
• Results Announced: End of February 2027
• Who Can Apply: Multidisciplinary practitioners (artists, researchers, activists, urbanists, architects, geographers, humanities scholars etc.).

Full text for the Open Call Announcement:
 ZK/U is an artist-led independent art residency and project space. It hosts a multidisciplinary residency program, offering a living and working space for practitioners of all kinds (artists, researchers, activists, professionals of various fields). The residency program encourages proposals that challenge conventions, take daring positions, and include original and extraordinary perspectives. It welcomes applications with a project proposal framed as
• a conceptual, contextual and interventionist contemporary artistic position,
• research or experimentation in the fields of urbanism, geography, anthropology, architecture and the humanities.
 
The ZK/U residency program allows mutual learning, spontaneous collaborations, discussions and exchanges to emerge, enriched by the diversity of disciplines and profiles of the residents. The ZK/U building, a former train station building located in a dynamic public park, is a space for urban experimentation and cross-disciplinary collaborations. ZK/U’s cultural venues host regular public events for diverse audiences. Residents are encouraged to participate in ZK/U’s cultural program.
 
For more information, please have a look at the following links:
 
Open Call: https://www.zku-berlin.org/open-call/
Residency Program & Space: https://www.zku-berlin.org/residency/ 
FAQ: https://www.zku-berlin.org/faq/
 
Application results can be expected by the end of February 2027. Studios can be booked for residency periods starting from March 2027 onwards.