Call for applications: Tirana Art Residency - Vila 31 x Art Explora, new residency programme in Albania

Art Explora Foundation develops its international programme of artists’ and researchers’ residencies with the launch of Tirana Art Residency – Vila 31 x Art Explora, a new programme in Albania whose first call for which the first call for applications is open until 5 June. 

Located at Vila 31, the former domicile of dictator Enver Hoxha, Tirana Art Residency – Vila 31 x Art Explora aims to extend the local dynamic of reopening and reappropriation by the public of this historical venue. The architectural project chosen to renovate Vila 31 has been entrusted to the NeM/Niney et Marca architects, who have sought to maintain a balance between the need to preserve the site and its problematic history and the need to create neutral spaces in which to rewrite new histories. 

Tirana Art Residency – Vila 31 x Art Explora will run a dynamic cultural programme in collaboration with local stakeholders, institutions, schools, and associations, including exhibitions, workshops, film screenings, discussions, and festivals open to all.  

Each resident will enjoy a living and workshop area, production, and exhibition spaces, as well as a living expenses and production grant to develop their research.  

   The selection committee is composed of international figures specialised in contemporary art, including specialists in the Balkans:  

• Pierre Bal-Blanc (France): Independent curator and essayist 

• Sam Bardaouil & Till Fellrath (Germany): Curators and co-directors of Hamburger Banhof: Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin   

• Adela Demetja (Albania): Curator, author and director of Tirana Art Lab - Center for Contemporary Art, Albania 

• Katerina Gregos (Greece): Curator, lecturer, educator. Director of ΕΜΣΤ | The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens 

• Alicia Knock (France): Curator in the Contemporary Creation and Prospective Department of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris 

• Hans Ulrich Obrist (UK & Switzerland): Art historian, contemporary art critic, curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries, London   

Applications are open until June 5, 2024, 11:59pm (GMT+02:00, Europe/Paris).  

Find all the information to apply and start your application on Art Explora application platform:   
https://artexplora.plateformecandidature.com