Research and experimentation grant at Hangar’s Soft/Hardware and Interaction Lab
Hangar, open centre for artistic research and production in Barcelona, is calling for artists, collectives, researchers and developers in the field of open source technology to carry out a three-month research, development and/or production residency in its Soft/Hardware and Interaction Lab.
With these grants, Hangar provides the recipients with the budget, the space and the appropriate technical conditions to produce a work and contribute to its dissemination in a professional environment.
TERMS
1. Objectives
General objectives:
– To support creators in their research and/or production activities, their experimental work and the development and completion of their projects.
– To identify and encourage the creation of communities around new tools and/or technologies.
Specific objectives:
– To promote and facilitate the necessary resources for experimentation, research, development and creation in the field of interactive open technology.
– To promote the documentation, publication, dissemination, transfer and exchange of knowledge in the field of creation with open interactive technology.
2. Services and financing
Hangar will provide the recipient with:
– Fees: €2,500 gross.
– A production grant of up to €3,500 gross, which may be used to cover direct technical execution work or the cost of renting the workspace.
– Technical support, advice and access to tools for the development and production of the project.
– Hangar will put the contacts of its network of collaborators at the disposal of the grant holders: suppliers, technicians, techno-scientific research centres or other artistic and cultural institutions that they may need.
– Hangar will support the dissemination and public presentation of the project.
– These grants do not cover travel costs from the place of residence to the centre, nor accommodation or living expenses.
3. To whom it’s addressed
– Artists and collectives, researchers and developers of all ages and nationalities working in the field of open technology creation. In the case of collectives, there must be a person in charge of the project.
The call will consider projects that require a research, development, prototyping or production phase in Hangar’s interaction lab.
4. Length
The duration of the grant is 3 consecutive months, to be carried out between 1 January and 30 June 2024.
