Research Fellowships for Artists and Designers in Digital Reality in Africa and Asia 2018

Digital Earth offers a 6 month-long fellowship for artists and designers based in Africa or Asia, working across a variety of media, who would like to investigate their current technological reality. It is a unique research support programme, which supports experienced artists to reflect, research, experiment and produce work. The fellowship consists of a monthly stipend for work and production costs, mentorship and other various resources. The final results will be exhibited in a roaming exhibition.

The geographical focus of the fellowship is on the entanglement of old and new routes that connect Asia to Africa, crossing the Middle East and Central Asia. Examples of possible research topics are the infrastructure of Mongolian crypto-mining, the performativity of the robot-ports on the Siberian coastline, the soundscapes of the coltan mines in the heartlands of Congo, and more.

Eligibility criteria:

[1] Projects should be based in Asia or Africa.

[2] Applicants should master the English language sufficiently to be able to converse with mentors and fellows from different geographical locations.

[3] Applicants should have a bank account.