ADKDW Studio
The ADKDW Studio in Cologne's Belgian Quarter is the Academy's media hub: here, video formats and podcasts are created, lectures and artistic presentations are streamed live to the world and discussed jointly on site.
The ADKDW Studio in Cologne's Belgian Quarter is the Academy's media hub: here, video formats and podcasts are created, lectures and artistic presentations are streamed live to the world and discussed jointly on site.
Thank you for your interest in visiting the exhibitions at Academyspace with a group!
Would you like to learn more about the current exhibition and are you interested in the background to the artistic positions and works? We are happy to offer you a guided exhibition tour in German or English. Visitor groups can also be guided through the exhibition on their own.
We kindly ask you to register your group visit by email. Please allow seven working days for processing. We will be happy to answer any questions, provide advice and make bookings at info(@)adkdw.org.
Herwarthstraße 3
50672 Köln
Train stop Christophstraße/ Mediapark: No. 12 or 15
Train stop Friesenplatz: No. 3, 4, 5, 12 or 15
The room is accessible without steps. For on-site needs, suggestions for improvement, and questions about barriers, please feel free to contact: info@adkdw.org
Im Mediapark 7
50670 Köln
Train stop Hansaring: S 6 , S 11 , S 12 or S 13
Train stop Christophstraße/ Mediapark: No. 12 or 15
The room is barrier-reduced.
Would you like to learn more about the current exhibition and are you interested in the background to the artistic positions and works? We are happy to offer you a guided exhibition tour in German or English. Visitor groups can also be guided through the exhibition on their own.
We kindly ask you to register your group visit or your intrest in a guided tour by email. Please allow seven working days for processing. We will be happy to answer any questions, provide advice and make bookings at info(@)adkdw.org.
The Participatory Residency Program is an annual funding program
of the Akademie der Künste der Welt (ADKDW). The program includes
a paid residency in Cologne (Köln) and the support of an art project.
The residency program lasts 6 months and is different every year.
For example, the partners and requirements for participants change.
Artists, activists and cultural workers can participate.
The next participatory residency program starts in April 2025.
This time, the ADKDW is working together with the Un-Label association.
Artists, activists and cultural workers with disabilities can apply
until October 15, 2024.
Here you will find all the important information about the 2025 program:
Requirements
Our offer
Your application
About the ADKDW
About Un-Label
The Participatory Residency Program 2025 is for
artists, activists and cultural workers with disabilities.
We know that there are different types for disability.
People with disabilities face disadvantages due to the barriers in society.
This is important to participate in the program:
Do you describe yourself as disabled, neuro-diverse or deaf?
Then you can apply. We particularly encourage applications
from people who are affected by multiple discrimination.
For example, because of their disability and their gender.
We are looking for people who artistically explore the themes of criticism
of power, participation, and taking part in contemporary culture.
The following topics are particularly important to us:
• Ableism
Ableism is the discrimination against people with disabilities.
The idea is that people with disabilities are worth less
or have fewer skills than non-disabled people.
• Post-colonialism
Until the end of the Second World War, European countries
oppressed and exploited other countries around the world.
The consequences of this colonialism are still visible today.
• Multiple discrimination
Many people are affected by discrimination in several ways.
For example, women with disabilities.
Your Age, sexual orientation, where you are from, and how you look
can also lead to multiple discrimination.
The participatory residency program lasts from April to September 2025.
It will develop a participatory project for the Un-Label network.
This means that you will plan and develop activities and events in Cologne
together with the community, in this case people with disabilities.
All forms of art are allowed.
During the program we will provide these things:
• Rooms for work and for events
We will discuss ab what time you need which rooms.
You can use the rooms for a maximum of 6 weeks.
• One-bedroom apartment in Cologne
The apartment is furnished, has a balcony and an elevator.
The apartment is not fully accessible. But we can provide
mobile ramps and install grab bars in the bathroom, for example.
• Office and work materials
We provide all the materials you need and basic equipment for events.
• Money
During the program, you receive the following amounts:
- 2,000 euros per month as a scholarship
- a maximum of 8,000 euros for the implementation of your project
- 5,000 euros for accessibility measures in the project
- 5,000 euros for personal assistance or mentoring
- a maximum of 2,000 euros for travel (for example for tickets or visas)
- a maximum of 2,000 euros for the project documentation
and public relations work
We also support you with a strong local network. We put you in touch with
the art community in Cologne so that you can get to know people and network.
The Participatory Residency Program is not only open to individuals,
but also to groups in the fields of art and culture. But we cannot
provide more money on groups in the program. (see list above).
Important: Unfortunately, we cannot pay for permanent assistance,
for example sign language interpreters or mobility assistance.
Artists with a permanent need for assistance can only participate
if they have their own assistant to support them.
Hanitra Wagner and Paulina Seyfried will be happy to answer any questions.
Send an e-mail to residency@adkdw.org.
Your application must include this information:
• Personal information
Give us an overview with your name, place of residence, date of birth,
e-mail address, website, Instagram profile or similar.
• Description of your project
Explain your project and the planned accessibility measures.
Make a financial plan for your project.
Include the costs for personal assistance and accessibility.
• Former projects
If you have already worked on similar projects,
you can send us information about them (maximum 5 pages).
• Personal needs
Make a list of your personal needs,
for example in the areas of accessibility or childcare.
These questions can help you describe your project:
• How does your project fit in with us and the requirements (see page 2)?
• Have you already worked on participative projects?
• What is your way of working? How do you express yourself artistically?
• What support would you like to get from Un-Label?
• What problems do artists with disabilities face?
• How can you support other artists?
You can hand in your application in German or English.
Please send us all application documents in one single PDF file.
You are welcome to include a table of contents on the first page.
Please send your application by October 15, 2024, by e-mail
to residency@adkdw.org.
The Akademie der Künste der Welt (ADKDW) was founded in Cologne
in 2012. Its English name is Academy of the Arts of the World.
The ADKDW deals with current topics in art and culture and promotes
international exchange. The exchange between Europe and countries
outside of Europe is particularly important. The Academy is a place for
artists and academics.
You can find more information at www.adkdw.org/en.
Un-Label is an association and network for inclusive art and culture.
The association creates its own projects and pays attention to accessibility.
At the same time, the association advises cultural workers, provides training,
and promotes artists with and without disabilities. Un-Label is committed
to inclusion and diversity in culture so that everyone has access to culture.
You can find more information at www.un-label.eu/en.
Application deadline: 15 October 2024
Jury meeting: mid-November 2024
Residency period: April - September 2025 in Cologne (hybrid residencies by arrangement)
As part of the Participatory Residency Program, the Academy of the Arts of the World (ADKDW), together with Un-Label, is inviting applications for a residency from April to September 2025. Based on a self-selected subject, an artist-in-residence will develop a participatory program for the Un-Label network and implement it in collaboration with the ADKDW team.
The call is addressed to artists, activists and cultural workers with disabilities, or disabled artists, activists and cultural workers of all disciplines. We are aware that different countries and languages use different terminology. Furthermore, People have different needs in terms of a language that suits them. Our approach is based on the social model of disability, which assumes that people are disabled by attitudinal and environmental barriers in society, not by their disability[s]. If you self-identify as disabled, neurodiverse or deaf, you are eligible to apply.
The self-designation of the person is decisive. In particular, we would like to encourage intersectional or multiple-marginalized people to apply. Artists and activists whose artistic practice focuses on participatory formats are invited to apply. The program is specifically designed to be independent of genre and sees networking and community work as important components of artistic, cultural and/or activist work.
The residency is not only aimed at individuals. We also welcome applications from collectives. However, the planned budget for groups is identical to the positions mentioned above. If you are a collective, are interested in the scholarship and are not sure how the residency could be organized, please get in touch using the contact details below.
For example, the participation of deaf artists is therefore only possible with their own work assistance and knowledge of German Sign Language (DGS).
We are working on opening up the offer even more extensively in the future and equipping it with more comprehensive resources for accessibility. If you have any questions, please contact Hanitra Wagner and Paulina Seyfried by e-mail at residency@adkdw.org.
The Akademie der Künste der Welt (Academy of the Arts of the World, ADKDW) is an international platform for contemporary art and public discourse in Cologne. With the aim of bringing non-European perspectives into dialogue with the European public, the ADKDW regularly welcomes artists-in- residence from all over the world to Cologne. The artists-in-residence present their work with their own events in the Academy's program. In the course of the residencies, exhibitions, talks, workshops and much more are created which are regularly announced on the ADKDW's digital channels.
Un-Label works in the field of inclusive art and culture in the areas of consulting & knowledge transfer, artistic production, professionalization of artists and cultural workers, networking and lobbying as well as research. Un-Label shows that everyone can and should have access to culture, that inclusion and accessibility are achievable. In culture and therefore also in all other areas of life.
The ADKDW and Un-Label provide rooms for work and events for a maximum duration of six weeks by arrangement. In addition, the ADKDW provides the artists-in-residence with a non-barrier-free one-bedroom apartment with elevator and balcony for the duration of the program. Smaller support measures such as support in the bathroom, mobile ramps etc. can be provided if required. We provide office equipment and working materials as well as basic equipment for events.
• 2,000 € per month as a scholarship
• max. 8,000 € production budget
• 5,000 € for accessibility measures
• 5,000 € for work assistance or mentoring sessions
• max. 2,000€ travel costs (incl. visa, luggage and regional)
• max. 2.000€ documentation / public relations
It is important to us to provide a space for independent research and creative work. We support this with a strong local network that the artists-in-residence can draw on. The ADKDW and its partners also establish contacts in Cologne's communities and art scene to make it easier to arrive, get to know each other and network.
The Participatory Residency Program is looking for artists and activists who deal with intersectional, but especially anti-ableist and de- or postcolonial critique of power. The applicants' practice should take the form of artistic projects with aspects of power critique, participation and involvement in a contemporary cultural environment.
The artists-in-residence are expected to design a series of participatory activities and plan and implement events with the community in Cologne. The activities and events should be explicitly developed together and the aforementioned target group should not be seen as mere recipients of the program.
• should be submitted in German or English (PDF document, max. 4 pages with font size 11,
line spacing 1.5) to: residency(@)adkdw.org
• should include a description of your project incl. accessibility measures (motives and
approach), a financial plan incl. costs for assistance staff or accessibility measures (template at
the end of the call)
• and a timetable. The residency can also be held digitally in part, so please provide information
on the desired attendance periods in Cologne can also include documents of your relevant projects, maximum 5 pages
should include a list of requirements regarding accessibility, childcare, etc. as part of your Access Rider
• provide in addition to the description of the project, the following information: Name, place of residence, date of birth, contact details (email address) and if available online presence (website, Instagram...)
Please send all application documents in one PDF document, a table of contents can be added as a cover sheet for a better overview
The project outline in your application should serve as a basis for further developing the project on site.
Experience in working at the interface of social and artistic work and previous projects in this area are therefore desirable.
• Planning and development of participatory activities in consultation with the two partner institutions
• Organization and implementation of participatory activities with the support of the two partner institutions
• Creating a working atmosphere that is aware of power dynamics and actively tries to reduce/compensate for them
• The artists-in-residence can dispose of the project budget in consultation with the ADKDW team
• Collaboration with the ADKDW team to prepare a final report
• Participation in regular meetings and evaluations with the partner institutions Tips for describing the project
• What is your experience of working with marginalized groups?
• What could your participatory activities look like in concrete terms and what barriers need to be considered?
• How do you position yourself and your work with regard to the objectives of the scholarship and the concerns of the partner institutions?
• Describe your own way of working: What are the means and preferred modes of expression of your work?
• How would you like to be supported by the partner institutions? What is important to you in terms of support from the partner institutions?
• How do you envisage the timeline for your scholarship and the project?
• What privileges/struggles do you encounter when practicing the art? What are the struggles of other members of the community when practicing art?
• How can you support other people in the community who are (potential) artists in your work?
These questions are merely a guide to help you with your application and do not necessarily have to be answered. A template of the financing plan can be found at the end of the call.
Further information on the ADKDW and Un-Label can be found at:
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Here you can subscribe to the ADKDW press newsletter: presse(@)adkdw.org.
We will be happy to send you press information about our program as well as event and exhibition pictures upon request. For further enquiries such as interview appointments or more detailed informations please please feel free to contact us at any time.
JANNA DITTMEYER
Head of Communications
dittmeyer(@)adkdw.org
+49 (0) 221 337748-25
Sophie Dettmar
Employee Communications
dettmar(@)adkdw.org
+49 (0) 221 337748-26
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