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OPEN CALL –  2025
Uberbau_house +Arquivo [Contemporary Art Research]

Application period: Until May 31, 2025

The initiative is oriented to researchers, visual artists, historians and art researchers, curators, art managers, art teachers, sociologists, anthropologists, and other cultural agents and social science professionals.

We want to transfer the discussion from the object of art to the relation of art

RESEARCH TOPICS at Uberbau_house +Arquivo Residencies

•  Work production strategies and trajectory.
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  Contemporary Art and Social Process
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  Local Scenes and Artist Run Initiatives
•  Curatorship and Editoriality of Art
•  System of Art, Institutionality, and Public Policies.

No prior research knowledge is required.

• Participants: 7 persons per month
• Language: Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

The residence provides to the participants:

•  Contemporary Art Seminar (2 days)
•    Public instances of presentation and conversation of the development of your work
• Free access to all the activities of Uberbau_house.
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    Meeting program face-to-face in São Paulo and online with agents all over Latin America: artists, curators, art managers, researchers, and other relevant agents from the scene. 
•    Tracing and counseling from the coordination team.
•    Inclusion in online publication and semi-annual research fanzine.
•    Free access to all the activities of Uberbau_house.
•  Free access to the library and archive of contemporary art Reserva Ideologica.

| START YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS |
Until May 31, 2025
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The residency program includes:

•  Accommodation  (in a shared room), Breakfast; and use of the common spaces of Uberbau_house: kitchen, living room, laundry room, and dining room.
•  Work plan and accompaniment in your research

Does not include:

• Transportation expenses to and from the residency location.
• Lunch and dinner. Group meals will be planned.

Proposed PERIODS for the realization of the residencies:

 Residency Uberbau_house
18 days / 17 nights

• JUNE 2025: June 11-28, 2025
• JULY 2025: July 9-26, 2025
• AUGUST 2025: August 6-23, 2025
• SEPTEMBER 2025: September 3-20, 2025
• OCTOBER 2025: October 1-18, 2025
• NOVEMBER 2025: October 30-November 15, 2025

Participation FEE: usd$1.100* (one thousand one hundred dollars US dollars)

Residency 1 month and a half Uberbau_house +Arquivo

 Residency Uberbau_house 
1 month and a half (45 days)

• JUNE – JULY 2025: June 11 – July 26
• AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2025: August 6 to September 20, 2025
• SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2025: September 3 to October 18, 2025
• OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2025: October 1 to November 15, 2025

Participation FEE: usd$2.400* (two thousand four hundred US dollars)

Do you need a residence for a longer period?
The LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES have an extended duration of 3 and 6 months.

* The Participation Fee can be paid in fees via transfer by Western Union, Credit Card by Pay Pal, or deposit in a bank account in Argentina (at official dollar), Chile, or Brazil. Invitation letters will be extended to obtain aid funds and laboral permissions.

Because of the current situation, we offer Flexible Participation Vacancies, in the case of any circumstance you cannot travel, your vacancy will be reserved for a future instance of Residence, without extra charges.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Part of the participation fees cover 2 individual scholarships of 50% for people who identify themselves within the LGTBQIA+ community, black people, Afro-descendants, indigenous people, or are in an adverse economic situation.

Priority is given to granting these scholarships to people with ties to communities, who manage inclusive activities, who carry out territorial activism or pedagogical work, as well as people with conceptual or practical research on territory and local knowledge.

Application Formulary 2025

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• Application Formulary
• Download the informative fanzine of the Residence.
• Talk with us – Whatsapp / telegram

• Invitation letters will be extended to obtain aid funds and laboral permissions.
• Certificates will be given after the conclusion of the residency.

Calendar of activities during the 18-day residency.

Care Strategies: at Uberbau_house we follow the recommended care procedures of OMS, to have a safe coexistence during residences and all our activities. We are attentive to resolving any unforeseen concerning your trip and health issues.

This initiative is possible thanks to the work of Jorge Sepúlveda T. (Curator, Critic, and Art Researcher), Guillermina Bustos (Artist and Art Researcher), Federico de la Puente (autonomous curator), and our work team. 

Our experience

Uberbau_house and Curatoría Forense – Latinoamérica have developed collective pedagogical activities, collaborative research, and publications that we use for more than 15 years, and have been referenced in the academic context, as well as debate and management benchmarks throughout Latin America.

Access the information about people who have participated in our Contemporary Arte Residency Program in Uberbau_house.

Past Residents – list of participants 2016/2024

| 51 collective residences | 165 individual residences | 447 residents | 4 editions of Art and Social Process specialized course | 8 books | 10  fanzines | 10 informative maps | +500 freely available items | +100 seminars in cities in 9 Latin American countries and 6 in Europe |

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| START YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS |
Until May 31, 2025
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