OPEN CALL: Rotating AiRs via HMK

Via: Hotel Maria Kapel
Deadline: 1 May 2026, 00:00 hrs CET
More info: www.hotelmariakapel.nl

Rotating AiRs is looking for artists working at the intersection of colonialism and climate change to take part in an international residency programme

Rotating AiRs is a transnational platform that connects European artists to different geographies, and reflects on the intersections of colonialism and climate change through a global residency programme culminating in an exhibition. As these topics demand an approach that exceeds national borders, this multi-phased residency and exhibition enables artists to investigate the interrelations of colonialism and climate change from a transnational perspective. 

Each artist will engage in a global rotating residency starting with a month-long visit to either Lubumbashi, Yogyakarta or Mexico City,  followed by further stages of their creative process in the European port cities: Hoorn, Antwerp and Barcelona. This transnational approach ensures the environmental effects of colonialism are seen both from within Europe and from an external perspective, where deep-rooted inequalities remain tangible daily. The trajectory consists of a first month in one of the non-European cities and then two months in each of the European cities, culminating into an exhibition in the last city of the Rotating AiR.