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More on Residencies

What is the role of residency programmes in the 21st century, and what is their significance for artists and cultural workers in the context of artistic creativity and mobility?

In the magazine you will find background information about the development of residency programmes and portraits of individual programmes and projects of the Goethe-Institut. Participants discuss the experiences they had during their residencies.

The magazine also offers information about contemporary trends in the arts, current social and political issues, and research topicsinvolving fellowship recipients.
Jean-Achille Benouville: Villa Medici Rome, 1864, Öl auf Leinwand, 55x91 cm, Privatbesitz. Copyright:public domain

History of the Artist Villas

Rome, Los Angeles, Kyoto - why did kings and why do governments send their artists abroad only to have them return home a few months later? An overview of the history of artist villas.More ...
The pensioner lodge in Dresden-Hellerau; photo: Shoshana Liessmann

Worldwide Ambassadors for German Literature

A residence program enables translators to spend time working in Germany at two unusual places.More ...
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“This is the only way to create something together.”

Since 2009, the Goethe-Institut has increasingly been sponsoring extensive stays abroad for artists, curators and academics. How do residency programs facilitate intercultural exchange? Hans-Georg Knopp, Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut, talks about the importance of “Artist-in-Residence” programs.More ...
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Gil Bronner - The German-Israeli art lover

On display in a new exhibition at the "Museum Kunst im Tunnel” [Museum Art in the Tunnel] Düsseldorf are the works of the Fellows of the Bronner-residency, an artists’ exchange program between the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia and Israel.More ...
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Living Archive: The Search for the Hidden City

(19 March 2011) Can film archives have lives of their own? What has been collecting here? What does it want to tell us? A project promoted by the Goethe-Institut is now dusting off cinematic rarities and bringing the archives to life. By Arne SchefflerMore ...
“Connecting Worlds of Knowledge” logo; © Auswärtiges Amt

Pilot Project: Scholars in Residence – A Contribution to the Year of Foreign Research and Academic Policy

The Goethe Institute and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen launched the program “Scholars in Residence”.More ...

Villa Kamogawa

The Artist-in-Residence Villa of the Goethe-Institut in Kyoto

Weblog: Town Chroniclers

The “Town Chroniclers” are six German authors doing research in Brazil and, via this blog, giving literary form to their experiences in their new surroundings.

Weblog: Librarian in Residence

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