NT Writers X WTS
Writers Residency
2023
Applications are now open for a writer-in-residence at Watch This Space, in partnership with NT Writers Centre in March/April 2023.
The Residency is
Elgibility
We welcome applications from writers and non-writers at all stages of practice
Outcomes
The Residency period will provide support for the artist to work towards some/all of the following;
Develop a new or existing creative writing project
Host a Writing Group at WTS
Host a Performance Event at WTS
Contribute to WTS journals
Watch This Space values the amplification of voices of local, interstate, and international artists that may go unheard in mainstream spaces. We aim to cultivate a horizontal and inclusive community space for artists where experimentation, questioning, mutual aid, and collective responsibility are made possible, and opportunities for professional and unprofessional development and reciprocal skills- and knowledge-sharing are inherent. We orientate ourselves to our position in the centre of so-called Australia, which gives Watch This Space unique proximity to artists across the continent and beyond.
While this call out promotes competition for finite resources, our creative program is holistic, following a reflexive approach to distributing space and capital without curatorial hierarchy. WTS strives to be a space for experimentation, research and creation un-coupled from the usual pressures of artistic expression under late capitalism.
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ARTISTIC PROPOSALS
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Commitment: Demonstrated incubation of the proposal, and the applicants’ commitment to and capacity for its realisation.
Relevancy: Why Watch This Space and NT Writers? Why Mparntwe/Alice Springs, the Central Desert region, or the Northern Territory?
Voice: Is the applicant/s’ voice one that is often heard? Is it a voice that we could be working to amplify?
DEADLINE
Applications open: Wednesday 20th July
Applications close: Monday 15th August, midnight
Outcome known: Late August
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Watch This Space Community Typeface, created February 2022.