We accept applications from authors who can develop their work over a period of 3 to 6 months anywhere in the world, with total dedication, autonomous organisation and supervision by a curatorial team. Projects can start at any time of the year.
As a first step, applicants must submit a pre-proposal for the project using the application form. The pre-proposal will be evaluated by the mediation team within a maximum of 15 days.
We accept individual, duo or collective applications. Residents can propose one or more collaborators from outside DELLI, provided that at least one is internal or that the curatorial team has an internal member.
Candidates can propose as curators designers, artists, teachers or researchers, both internal and external to the school, and national and international educational and cultural institutions, such as universities, research units, art and design schools, museums, galleries, artistic, design and architectural studios, libraries, publishing projects, independent projects and recreational spaces.
As a first step, applicants must submit a pre-proposal for the project using the application form. The pre-proposal will be evaluated by the mediation team within a maximum of 15 days.
We accept individual, duo or collective applications. Residents can propose one or more collaborators from outside DELLI, provided that at least one is internal or that the curatorial team has an internal member.
Candidates can propose as curators designers, artists, teachers or researchers, both internal and external to the school, and national and international educational and cultural institutions, such as universities, research units, art and design schools, museums, galleries, artistic, design and architectural studios, libraries, publishing projects, independent projects and recreational spaces.
At the time of pre-application which discipline/area should I apply for?
On the application form you can choose between or more of the following areas:
Design (graphic/industrial/space/fashion)
Drawing/Painting
Sculpture/Installation
Photography
Performance
Video/Film/Digital
Sound/Programming
The division into areas only serves as a tool for the mediation and admissions team to process the application. The candidate is free to work on several areas at the same time.
Projects can fall within the areas of visual arts, design, photography, cinema, music and sound arts, performing arts, writing arts, installation, sculpture, architecture and space.
Proposals can be materialised using different techniques and formats, both analogue and digital, in graphic projects, visual, sound, film and performance works, written essays and research texts, and presented in exhibition spaces and/or through written, photographic, video or programming records.
What are the financial aspects of the residence?
The PENSÃO programme is completely free.
You can use the DELLI office, its facilities and tools, including digital ones, free of charge, as long as you comply with its rules.
The materials used in the projects, including the printing materials in the DELLI or Lusófona University facilities, are purchased and paid for by the residents or through the support of the curatorial team or other sponsors.
Resident artists should try to set up a curatorial team to help them secure technical and/or financial support, in part or in full, from educational and cultural institutions, recreational spaces, as well as grants and support for public or private artistic projects. The curatorial team can be or have as a member an institution that can provide this technical or financial support in some way. PENSÃO's mediation team will provide the necessary support to facilitate contact between the artists, curators and proposed institutions, taking advantage of Lusófona University's recognition and prestige in academic and cultural circles.
Proposals can be materialised using different techniques and formats, both analogue and digital, in graphic projects, visual, sound, film and performance works, written essays and research texts, and presented in exhibition spaces and/or through written, photographic, video or programming records.
What are the financial aspects of the residence?
The PENSÃO programme is completely free.
You can use the DELLI office, its facilities and tools, including digital ones, free of charge, as long as you comply with its rules.
The materials used in the projects, including the printing materials in the DELLI or Lusófona University facilities, are purchased and paid for by the residents or through the support of the curatorial team or other sponsors.
Resident artists should try to set up a curatorial team to help them secure technical and/or financial support, in part or in full, from educational and cultural institutions, recreational spaces, as well as grants and support for public or private artistic projects. The curatorial team can be or have as a member an institution that can provide this technical or financial support in some way. PENSÃO's mediation team will provide the necessary support to facilitate contact between the artists, curators and proposed institutions, taking advantage of Lusófona University's recognition and prestige in academic and cultural circles.