Museum of Oxford and Digital Artist Residency are jointly hosting an opportunity for an artist working in digital media to respond to the theme of Urban Oxford. Digital Artist Residency will host an online digital residency from 3rd Feb, culminating in a physical exhibition at the Oxford Town Hall on 5th April 2018. Urban Oxford is a Museum of Oxford exhibition celebrating the vibrant cultural contributions made to life in Oxford by those outside of institutions and cultural output in residential areas.

Urban Oxford

3rd Feb – 28th April 2018

Museum of Oxford  ||  Digital Artist Residency

The Museum of Oxford has been working with local Oxford community groups for twelve months, developing projects with outcomes that will exhibited in the Town Hall Gallery from February to April 2018.

The digital residency provides an online space on DAR’s site for artists to develop works, ideas and practices. The resulting work will culminate in an exhibition at the Museum of Oxford during the Urban Oxford exhibition. The Urban Oxford residency will take place online from 3rd Feb – 28th April 2018 coinciding with the physical exhibition at the Museum of Oxford.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for artists to propose exciting new artworks which use digital processes and techniques around the theme of Urban Oxford. We are interested in projects that deal with research interactions between digital, online spaces and/or their physical locations. Artists would need to communicate clearly how these works would be appropriate for DAR’s online context and the Museum of Oxford’s Urban Oxford exhibition. DAR is accepting proposals from practitioners who work with site specific practices which may include performance, sculpture, film, video, New media, video, Sonic art, live works and cross-disciplinary practices. We are also interested in artists working with online practices too. Groups may apply as well as individuals.

The residencies are open to artists working in any discipline and/or medium, and from anywhere in the UK. DAR and Museum of Oxford are particularly interested in proposals from artists working with digital practices that can be realised in a physical exhibition at Museum of Oxford. We are interested in artists who can make use of DAR’s 24/7 access and multimedia facilities such as live streaming.

Information about the exhibition:

The exhibition will be held in the Gallery, Oxford Town Hall from 3rd February and 28th April 2018. The exhibition will feature photographs, art, creative writing, and other media from community groups and local people in Oxford that the Museum of Oxford has worked with between November 2017 and February 2018. There will be a focus on urban art including well known pieces of graffiti and visual street art in Oxford, performance art and music.

DAR and MoO provide: 

• An artists fee of £1000.00   
• Budget for materials, promotion and travel.
• Exhibition at The Gallery, Oxford Town Hall.
• A page on Digital Artist Residency. (Artists are encouraged to be ambitious with any specific ideas about how they want their work presented, write it on your project proposal and we can discuss how this can be realized).
• Technical support in achieving the aims of the online residency. 
• Support and promotion of the artist and their work through our networks. 
  

Entry criteria:

• A short Artist Statement (100 words max) 
• Proposal of project (max 500 words) including a timescale explaining what outcomes you aim to achieve during the residency.
• CV including contact details 
• 5 images max and/or 2 video links max 

*** Deadline for applications is Sunday 7th Jan 2018 at Midnight GMT.