The »WimmelResearch-Fellowship« will be awarded as part of a joint project between Robert Bosch GmbH, Akademie Schloss Solitude and Wimmelforschung.

Until September 1, 2016, artists from the disciplines of architecture, visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music/sound and time-based media can apply for the fellowship.

The collaboration is based on the development of Platform 12, an experimental space designed by the artistic duo Wimmelforschung in collaboration with Bosch as part of Bosch’s new center for research and advance engineering. The platform serves as a creative hub and room for reflection as well as communication for all researchers. It offers an environment that allows its employees to work independently from the organizational structure of the company. As an essential feature, Platform 12 contains a permanent collaboration with Akademie Schloss Solitude, in the framework of which artists of various disciplines intervene into the company’s structure and organization as indirect observers and instigators from outside.

A detailed interview about Platform 12 with Birgit Thoben, Senior Innovation Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH, Wimmelforschung and Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff, coordinator of the art, science & business program at Akademie Schloss Solitude, can be found http://schloss-post.com/the-art-of-wimmelresearch/">here. 

The purpose of the fellowship is to support encounters as well as interdisciplinary exchange in the context of science, economy and art. The collaboration’s aim is the encounter and the process of intercommunication between the different participants. The concept intends for the artist to be present at Platform 12 for the entire duration of the fellowship. She or he should contribute to the platform with her or his own extrinsic artistic reflections and aesthetic settings vis-à-vis the company. These can be constructed visually, conceptually, or in interactive or performative form. The artistic works can alter the space and/or deal with the working practices of the employees.

Further information about the call, requirements and the application procedure can be found http://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/text-text-text~no3787/">here. 

The next fellowship will be awarded from October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016.

The deadline for all applications is September 1, 2016, 12 p.m. CET/MEZ.

For further inquiries: wimmelforschung@akademie-solitude.de