OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS:
E75 – a journey through Europe
Deadline 6 January 2025
E75 PROJECT AND ARTIST RESIDENCY
The E75 Art Bus is an art journey exploring the E75 road through Europe. E75, or Europe Road 75, is a 5 639 kilometer long route that starts from Vardø in Norway and ends at Siteia in Crete, Greece.
E75 Art Vehicles is a project by Artists’ Association MUU and the Northern cultural magazine Kaltio. Project is part of the Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture Programme.
The project will host artist residencies together with an international residency network in 2025. The art journey itself along the European E75 route takes place in April-May 2026. The new artworks produced in the project will be experienced along the road and on the bus. The resident artists for the project are selected through an open call.
Roads connect European nations and people to each other. The E75 project creates both new geographical and new mental connections: the art bus unites the Mediterranean to the Arctic Ocean simultaneously with artists from eleven countries to each other and to active people in dozens of communities on the way. On the open call, we create and discover works that reflect upon universal European themes: democracy, giving peace a chance, and possible futures for our continent. In addition, artists can suggest projects pertaining to the technology and history of travel and communication.
RESIDENCIES
The E75 residencies take place from April to June 2025, ranging from 6 weeks to 2 months. The artists are expected to present their work during the E75 Art Bus journey (Oulu – Siteía – Vardø – Oulu, 9 April – 18 May2026). The duration for artists’ participation for the journey will be negotiated with the artists later.
The partners in the residency network are
Pikene på Broen (Kirkenes, Norway),
Komafest AS (Vardø, Norway),
Laboratoriet for kunst, kultur og stedsutvikling (Vardø, Norway),
Gjesteatelieret i Vadsø, Finnmark fylkeskommune (Vadsø, Norway),
Art Center KulttuuriKauppila (Ii, Finland),
Art Center Haihatus (Joutsa, Finland),
Instytut B61 & Toruńska Agenda Kulturalna (Toruń, Poland),
Malý Berlín (Trnava, Slovakia) and
Μεταξωτο / Metaxoto (Chania, Greece).
The residency organisations are presented at the end of the text.
We accept applications from professional artists resident in the regions of the E75 Art Bus route: Finnmark (Norway), Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece.
The applicant can apply for any residency place or specific residencies according to their working methods and other requirements. The artists will not be allocated to residencies in their home countries.
APPLICATIONS
The applications are sent through an electronic form on MUU’s website. The information required includes applicant’s contact information, biography, CV, work samples OR a link to a portfolio, a work plan, and possible preferences for the residency location.
If available, we also will like to see a link to an interview, a podcast or a video presentation that introduces the applicant!
During the residency period in 2025, we shall implement 1–3 online events that connect the residencies. In these events, we will discuss the work and artistic practice of the resident artists as well as the progress of E75 Art Bus journey. The artists will have a chance to discuss their work further during the eventual bus trip in April and May 2026.
The facilities and equipment available in each residency location are different, and the chosen artists will be allocated to places that suit their work practice. The recidency organisations will offer accommodation and working facilities. Travel expenses, some material costs as well as the artist fee will be covered by E75 Art Vehicles project. The artist fee is 1 500 €/month/person (this will be increased up to 2 700 €/month if the project secures extra funding).
The selection will be made and communicated to the applicants latest in February 2025.
LINK TO THE APPLICATION FORM HERE.
