OPEN CALL INTERSECTA 2025: Creative Residency

OPEN CALL INTERSECTA 2025: Body, Memory & Media Residency

Location: Barcelona, Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture

Dates: October to December 2025

Participants: 3 residents (1 cultural researcher + 2 AR/XR artists)

Open call deadline: July 31, 2025

Notification to selected participants: September 2025

Application form:
https://forms.gle/INTERSECTA2025

What is INTERSECTA 2025?

INTERSECTA is a pilot residency connecting performing arts, immersive media and cultural research. It explores how migration, identity and digital transformation can reshape artistic practice through embodied knowledge and XR prototyping. Residents co-develop experimental formats linking performance, AR/XR and community-driven inquiry, with process-oriented showings and a living research archive.

What does the residency offer?

• Stipend and production support: €8,000 per artist for 3 months.
• Access to Espronceda’s spaces and XR workflow for prototyping and WIP showings.
• Mentorship and peer exchange across dance, new media and cultural research.
• Community-facing workshops and open studios with local and migrant communities.
• Documentation and visibility through a living research archive and public showcases.

Sustainability, inclusion and gender equality

Reduced travel footprint and eco-conscious production. Multilingual access (EN/ES, with Tagalog when relevant). Gender-balanced selection and transparent resource distribution. Activities designed to welcome underrepresented voices and strengthen social cohesion.

Impact and continuity

Outputs include prototypes, immersive demos and a research archive that can be reused by cultural institutions and educational contexts. The residency models replicable practices at the intersection of embodied methods and digital experimentation.

Don’t miss this opportunity

Apply to INTERSECTA 2025 and contribute to new cultural practices linking body, memory and media. More info: www.espronceda.net