Residencies Woning Van Wassenhove

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens organises residencies in the iconic Woning Van Wassenhove, a landmark modernist building designed by the Flemish architect Juliaan Lampens in Sint-Martens-Latem, near Ghent, Belgium.

The residencies allow a Europe-based candidate of any nationality to stay in the Woning Van Wassenhove for up to 4 consecutive weeks . Since the Woning is a single person heritage house, the emphasis is primarily on reflection and research, although production that respects the integrity of the house is possible.

The residency programme at the Woning Van Wassenhove is a partnership between Stichting Mevrouw Jules Dhondt-Dhaenens and the Lampens Estate.

Goal

The residency provides a practitioner in any artistic visual field the time and space to reflect on and further their practice in the Woning Van Wassenhove. The resident will benefit from the support, communication and institutional network of Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens. In addition, the resident will, in consultation with Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, organise a public moment — talk, performance, publication, broadcast, presentation... — following the residency. The residency covers travel costs, a per diem and a production budget for the presentation moment.

Open call 2024

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (MDD) and MORPHO are jointly launching another international writing residency for visual artists in the Woning Van Wassenhove. An architectural masterpiece by Juliaan Lampens, the Woning offers a splendid isolation in a quiet residential area near Ghent. Building on MDD’s engagement with the Belgian avant-garde who secluded themselves in this painter’s village in the 20th century, we are launching an open call for artists who write and want to develop a new project here.

Special attention will be given to projects that mark a turning point in the artist’s practice and in which writing plays a central role (in the development and/or presentation of the project). Moreover, the museum supports the presentation of the project at the end or after of the residency. We are therefore calling for project proposals that can result in a public moment that allows a direct exchange or has a participatory character (performance, lecture, workshop...).

• Period: 1 to 28 February 2024
• Deadline for submission: 26 September 2024 before midnight
• Announcement of results: week of 28 October 2024
• How to apply?