The British Council, in collaboration with the Helsinki International Artist Programme and Helsinki Design Week, is looking for practitioners to participate in a two-month residency in Helsinki.
Coinciding with Helsinki Design Week (3 – 13 September), the residency will take place between 3 August and 30 September and focus on the theme of Time Machine, as a platform to explore how design can predict and shape the urban context of future cities.
The fourth residency of its kind, it will pose questions such as: what will be the role of design in the future city? How will design re-imagine the relationship between past and future? How will design address questions of division, socio-cultural diversity and the dichotomy between urban centre and periphery in the Helsinki of the future.
The residency is open to UK-based practitioners who work at the intersections of art, design and architecture. The closing date for submissions is Sunday 7 June 2015.
Previous recipients include Julia Tcharfas, who created a sound composition titled ‘Eco-System’, Tzortzis Rallis, who explored Helsinki’s graphic design scene and Tobias Revell, who offered a critical view into the design community in Helsinki.
Further details on how to apply can be found here.
