Curators of the project: Maria Kulykivska [Kulikovska] (Ukraine) and Dana Neilson (Canada–Finland).
The goal of "Permanent Home of Displacement" is to create a safe and resonant space for reflecting on, articulating, and representing Crimean Tatar identity in the context of prolonged exile, colonial violence, and the current war. The program aims to support artists in reclaiming individual and collective memory, fostering the regeneration of cultural subjectivity through art. The residency serves as a platform for intercultural dialogue, intellectual exchange, and artistic solidarity, amplifying the voices of the Crimean Tatar community within the global art field while raising questions of decolonization, embodied experience, resistance, and dignity.
We are looking for 5 artists of Crimean Tatar descent who work (or wish to work) with the themes of identity, exile, embodiment, borders, decolonization, memory, and resistance.
- An artist fee of €850;
- Coverage of travel, accommodation, and production material costs;
- A one-month residency in Kyiv, with access to archives at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, meetings with experts from the Crimean Platform, and lectures by researchers of the Crimean Tatar national community;
- A one-week mobile residency in Finland, including meetings with the Indigenous Sámi artists, visits to Helsinki-based art institutions, networking, and curatorial support;
- Participation in two exhibitions: Kyiv (Garage33.Gallery-Shelter) and Helsinki (Gallery Augusta at HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme);
- A feature in a digital catalogue and media coverage.
- May 30: Announcement of Open Call results;
- June 9 – July 7: Residency in Kyiv;
- July 8 – August 3: Project development phase;
- August 8: Opening of the exhibition "Permanent Home of Displacement" in Kyiv;
- August 9 – September 7: Exhibition program and public events;
- October 1 – 7: Residency in Helsinki, Finland;
- October 4 – 26: Exhibition runs in Helsinki, Finland.
We invite Crimean Tatar artists to apply by May 25, 23:59 (Kyiv time). Join a community that, through art, forms a polyphonic response to historical erasure, exile, and coloniality.
The European Union supports the project "Permanent Home of Displacement" through the House of Europe program.