SWIT Platform Residency 2025

This is an open call to invite two Italy-based creatives (artists, writers, curators, and critics) working with photography for a 2-week research-based residency in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2025.

Overview

The open call is open to Italy-based artists (regardless of nationality) working with photography. This also includes multidisciplinary artists as well as writers, curators, and critics who involve photography as part of their practice. Selected artists can choose one of the following periods: 2 – 16 July, 2025 or 1 – 15 October, 2025.

Practical Info

Artists, writers, curators, and critics working in photography and based in Italy (regardless of nationality) are welcome to apply. SWIT Platform welcomes process- and research-based projects, with no expectation to produce a final work or to prepare a presentation by the end of the residency. To get the most out of it, the participant must be comfortable communicating in English. Applications must be submitted using the online form, including a biography, intent with the residency, a CV, and a portfolio or a PDF that makes them understand the practice.

SWIT Platform offers free roundtrip flight Italy-Göteborg, free accommodation with a working desk, free access to Göteborgs Bildverkstad, a collective workshop for image production, curatorial support by Stefano Conti, the possibility of carrying out gallery visits, attending openings, connecting with locals, etc. Local transportation, shipping of artworks, subsistence, and insurance are not included.

The residency is self-directed, meaning artists are expected to work independently. However, if they wish, they can collaborate with Stefano to structure a program for their time in Gothenburg based on their interests. There are no other participants in residence at that time. However, at the co-working space Bildverkstad you will surely meet other creatives.

About SWIT Platform

SWIT is a curatorial and research project founded in 2022 by Stefano Conti, with the aim to strengthen the cooperation between Sweden-based and Italy-based emerging artists working with photography, supporting them through cultural exchanges. Through the establishment of informal opportunities for dissemination and production of knowledge (such as exhibitions, residencies, talks, publications, and online activities), the platform aims to stimulate a continuous process of mutual enrichment between Sweden and Italy. The ultimate goal of the cultural exchanges activated by SWIT is twofold. On one hand, they allow artists to gain exposure and establishment in new contexts abroad. On the other, they ensure that different audiences in different cities can access unique and original knowledge through collaborative and informal frameworks.