Farmstudio Open Call
2024 summer residencies open only to self-funded applications, however Bohemia Farmstudio is able to financially support exhibitions, performances and other artistic presentations
Bohemia Farmstudio, an independent centre for the promotion and presentation of live art, announces an open call for the following programmes. We offer remarkable premises and facilities for a cultural centre housed in a former farmhouse from the early 19th century in the village of Vysoká on the edge of the Kokořín Protected Landscape Area.
There is accommodation, a lounge, a kitchen, generous exhibition space, a hall and a large courtyard area. The place with a distinctive genius loci is extremely suitable for site-specific realizations. Upon agreement, assistance with technical and organizational arrangements, rental of presentation and sound equipment, curatorial support and professional photo and video documentation are possible.
We can offer
– Accommodation and workspace (shared bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, common room, WiFi)
– Professional photo documentation of the work and the exhibition launch
– Workshop equipped with basic tools and machinery
– Local material available (stones, bricks, roof tiles, wood and more)
– Beautiful and inspiring location of Kokorin natural reserve
– Large format digital (photo) printing with member pricing
Reductions in govermental /f EU public funds leads us to reduce our activities and change the art residencies conditions this year. It is still the case that we welcome all those interested in residencies across artistic disciplines. This may change later this year, as some of the grant opportunities are still running.
Performance / Exhibition spaces
1. Gallery (old granary)
2. Old farmhouse
3. parts of the yard
– cellars and more available upon arrangement after arrival
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
Fine art, performance / any genre, any medium
Date according to agreement from May to December
To submit -> info@farmstudio.cz
– project description
– brief CV
– portfolio
Deadline until fully booked, best by the end of April 2025
Conditions
This invitation is open to all artists of diverse disciplines and media (visual or audio-visual art, performance, site-specific, land art, stage design / architecture, and others).
There are exhibition spaces in the Gallery (two floors, total 200 m²), basement (10 m²), Hall (150 m²) and a large courtyard about 1000 m². The place with a distinctive genius loci is extremely suitable for site-specific projects and the exhibition can be combined with a residency.
We also offer assistance with technical arrangements, rental of presentation and sound equipment, curatorial support and professional photo and video documentation are possible.
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP RESIDENCIES, PLEIN AIR
Fine arts, music, theatre, dance, literature, conservation, sustainability, humanities, psychotherapy, non-mainstream lifestyle education and workshops
Dates as agreed in the range of 2-20 days in the period April-October 2025
To submit -> opencall@farmstudio.cz
– project description
– brief profile of the applicant
Deadline until fully booked
Conditions: 500 CZK (€20) /day/person fee
with the possibility of a group discount
Final public presentations in the form of exhibitions, concerts, performances, etc. will be supported by Farmstudio – Centre for Arts and Culture according to the results grants applications.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RESIDENCIES
Visual arts, performance, music, theatre, dance, literature /any genre, any medium
Dates September 23 – 30* — October 6 2025 *at any time within the range
To submit -> opencall@farmstudio.cz
– project description
– brief CV
– portfolio
Deadline March 31 2025
Conditions: 500 CZK (€20) /day/person fee
with the possibility of a group discount
The exhibition opening, performances, concerts and performances take place at the traditional contemporary art festival Farmstudio OPEN in October. The exhibition continues until the end of the year.
Contact
Address:
Vysoká 26
277 24
Czech Republic
¤ map
Email:
info@farmstudio.cz
Phone:
+420 603863524
Pavel Matela
We were very happy with our stay at Bohemia Farmstudio!
First of all, about the place purely practically: first of all, it is easily and quickly accessible from Prague, both by car and by bus. This was a great advantage for us if one of the team needed to return to the city for a detour to take care of small business matters. In nearby Melnik, we could buy a week’s worth of food supplies. In the village of Vysoká itself, you can buy food at the local diner and there is also a café and a pastry shop for those free moments. Walks and hikes, as well as swimming in the Kokořín landscape, are within easy reach when you need to switch off.
Although the Farmstudio is right in the middle of the village, it is as peaceful as if it were in a secluded spot. The space offers plenty of different places to rehearse – we could rotate between the expansive grassy courtyard, the barn with the ballet barn laid out, or the spacious and heated lounge. In addition, we still had the facilities of the kitchen and two large rooms. Pavel Matela was very helpful in anything technical and adapted the rehearsal space to our needs and also provided us with sound equipment. Our work schedule during the week was intense – we rehearsed twice a day from Monday to Saturday. In the evenings we sometimes screened reference videos and films. We rotated the spaces depending on the weather and current needs. During the residency we were mainly looking for a movement register for the choreographies of each performer, so we were not tied to one particular space. It was nice not to have to spend time in one place all the time.
Rehearsing for the residency pushed our project a lot. We went through the whole structure of the show and laid the movement and scenographic foundations that we will build on. Most of all, though, it was valuable to be able to spend time together, focused, and the outside world, hustle and bustle, and worries ceased to exist outside the walls of Farmstudio for a week. That was a luxury we would not experience again until opening night.
—Mikoláš Arsenjev a Natálie Rajnišová