The intervention of an artist in a territory is, above all, an action supported by an institutional partner. It is also objectives, needs, beneficiaries. And people gathered, partnerships, timelines. However, introducing the act of creation in an environment governed by its own codes, rooted in habits, is an upheaval.
Stimultania identifies the issues and, within the framework set up, foresees an artist. An artist who disrupts the context, and who is disrupted, as well, in his practise by the context. He is not a mediator who reproduces on each occasion workshops tied around image education. He is a creator who invents, builds and doubts. Stimultania handles the choice of the words used and prefers talking about creation time rather than workshop, collective creations rather than works.
Faire les choses à moitié, Benoît Luisière and Stéphane Castet artist residency, 2018-2019 © Benoît Luisière
Stimultania chose Givors, in the south of Lyon, to open a second establishment and, since 2014, has been developing a set of actions around photography. Aware of the creative potential that the place conceals, Stimultania decides to set up, in 2017, an annual creation residency. Open to photographic artists, it offers space and time for experimentation, risk-taking and creation in the heart of this city that businesses are deserting but that no inhabitant would want to leave.
In 2020, thanks to the Capsule system set up by the Ministry of Culture, the creation residency is set up for the long term. It then becomes 5 stars, name inspired by the Cité des Etoiles, an emblematic architectural ensemble of Givors, but also by the idea of utopia and by the 5 "branches" which make Givors a real crossroads: the Rhône river, the Gier river, the A47 motorway , the national 86 and the Lyon / Saint-Étienne train line.
The residency is aimed at all professional artists, individual entrepreneurs (artist-author) or micro-entrepreneurs, based in France and on European territory. Photography remains the main medium but Stimultania is open to multidisciplinary projects. The creation residency is not a commission, the artist remains master of his intention and the course of his creation. Stimultania supports the artist in his process, making available both his expertise in the world of photography and his knowledge of the territory.
The Capsule device allows the artist to go to the end of his process and finalize his work. The restitution of this work is designed with Stimultania in line with the project. The artist is housed in the gîte An olive tree in the stars located in the city center, in the heart of the City of Stars, labeled heritage of the XXe century.
Resources available
Remuneration: 4000 € incl.tax / Per diem: 500 € incl.tax / Copyright: 1000 € incl.tax / Support for travel on proof up to 1000 euros incl.tax / Purchase of small equipment on proof up to 500 € incl.tax / Production of the work up to 2000 € TTC / Provision of an office-workshop / Possibility to borrow photo equipment and sound
Duration
Two months (between September of year N and June of year N + 1). The periods are defined upstream with the guesthouse welcoming the artist and may therefore differ from one residence to another.
Selection methods
Stimultania proceeds according to a call for projects, put online at the beginning of May for a selection in July. Two stages: preselection on file and note of intent with a few lines of research and projects / selection after video exchanges. Depending on its expectations and human resources, Stimultania reserves the right not to launch a call for projects and to proceed according to invitation.
Obligations of residents
The artist manages his schedule as he wishes, according to the needs of his project but he must be present at least six weeks on site.
Actions towards the public
One of the main activities of the association being mediation with the public, Stimultania invites the artist to remain available for occasional exchanges with the inhabitants, but without imposing a shared creation and workshops.