The project Digital Residencies was ideated in 2020 by the Artistic Residency Centre of Tuscany (Armunia – CapoTrave/Kilowatt) which has since extended the partnership to theMarche Association for Theatrical Activities AMAT, partner of R.A.M. Artistic Residencies of the Marche Region,ZONA K in Milano, partner of the Artistic Residency Centre of Lombardia Region IntercettAzioni and other venues that have been part of the network in the various editions; new partners in the sixth edition are NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Triangolo Scaleno Association / Festival Teatri di Vetro, IdeAgorà Association / Festival Mirabilia andQuarantasettezeroquattro Association (In\Visible Cities – Festival urbano multimediale) in Gorizia.
The aim is to stimulate performing artists to explore digital spaces, as a further or different declination of their authorial research.
Through a call for proposals launched once a year, support is given to artistic projects related to the languages of contemporary performance, to be created directly for the digital environment, or which find in it a functional and effective environment for the expression of the artistic idea. It is not a question of promoting readings or video recordings of existing or future plays or performances, but rather of investing in artistic projects that see their ideal habitat in the online space, and that envisage an interactive way to relate to an online audience.
During the months where the winning projects of the annual call are developed, the artists are followed and monitored by the Residenze Digitali partners, as well as receive financial support for their creation, and being tutored by digital creation experts Marcello Cualbu, Laura Gemini and Federica Patti.
The project includes a final online showcase open to the public, which is held every year in Autumn, in an event called “La settimana delle Residenze Digitali”, the Digital Residency Week.
With this action, the Artistic Residency Centre of Tuscany and its partners do not want to give up their mission of welcoming artists in residence at their facilities, but rather want to explore a further opportunity for creation that opens up new formal and conceptual challenges, produces innovative artistic content and can stand alongside the usual forms of live performance.
In 2021, in its second edition, Residenze Digitali was a finalist for the Critical Network Award.
