In the past, we have been affi liated to the Artist Residency Gaesteatelier Krone in Aarau, Switzerland. 
Currently, we are in partnership with Pro Helvetia, Delhi (the Swiss Arts Council, India).  The India-India residency programme has been made possible by the exclusive support of India Foundation for the Arts (IFA). 

The Residency 
This three-month residency will host four emerging Indian artists who work in different fi elds of art practice and who are based in and across India (apart from Bangalore). It is dedicated to the exchange of ideas between those working in different cultural milieu across India. The residency hopes to foster a creative engagement with the cultural scene of Bengaluru. 

Through this residency bar1 hopes to nurture the interdisciplinary impetus for collaboration and collective exchange. Residents will share a space with others resident artists from different regions and creative fi elds. It will also be possible for them to interact with a range of institutions (scientific, industrial and artistic) based in Bengaluru or to simply use their residency term as a playful laboratory. 

Above all, bar1 thinks that the invited artists should have the freedom to develop their work at their own pace and interpret the residency from their own perspectives, without control from the organizing collective. 

The bar1-venue with a roof terrace will host monthly ‘salons’, where exchange and discussions can take place. These ‘salons’ will be shaped by the residents themselves, and will be an opportunity for them to present their work and the background of their practice to the wider arts community in the city. They can bring to the ‘salons’ themes of their own choice and collaborations with their co-residents. 

Application Guidelines 
bar1 hopes to attract artists from an extended fi eld of cultural practices -- in the visual arts, painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, installation, video, new media; in audio: sound, music; in oral traditions/storytelling, poetry and writing; in creative applied arts, design, architecture, advertising, and performance. The artist could be a cook, a documentary fi lmmaker, a poet, a sound or body artist or a painter. 

Applicants should be seriously researching and developing their own language or the language of their art form. They should be open and willing to live and work together for that period. The selected residents will have to commit themselves to being present in Bengaluru during the time of their residency, except for short work related trips. 

Bar1 invites artists to apply preferably for the whole three-month term from July1, 2008 until September 30, 2008. For artists with time constraints, we offer the option of applying for the duration between July 1 to August 15, and from August 16 to September 30. 

How to Apply 
Please post hard copies of the following to the address below: 
• Curriculum vitae (cv) including contact details: name, e-mail and telephone number. 
• Samples of recent work (cd/dvd, hard copy) 
• A short statement which puts your work samples into context, gives an idea of your artistic concerns / areas of interest, why you are interested in a residency of this kind in Bengaluru and how you may want to make use of the city, its institutions, specifi c landscape or culture. 
• Covering letter mentioning the duration of the residency you wish to apply for 
Address: BAR 1, c/o Surekha 
10, Abhijit Apartments, 
7th Cross, Venkatesh Layout, 
Sanjaynagar, Bangalore 560094 

Application deadline: May 20th (successful applicants will be informed by June 5th) 

For further inquiries please contact bar1studio@gmail.com 

Facilities 
Every artist will have his/her own room to sleep and work in, but will have to interact and share common conveniences with the other residents. There are two fl ats in walking distance, each with two bedrooms, living area and kitchen. Domestic help is restricted to once-a-week cleaning of the apartments. Facilities for cooking are available, but the residents will have to make their own arrangements for food. 

Financial and other Support 
Maximum of Rs. 6000 towards travel expenses to and from Bangalore 
Monthly stipend of Rs.10,000 
Reimbursement of costs of materials upto Rs. 20,000/3 months and 10,000/ 6 weeks against bills presented. 

A coordinator and an assistant will be in charge of logistics and the needs of the guests, from their arrival in Bangalore until their departure. If an artist should require additional assistance, students of Bangalore art schools can be approached to serve as volunteers. 

Public event 
We intend to rent a space in the second half of the residency in a busy and lively area of Bangalore for a one-day event, where the invited guests can reach a wider public through installations, performances, readings etc. The idea behind this will be to have a space that permeates outside the walls of the studios and apartments into public spaces that may absorb and celebrate the specific location, where diversity and vivacity of daily life in Bangalore can be felt. This is not meant to be a 
formal exhibition with complete work but can be left to artists to decide how to represent their work or ‘work in progress’.