PHOTOQUAI’S RESIDENCIES

artistic creation subsidy program in France and abroad

Simultaneously a museum, a cultural center, and a place for research and teaching, the mus?e du quai Branly was born from the political desire to highlight non-European cultures.
The museum has taken on a dynamic, open proposition as its slogan: ?where cultures meet in dialogue.? This idea is the driving force behind most of the Museum?s lines of action: cultural programming, disseminating and sharing knowledge and expertise with the cultures originating the collections, international cooperation, and making the collections available to others.
With a view towards the non-European contemporary creation, in particular in the plastic arts and photography from these four continents ? Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas ? the mus?e du quai Branly has implemented since 2008 an artistic creation subsidy program. Entitled ?Les R?sidences de Photoquai? (Photoquai?s Residencies, ex-?artistic creation projects?), it is related to the?Photoquai?photo biennial.
Every year, this program gives one or several non-European contemporary artists the chance to submit a creative project related to the mission of the mus?e du quai Branly, ?where cultures meet in dialogue?, and coherent with a personal aesthetic path.
The photographic works created so far all contribute to a testimony of a different outlook on the world. For the artists, it is an out-of-place residency that can take them closer or further: some stayed in their own countries, others came to Paris or travelled to wherever it was they had chosen to execute their project. For the audience, it is yet another occasion to discover a personal artistic work, whilst receiving news about contemporary creation in the countries where the collections of the mus?e du quai Branly originated.
The project developed should be within the continuity of a personal artistic career. The ?residency? doesn?t consist of a long-term stay in Paris, unless the artistic project is anchored in France. The program?s aim is to show??elsewhere seen from elsewhere?. ?Elsewhere? can consist of a theme, a country, a people, an artifact, or part of the mus?e du quai Branly?s collections.
The Residency?s primary interest should be photographic, beyond any documentary or ethnographic aspects.