Mission: Art-Space Exchange, an ArtScience research residency at the European Space Agency

Science Gallery Rotterdam and ESA, the European Space Agency, are joining forces for a two-month funded artist residency with a focus on space science.

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences dating back thousands of years, yet despite this there appears to be no limit to what there is to discover in our Universe. These days, astronomers and space scientists turn their attention to profound challenges and exciting topics in space science, among them: searching for planets beyond our Solar System – is there another Earth out there? – and revealing the invisible power, complex structures, and extraordinary beauty of our Universe. The questions motivating their research and the techniques that they use also have echoes in other areas of science.

Are you an artist, resident in the Netherlands, and interested in these topics too? If so, we are pleased to invite you to apply for a two-month funded residency with a focus on space science, to be held at ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s establishment in the Netherlands.

Applications for this pilot project, run with Science Gallery Rotterdam, are due by 23:59 CEST on 24 October 2021.