Deep Work Week on Spatial Practices - City Mine(d) - Bruxelles
Application Deadline 19/12/2025

City Mine(d) launches a call for contributors for a Deep Work Week on Spatial Practices, a residency that explores how urban space can be reclaimed and managed outside the logics of market speculation and state control. Across Europe, access to space—whether for working, gathering, rehearsing, organising, or simply existing—is increasingly contested. Vacant buildings, informal ateliers, community-run rooms, shared desks, and self-organised venues often represent the last frontiers where collective imagination and civic experimentation can take shape.
This residency aims to question, map, and re-imagine these practices through artistic, architectural, and research-driven approaches.

From 22 February to 1 March 2026, City Mine(d) will bring together 5 international and 3 Brussels-based artists, architects, researchers, thinkers, and practitioners to reflect on how non-market, non-state spaces can be designed, financed, governed, and accessed. Participants will work intensively throughout the week, contribute to a three-day participatory planning workshop, and share work-in-progress materials during a public event on 28 February 2026.

International contributors should have a strong interest in vacant or underused buildings—either through hands-on practice or academic research—and be able to produce within one week a mapping (geographical, conceptual, visual, sonic, narrative or digital) that addresses the themes of the residency.

A good working knowledge of French and English and full availability in Brussels from 21 to 28 February 2026 are required.

Selected international participants will receive €1200 gross artist fee, a €300 contribution to travel and accommodation, and the opportunity to work closely with Brussels-based communities, organisations, and fellow contributors.

Timeline:
– Call closes 19 December 2025
– Selected applicants notified before 12 January 2026
– Short online interview and one or two preparatory sessions for invited participants
– Residency starts 21 February 2026

How to apply:
Send your application to oasiscall@citymined.org including:
– A statement of intent (max 2 pages) outlining your motivation, your experience with re-using vacant buildings, your background in working with local communities and co-creation, and your initial ideas for an artistic output mapping these themes.
– A portfolio, website or relevant links showcasing previous work.