The Regular Residency is Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society’s annual residency programme, taking place over a three-month period from March to May. Each residency hosts one or two Indonesian artists alongside one international artist. The participation of international residents is made possible through partnerships with funding organisations that support the residency, including travel, accommodation, and other programme-related expenses.

 

The residency is designed as a space for artists to develop their practice through research, dialogue, and engagement with local contexts. Throughout the programme, residents are accompanied by the Cemeti team through regular discussion sessions that provide opportunities to reflect on ideas, questions, artistic processes, and experiences emerging during the residency.

 

In addition to pursuing independent research and artistic practice, residents are encouraged to share their work and ongoing processes through public programmes such as presentations, discussions, film screenings, workshops, reading sessions, communal meals, or other formats that are relevant to their practice. These activities create opportunities for meaningful exchanges with artists, researchers, local communities, and wider audiences.

 

The residency concludes with a final presentation, which may take the form of an exhibition, performance, site-specific project, community-based collaboration, publication, or any other format that best reflects the artist’s research and practice developed during the residency.

 

The Open Call for Indonesian artists is announced at the end of each year. Please visit the Open Call page for the latest application information.

 

Confirmed partner organisation for the 2027 Regular Residency:

Mondriaan Fonds (the Netherlands), supporting artists based in the Netherlands. Eligible artists may apply through the open call administered by Mondriaan Fonds.

The Research Residency is a research-based residency programme organised by Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society. Unlike the Regular Residency Programme, it is not centred on the production of artworks or a final presentation. Instead, it provides artists with the time and space to deepen their research process as an integral part of their artistic practice.

 

The programme supports artists in developing research questions, exploring specific contexts, building relationships, and engaging in activities such as fieldwork, archival research, site visits, and conversations with individuals and communities. Through this approach, research is understood not as a preliminary stage leading to artistic production, but as an artistic practice in its own right—one that contributes to the creation of knowledge, deepens contextual understanding, and opens up new possibilities for artistic inquiry.

 

Throughout the residency, participants engage in regular discussions with the Cemeti team and are connected with artists, researchers, academics, local communities, and other practitioners whose knowledge and experiences enrich the development of their research. The programme encourages an open and reflective learning process grounded in meaningful engagement with social, cultural, historical, and environmental contexts.

 

Entering its third year in 2027, the Research Residency continues to grow through collaborations with international partners. The programme was first launched in 2025 through a partnership between Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society, the Institut français d’Indonésie (IFI), and Cité internationale des arts (France). In its second year, the programme expanded through a partnership with the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). With support from the SAM Fund for Arts and Ecology, the residency also introduced an open call for artists based across Southeast Asia.

 

Through these international collaborations, the Research Residency seeks to expand opportunities for knowledge exchange, strengthen research-led artistic practices, and foster long-term relationships among practitioners in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the wider international arts community.