This residency is designed for writers, poets, and interdisciplinary text-based artists who work from the personal, the embodied, and the experimental. It is dedicated to creators who choose to write from themselves and through themselves — those who treat language as a living, physical, transformative practice.
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The program offers a structured yet flexible framework: time and space to write, research, experiment, and voice your texts, supported by dramaturgical and conceptual guidance.

You will have dedicated time for:
  • autonomous writing and artistic research
  • dramaturgical & conceptual consultation
  • optional somatic writing practices
  • professional networking
  • a final public reading or lecture-performance

The goal is to support you in deepening your textual language, strengthening your method, clarifying your voice, and expanding your artistic network.
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You leave with a clearer sense of direction, an articulated writing practice, and a body of work-in-progress that can continue to grow beyond the residency.

residency dates

Each residency period hosts 2 writers (solo practices only):
  • RESIDENCY I: July 16 – 25, 2026
  • RESIDENCY II: November 26 – December 5, 2026
  • RESIDENCY III: December 7 – 16, 2026
Duration: 10 days
Location: Ádám Anna Studio (Stromfeld Aurél út 27, 1124, Budapest, Hungary)

what this residency offers

A hybrid frame — combining independent writing time with targeted dramaturgical and conceptual support.
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Included:
  • Accommodation
Private room in a shared artistic home(private or shared bathroom depending on package)
  • Daily shared studio access
One studio for voice or performance testing
  • Dramaturgical & textual follow-up
You keep full authorship and autonomy over your work.
We accompany your process with 3 individual consultations (1h each) led by experienced writers, dramaturgs, and performance mentors.
  • Technical experimentation
Microphone, sound, and basic lighting setups available for: spoken text, lecture-performance, voice exploration, experimenting with rhythm, tempo, breath, and delivery 
  • Public sharing & feedback evening
A final reading or lecture-performance, presented in a double-bill format.
Meet audiences, receive feedback, and test the performative dimension of your writing.
  • International community & network
On request: introductions to local writers, performers, curators, translators, and researchers.
  • Documentation
Basic photo documentation from the public sharing.

fee

  • €1200
  • Includes accommodation, shared studio access, 3 dramaturgical consultations, public sharing, and documentation.

how to apply?

where

During the residency, artists live and work in the Ádám Anna Studio — a shared 120m² home-studio in Budapest, with a garden, two rehearsal spaces. There are no programmed community events or group activities during the residency — instead, you receive time, space, and a supportive context in which to focus, reflect, and create at your rhythm, while benefiting from occasional conversations, shared meals, and spontaneous exchanges that naturally emerge from proximity and co-habitation.