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Hosted by UMAM Documentation&#38; Research in Beirut and NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne (EL-DE-House).Open call for residency in Cologne, Germany and Beirut, LebanonFollowing the successful debut of the 2012 program, the City of Cologne and the City of Beirut, and their partners, invite practitioners of the arts—including visual artists, writers, musicians, curators, filmmakers, art researchers and others—to apply for a unique residency. Scheduled to commence during spring 2014, the residency will last three months.Applicants should present a project inspired by archival practices and related to the creation of contemporary art. The project must be completed during the three-month residency; however, if additional time is needed and warranted, a five-month extension, to commence once the artist returns home, may be granted. The primary selection criteria will be the applicants’ proposal, her/his motivation to work within a sociohistorical context and the artist's qualifications obtained through previous professional activities.For further information about applying for the residence in Cologne, please click here (in English; Lebanese art practitioners only).For further information about applying for the residence in Beirut, please click here (in German; art practitioners from, or related to Cologne only).