anorak invites Berlin-based artists, curators, and researchers working in time-based media, writing, translation, publishing, and culinary projects to submit collaborative proposals for a 3-month residency at the shared anorak studio in Berlin-Tempelhof from 1 July – 30 September 2026.

Berlin-based practitioners can apply with a collaborator to work for 3 months in the shared anorak studio. Collaborations may take place with partners based outside of Berlin or internationally, as well as between Berlin-based practitioners. Both new and existing collaborations are welcome. Proposals by collectives who wish to collaborate with someone external. The residency is suitable for projects that will benefit from a shared studio environment and an extended in person work period.

We are particularly interested in experimental approaches across artistic communities, practices, and forms of knowledge that challenge notions of discipline, genre, canon, authorship, coherence, and censorship.

About the residency

With a focus on process and research rather than production, we hope to enable informal exchange and dialogue as well as more formalised sharing sessions.
The residency offers access to the anorak studio for 3 months between 1 July – 30 September 2026. Up to three projects will be selected from different fields and offered to work alongside each other in a shared space. 
Over the course of the three-month residency period, residents are invited to organise one ‘sharing session’ to discuss work-in-progress with each other as well as invited guests. At the end of the residency, there is the opportunity to present work publicly, parallel to Berlin Art Week (9–13 September 2026).

The anorak studio
anorak is a curatorial collective and independent art space with a focus on artists’ moving image, performance, and sound run by Lukas Ludwig and Johanna Markert. The anorak studio is located on the 8th floor of the former Greenhouse building in Berlin-Tempelhof and consists of:

• a 120 sqm shared studio / gallery space + a separate small studio for meetings

• the space can be divided by curtains if needed to change between more secluded and more open work spaces

• a small but well-equipped kitchen and bakery

• access to a pool of AV and sound equipment

• two large north-facing balconies

• specific needs and uses of the studio space will be discussed with anorak in a meeting prior to the residency, and coordinated with the other residents during the residency period

— floor plan, accessibility, code of conduct: click here.

What we offer

• 3 months of free use of the shared 120 sqm anorak studio

• €1000 artist fee (per collaborative project)

• support in finding accommodation for invited collaborators

• internal sharing sessions with fellow residents and invited guests 

• curatorial support by anorak throughout the whole residency period

• the opportunity to present work parallel to Berlin Art Week (9–13 September 2026)

Who can apply

The call is open to Berlin-based artists, curators, and researchers working primarily in:

• time-based media, incl. but not limited to artists’ moving image, performance, and sound

• writers, poets, publishers, translators, editors

• culinary projects

• applications from collectives are welcome who want to collaborate with a partner outside their existing group

• contact with your collaborator has to be established prior to submission (especially if it is a new collaboration)

Timeline

• Submission deadline: 28 February 2026

• Selected projects will be announced in mid March 2026

• Residency period: 1 July – 30 September 2026

How to apply

Please submit your proposals (in German or English) via the application form and include a download link to one pdf file (max. 3 pages) containing the following:

1. Description of your collaborative idea (in German or English):

• What do you want to work on?

• Who do you want to work with, and why?

• How will working together in person in a shared studio environment impact your project?

• How do you want to structure the residency period? Please indicate when and how you plan to work together in the studio.

2. Short bios of yourself and your collaborator

3. Work samples

• visual material illustrating your project, or documentation of 1–2 recent works

Submissions are only accepted via the submission form.

Click here to submit your proposal.

If you have any questions, please write us an email: hello@anorakanorak.com.