PARTNER & EXCHANGE
ELSEHERE x Yasmine Laraqui Studio Residency | Casablanca Research & Production Residency 2026
DEADLINE
December 1, 2026
ELSEHERE x Yasmine Laraqui Studio Residency | Casablanca Research & Production Residency 2026
PARTNER & EXCHANGE
ELSEHERE and Yasmine Laraqui Studio invite artists, curators, filmmakers, writers, and researchers to apply for the Casablanca Research & Production Residency. Located across two interconnected sites in Casablanca, the residency offers time, space, and production support for practitioners developing projects.
DEADLINE
December 1, 2026
THE CALL
ELSEHERE × Yasmine Laraqui Studio Residency
Casablanca Research & Production Residency 2026
Overview
ELSEHERE and Yasmine Laraqui Studio invite artists, curators, filmmakers, writers, and researchers to apply for the Casablanca Research & Production Residency 2026.
Located across two interconnected sites in Casablanca, the residency offers time, space, and production support for practitioners developing projects at the intersection of artistic research, material experimentation, and contemporary cultural practice.
Designed for both focused inquiry and active production, the residency combines independent studio time with curatorial dialogue, offering residents an environment for sustained investigation, making, and exchange.
Applications are open internationally.
Residency Structure
The residency is organized across two complementary spaces.
Mers Sultan
A dedicated residential and research environment situated within the city, supporting reading, writing, reflection, and project development.
Palmier
A professional studio and production space designed for physical making, experimentation, and artistic production.
Together, these sites allow residents to move between research and realization while remaining embedded within the cultural life of Casablanca.
What the Residency Includes
Private accommodation
24/7 studio access
Utilities and Wi-Fi
Administrative support
Two curatorial sessions per month
Final studio presentation opportunity
Access to local artistic and cultural networks
ELSEHERE Community Partnership
Through the ELSEHERE partnership, selected applicants may also receive additional professional development and visibility opportunities, including:
A reduced residency rate through the ELSEHERE community partnership
Priority application review
A dedicated ELSEHERE × Yasmine Laraqui Studio curatorial session
A permanent digital artist profile on ELSEHERE
Eligibility for editorial features, interviews, or publication opportunities through STRATUM Journal
Institutional support letters for funding, research, or visa-related applications when appropriate
Available Sessions
August 2026
1 position
October 2026
1 position
November 2026
2 positions
December 2026
1 position
Duration
1–3 months
Residency Fee
Standard Residency Fee
€1,000 / month
ELSEHERE Community Rate
€850 / month
The ELSEHERE Community Rate is available to applicants accepted through the ELSEHERE partnership pathway.
Who Should Apply
Visual artists
Choreographers
Filmmakers
Curators
Writers
Interdisciplinary practitioners
Artistic researchers
Application Materials
Portfolio
PDF, maximum 10 MB
Project Proposal
One page maximum, outlining your research or production goals in Casablanca
Preferred Residency Dates
Please indicate your preferred month or months and intended duration
Brief Biography
Short professional biography
How to Apply
Please send your application materials by email to:
Please cc:
Subject line:
ELSEHERE × YL Residency Application – [Your Name]
Reference code:
ELSEHERE_YL26
About the Partnership
This partnership reflects a shared commitment to supporting artists through both infrastructure and visibility.
Alongside studio access and residency support, the collaboration seeks to strengthen the public life of artistic work through editorial publication, curatorial dialogue, and long-term documentation.
The residency is conceived not only as a place to make work, but as a framework through which research, process, and artistic development can continue to circulate beyond the residency period itself.
What We Are Looking For
Clarity of direction
We look for submissions, proposals, and expressions of interest that show a clear sense of purpose, context, and relation to the opportunity.
Rigor and care
We value work that is thoughtfully developed, carefully presented, and attentive to the responsibilities of artistic, scholarly, editorial, or public-facing practice.
Distinct perspective
We are interested in voices, practices, and proposals that bring a specific position, method, language, or field of experience into view.
Openness to complexity
ELSEHERE welcomes work that can hold tension, ambiguity, research, experimentation, and layered meaning without becoming vague or unfocused.
Relevance to context
Each opportunity has its own framework. We encourage applicants and contributors to read the full call carefully and consider how their work, experience, or proposal enters that specific context.
Before You Submit
Please review the full opportunity description before submitting. Each call, program, or expression of interest may have its own eligibility, format, deadline, review process, and required materials.
Depending on the opportunity, you may be asked to provide:
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basic contact and professional information
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a short bio or practice statement
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a project description, proposal, manuscript, work sample, or statement of interest
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links to relevant work, publications, portfolios, websites, or profiles
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technical, spatial, editorial, or contextual information where applicable
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any additional materials requested in the specific call
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Please submit materials that are clear, relevant, and carefully selected. Strong submission materials do not need to be excessive. They should help us understand the work, practice, experience, or proposal on its own terms and in relation to the opportunity.
Incomplete, unclear, or unrelated submissions may be difficult to review.
Review & Consideration
Submissions and expressions of interest are reviewed according to the specific purpose of each opportunity.
Depending on the context, review may consider artistic strength, conceptual clarity, scholarly rigor, editorial fit, feasibility, field expertise, language capacity, professional experience, public relevance, and alignment with ELSEHERE or STRATUM’s current programs and publication priorities.
Selection, invitation, publication, or participation is not guaranteed. Some opportunities may involve further communication, additional materials, interviews, technical review, editorial review, or confirmation before final decisions are made.
ELSEHERE approaches review as a process of attention, not only selection. We are interested in how artistic, scholarly, and cultural practices may enter wider fields of relation, publication, public presentation, and future development.
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