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Akademie Schloss Solitude is an international and transdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Program and has supported approximately 1,800 young artists from more than 120 countries since opening its doors in 1990.
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Great news to share: Former fellows Lamin Fofana, Michaela Melián and Raphael Sbrzesny are part of the exhibition »The Sound of Sculpture as Society« at the Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen!
Image: © Lamin Fofana, »Works in Metal«, 2025. Photo: Städtische Galerie VS
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»Torshi: Manifestation Pickling« with current Solitude fellow Hanieh Fatouraee 🥒🥕🫙 // at Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart // November 8, 3 to 6 pm
Explore pickling as a ritual, caring, and communal practice. ➡️ Please register by november 2, with haniehfatouraee(at)gmail.com
🔗 https://bit.ly/48TNrAB
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Friends in and around Barcelona – don’t miss »Cloud Catchers« by former Solitude fellow Ingrid Hora, opening tonight (Oct 23, 7–9 PM) at BAR project, HAUS, Space for Art and Contemporary Practices! 🎉
On view until Nov 28, 2025.
Image: © Ingrid Hora
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Great news: Former fellow Juliane Jaschnow shows her exhibition »Anstiftung zur Vorspiegelung wahrer Tatsachen« at D21 Kunstraum in Leipzig.
It explores how images and memory are instrumentalized in contemporary Russia - blending video, installation & reconstruction.
Image: © Juliane Jaschnow
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Silke Hofmann explores how garments can provide care, protection, and reflect lived experiences. In conversation with Gloria Aino Grzywatz, she reflects on terminology, technology, and intimacy.
Read more on the SOLITUDE BLOG: https://bit.ly/3IB9GQM
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APPLICATION PLATFORM NOW OPEN!
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
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Exciting news from the Solitude community! Former fellows Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán are part of the exhibition »Say, old top-knot, what do you want?« at Kunsthalle Mainz.
The exhibition runs until January, 11, 2026.
Image: © Norbert Miguletz
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Former fellow Aykan Safoğlu presents his installation »Rozeta« at Kyiv Biennial 2025 in Warsaw. Inspired by the rose window of Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station, the work reflects on migration, hope, and new beginnings. On view until January 18, 2026.
Image: © Alicja Szulc
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Workshop in Vienna: »The Sonic and the Void«
On Oct 19, 2025, former fellows Theo Ferreira Gomes & Kosmas Phan Ðinh invite you to join a collective practice of listening and research as part of the Sonic Territories festival.
Image: © Kosmas Phan Ðinh & Theo Ferreira Gomes
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Call for Applications //SOLITUDE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2026–2028 // 🎉
From October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, fellowships of six to twelve months duration will be offered.
For more information please visit our website https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/
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✨ Save the Date: »Open Solitude« ✨
On Nov 29, 2025, 30 international artists & researchers open their studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude – with exhibitions, performances, concerts & readings. Free entry – come by! 💜
Design: @basics09
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Exciting news: former fellow Dániel Szalai is a finalist for the Leopold Bloom Art Award!
His installation »A House Like No Other« at the Kiscell Museum links industrial bulls’ lives to the Minotaur myth, exploring isolation, domestication, and human-animal relations.
Image: © Dániel Szalai
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Former fellow Basir Mahmood is seeking participants in Düsseldorf for his installation »Point of Arrival«!
He’s looking for people who recently moved - or moved long ago - to share their stories of arrival in Düsseldorf.
Interested? Contact: basirmahmoodworkshop@gmail.com
Image: © Basir Mahmood
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New on the SOLITUDE BLOG: Current fellow Hiba G. Isleem turns fragments of her family archive into playful spaces of memory -> Read here: https://bit.ly/3KvCP0l
More about Hiba: https://bit.ly/46KEzuf
Image: © Hiba G. Isleem
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Exhibition opening in the former Galeria Kaufhof Stuttgart, October 2, 6 PM!
🌟 With Anna Gohmert, Jochen Damian Fischer, Hanieh Fatouraee, Atsuko Mochida, Paul Lissner, Marvin Unger, Alexandra Haas, Michael Schramm, Helen Weber, Georg Lutz, Fabian Widukind Penzkofer, Julia Rhizoma & Lily Abichahine
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SAVE THE DATE: »BLOOD THIRSTY« by Ira Melkonyan will be presented at Theater Rampe on Saturday, October 18, 6 PM. 🎉
The performance explores blood as symbol and substance - its mysticism, politics, and feminist meanings.
Image: © Kinosaki International Arts Centre and Photo by bozzo
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SAVE THE DATE: Sept. 27, 2025, 2–8 PM
The Schaudepot Special XV – What can opera (still) do?
A day of discovery with workshops, performances, talks & food! This edition explores contemporary music theatre, questioning what opera can give us - and what we can give back.
Image: © Dominique Brewing
STUTTGART SAVE THE DATE: Solitude alumna Neda Kovinić returns with her performance »MOODY DRIFTS: AFFECTIVE RESISTANCE« at Theater Rampe on October 10 & 11, 7 PM. A cooperation and project that took shape during her Solitude fellowship.
Video: © Neda Kovinić »MOODY DRIFTS«
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SAVE THE DATE: Solitude im Literaturhaus #2
Current fellows of Akademie Schloss Solitude present works that turn the written word into fresh media, spatial & poetic forms. In cooperation with Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
October 1st, 7.30 pm
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We’re back with #FellowFriday! Meet Aleksander Zain, a Berlin-based dancer, choreographer & new media artist.
His work blends contemporary floorwork, performance & video, exploring the body’s strength beyond social limits.
Find out more about him here: linktr.ee/sergiudita
Image: ©
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Solitude alumna Alicja Bielawska is part of the exhibition »The Clothed Home« (on view until Oct 19, 2025) in South Korea at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.
It explores how textiles connect us with nature and the seasons!
Image: © Jakub Celej / Adam Mickiewicz Institute
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Former fellows Elise Eeraerts & Roberto Aparicio Ronda present their work in the exhibition »Versumpfung« (Swamping) at Art Association Arnsberg.
Exhibition: 12. Sep – 16. Nov 2025
Infos: https://bit.ly/4631LmY
Images: © Elise Eeraerts & Roberto Aparicio Ronda
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Workshop Recap 💙
Fellows Sharmila Samant, Matilde Outeiro & Kenneth Boa-Amponsem hosted their workshop: Indigo Dyeing with Nana Serwaah. Participants explored dyeing techniques, watching fabrics shift from green to luminous blue.
Soon, these hand-dyed textiles will become bags!
📸: Fabian Faylona
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We’re back with #FellowFriday! 🎉 Meet Sergiu Diță, a Bucharest-based performer and emerging choreographer.
Find out more about him here: https://linktr.ee/sergiudita
Image: © Anca Stoica & Sergiu Diță »Balkan Ballerinas«, photo: Claudio Rodriguez
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We are very happy to welcome the 2025 Fellows of the Solitude Exchange Network at Akademie Schloss Solitude!
With Sergiu Diță, Gábor Kristóf, Agnieszka Mastalerz, Sanja Bistričić Srića, Radina & Roslana Yotova and Aleksander Zain.
Image: © Akademie Schloss Solitude
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Ausschreibung: Marie-Zimmermann-Stipendium 2025/26! 🎉
Für deutschsprachige Nachwuchsdramaturg*innen. 🎭
Jetzt bewerben! Infos hier: https://bit.ly/4m1S0eL
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Great news: Former fellow Nino Bulling are part of the exhibition »Évidence. Dessiner le présent« at Musée Tomi Ungerer, Strasbourg! 🎉 👀
Images: All photos by Mathieu Bertola.
1–2: © Nino Bulling, A Break (2022), exhibition views from »Évidence. Dessiner le présent«, Musée Tomi Ungerer, 2025.
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Former fellow Lina Lapelytè presents »In The Dark, We Play« at The Cosmic House, London, on view until Dec 19. Created with long-term collaborators, the work continues her exploration of music, pop culture & vulnerability.
© Lina Lapelytė, 2022. Photo: Rasa Juškevičiūtė
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Solitude Alumna Ulrike Aigner presents her long-term artwork »ONE MILLION – Das Boot« at the German Bundestag!
Since 2014, Aigner has been handcrafting porcelain vessels with the goal of creating 1,000,000 unique pieces over 300 years.
Image: © Ulrike Aigner
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Former fellow and performer Winnie Huang is featured at this year’s Lucerne Festival from August 12 to September 14, 2025 with her work »nexus of now«.
On Sunday, 14 September at 15:00, Huang will perform at the Festival!
Image © Winnie Huang; visuals © WARPED TYPE (Andreas Huck, Roland Nebe)
