The Panel on Planetary Thinking invites applications for the third round of a four-year fellowship program which explores what it means that we do not simply live “on”, but are part of an ever-changing planet. In 2024, two pairs of artists & scholars will be exploring Planetary Times in and through collaborative projects. Currently, the second round of fellows are working on the overarching theme of Planetary Spaces ‐ their topics ranging from the shrinking and restoration of Lake Chad, to adaptation strategies of more-than-humans in toxic environments as well as to forms of life and the flows of energy that thrive on the ocean floor, and to the interplanetary space in form of a history of the Sun’s discovery.
For next year, we seek fellows who are interested in:
- the temporal dynamics of human and more-than-human generations
- examples and histories of (de)synchronizations, rhythms, such as planetary rhythms of Earth’s daily rotation
- artificial timescapes, such as the circumstances under which the use of artificial intelligence compresses, stretches, or complicates the relationship between subjective and world time
- tempo, such as the pace and sequencing that enables or disables a transformation towards renewable energies
- questions connected to deep time
- temporal literacies and their cultivation in societies by means of policies and institutions attuned to the planetary condition
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In 2024, two fellowships are awarded from April to June, and two others from September to November. Fellows will be granted a monthly stipend of 5,000 EUR and are provided with newly renovated and furnished studios and office spaces inside of Giessen’s most charismatic, old-style buildings. They are expected to design a workshop, masterclass, a performative activity, or an alternatively formatted event, depending on their individual, scholarly and/or artistic subject matters – creativity is strongly encouraged!
Deadline to apply for this third round is September 1st, 2023.
For more information on the program as well as the application process, please see our website below.
We are looking forward to reading your applications!