Chenglong Wetlands, Yunlin, Taiwan
Chenglong Community Development Association

I. Introduction

The Chenglong Art Project was part of the education program of the Kuan Shu Foundation which worked in the local elementary school and community from 2010 to 2019. In 2021, the Chenglong Community Development Association resumed the project to further the collaboration between artists and the local community. In 2022, the art project has shifted towards the format of an art-residency in order to seek a more diverse way of creating in relation to the Chenglong Wetlands. The residency seeks to encourage cultural producers working in various media to understand the local environment by living in it, in order to engage with it through site specific production.

II. Residence Location

Belvedere (Chenglong village, Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan)

https://goo.gl/maps/oMUG6Ca9ZTKB7cbF8

Concepts of Belvedere

https://justintylertate.weebly.com/belvedere.html

Belvedere was designed and constructed by Justin Tyler Tate in Chenglong Village and managed by the Chenglong Community Development Association – a non-governmental local organization.

III. Time Schedule

First period: from July to December in 2022: minimum stay one week, maximum one month.

Applicants can apply for any period of time, so long as it’s coordinated with the association. The next period in 2023 will be announced at the end of the 2022.

IV. Eligibility

All forms of art are welcome, but the concept of the work must be site-specific to the local environment, ecology, culture, history or life in the Chenglong Wetlands.

V. How to Apply

Please submit CV, motivation, concept and sketch of work, list of tools, materials and budget and email to: chenglong.village@gmail.com

Applications will be examined by the association at the end of every month, and the results will be emailed to the applicants by the middle of the following month.

VI. Provisions and Requirements

Applicants should agree with the following requirements before submission:

A. Provisions

Accommodation and studio space in Belvedere. The accommodation is not available for non-artists to stay overnight.
Half of the total material expenses will be paid by the association, up to a maximum of $10,000 NTD.
A bicycle for local transportation
Lunch at the community event center on weekdays.
Administrative support and other local resources; please include any additional support you might need in the residency application.
No living or working expenses will be provided during the first period of the residency (2022). Any profit received from tourism at Belvedere, as an AirBnB, will go into the funding of the art-residency program in subsequent periods; being used to cover artist’s material expenses and working expenses, depending on the scale of the proposed work.

B. Requirements

Applicants should complete the work as described in the proposal. If any changes are needed during the residency, please discuss them with the association as soon as possible.
Applicants should prepare all their own tools and materials. If the applicant needs additional tools, please detail them in the residency application in order to determine if the community association has access to that tool and also can lend it to the applicant. (a list of available tools in the association)
If applicants require assistance in order to create their work in Chenglong, please describe in what capacity assistance is needed and for how long in the residency application.
Artists in residence must adhere to the rules for living in Belvedere.

VII. For any further information

Chenglong Community Development Association

A: No. 89-1, Chenglong village, Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan

T: (+886) 5 7970213

email: chenglong.village@gmail.com

website: https://chenglongvillage.com/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/chenglong.village

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