Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai in collaboration with Harkat Studios is inviting Italian Photographers/Filmmakers to spend between 8 weeks in Mumbai, India to create work.
About the residency:
If you are a photographer, film maker or work with photochemical image-making, this residency is for you.
Discover Mumbai from within its artist community. The residency offers you work space, access to a dark room, equipment and supplies, projectors and cameras and a community of fellow artists.
From hand processing and printing to projection, to new meaning making with found footage or creating expanded cinema work in our blackbox.
The residency is outcome-directed. By the end of it you will have created work – and maybe even showcased it, not just time passed.
Prerequisites
(1) You should have made work before. There is staff on site to introduce equipment and answer questions, but residents are expected to conduct their practice independently. This is especially for artists who work between forms, want to expand their practice, and are genuinely interested in exchange with local artists.
(2) You must be an Italian artist, based in Italy
(3) You must be either a Photographer, Filmmaker, Experimental Filmmaker or Print-maker
(4) You must apply with a specific project
(5) For solo artists only
(6) You must be available to come to India in March, 2027 for a duration of 8 weeks
About Harkat Studios:
Harkat Studios is an alternative performance black box, artist-run photochemical film lab and a community space in Versova, Mumbai. For more than a decade, we have made plays, films, multidisciplinary performances and festivals with Indian and international artists. We sit in the calm of a northern seaside neighbourhood, in the middle of the city’s commercial and fringe creative worlds.
About Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai:
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai is the official body dedicated to promoting Italian language and culture in Mumbai. It organizes cultural events, courses in Italian language and civilization, facilitate interactions between Italian and local researchers and scholars and cooperate with local cultural organizations and academic institutions. In order to reach a wider community and a diversified audience, the Institute regularly teams up with local cultural and academic institutions, as well as with the Italian community.
Spaces you have access to:
Black box, film lab, darkroom, office workspace and a terrace. You are free to use any of these spaces for making, researching, ideating, meeting, readings, conversations or simply breathing.
Meet the city through its makers.
For research, a jam, technical exchange or co-creation, we help connect residents with relevant local artists, practitioners and thought leaders.
Our workshops are free for you!
Residents may join our year-round workshops for free. Depending on the project, we can organise tailored sessions in photochemical and handmade image-making.
Showcase your (final) work:
Harkat has active audiences for performances, workshops, screenings and exhibitions. Where appropriate, the residency culminates in a public showcase.
What the residency entails:
– travel to and from India, stay as well as studio/darkroom space and facilities are fully covered
– additional material, food, local travel to be borne by the artist
How to apply:
Fill in this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y4dhoTLvBf48vROLbY3KA26e-S3hoUrwizbUN0gaiPA/edit
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31, 2026.
More about harkat studios here: www.harkat.in ; www.harkat.in/space ; www.16mm.harkat.in
