DESCRIPTION
Initiated in collaboration with the BBVA Foundation and geared toward artists from Türkiye who investigate contemporary social questions through interdisciplinary approaches, the Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program continues in 2025.
The program offers two types of grants to support artists and researchers working across diverse media and methodologies in art, architecture, design, and social and urban studies: Artistic Research Grant and Production Grant.
The Artistic Research Grant supports an interdisciplinary research project addressing contemporary topics, particularly concerning societal and environmental issues. Applicants for the Artistic Research Grant are encouraged to:
- Focus on critical and timely issues at the intersection of art and design, technology, and ecology.
- Pursue an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to address pressing issues in the field of artistic research.
- Utilize archival resources at Salt Research.
- Explore innovative ways of presenting an artistic research project.
The research project is expected to be presented as a work-in-progress or completed work as part of the Grant Program exhibition, which will take place in early 2026 at Salt Galata.
The Production Grant supports an artistic project that engages with the moving image’s dynamic, diverse, and evolving nature and responds to contemporary societal and environmental issues. Applicants for the Production Grant are encouraged to:
- Focus on critical and timely issues at the intersection of art and design, technology, and ecology.
- Pursue an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to explore novel forms of storytelling, visual expression, and performance across film, cinema, and/or new media.
This grant is expected to be used for the production phase of the project, which should be completed by the end of 2025. The completed work will be presented in the Grant Program exhibition in early 2026 at Salt Galata.