«Archival Body» is an artistic research residency, jointly promoted by the Museu Tàpies i Graner – Dance and Performing Arts Centre, which seeks to create a space for exchange and experimentation between artistic practices focused on the body and the museum’s exhibition contents, linked to the collection. The project is part of the shared desire of both institutions to promote artistic research, the activation of critical thinking and the creation of new stories through interdisciplinary practices.
This residency offers the selected artist the framework, time and resources to develop a research process with the methodological, technical and curatorial support of the two institutions, which will culminate in a public presentation at the end of the residency.
In this first edition, the exhibition on which this artistic research residency will revolve is Antoni Tàpies. The Perpetual Movement of the Wall, which will be open from February 12 to September 6, 2026. The research process will culminate with a public activation that will take place at the Museu Tàpies (Barcelona, Catalonia) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 6 p.m.
The deadline for submitting candidacies is February 16, 2026