New Members Felix_Erd Posted March 24, 2026 at 06:10 PM New Members Report Posted March 24, 2026 at 06:10 PM Dear China-friends! I was accepted as an artist to do an artist-in-residence-program in China (Xiamen). They cannot cover travel costs however. Any help on how to find travel funding, who to contact, where to research etc. is very welcome! More information below! Greetings to you all! Felix More info: I am Felix Erdmann, performance artist and writer from Germany, and I write to you with a question for funding advice. I will be participating in the Lucitopia Residency Program (https://www.c-platform.org/lucitopia-residency/?lang=en) in China provided by C-Platform Institute this summer, along with my international colleagues Carlo Sella, Evangelos Biskas, Line Lee and Nori Tsouloucha. We are so thankful for C-Platform for this amazing opportunity! And we are extremely excited about the prospect of collaborating in Xiamen and Jiangxi Province in China. We are especially hoping to be in exchange with other Chinese artists and with local residents and think that the residency is a great chance for new transcontinental (artist) networks. While the residency does cover housing and living costs during our two month stay, it unfortunately cannot pay for travel costs. However, for some of us it is a necessity to find funding for this as we cannot afford to pay flight tickets etc. ourselves. Do you have any tips or suggestions on who to contact? Any ideas on where funding could come from? We are very much willing to be creative about this - any thoughts are helpful. I have applied to funding from Goethe institute but have not received any. I can provide a letter of invitation from C-Platform as well as my Artist Portfolio and my project proposal for the residency as some information for you. I could provide the same for my colleagues! Generally, the residency focuses on ecological questions and art projects working with the natural surrounding of the rural "Lucitopia Town", a large open air museum in rural Jinagxi, run by C-Platform. Thanks a lot for your help! And you are welcome to check out my website www.felix-erdmann.de for more info about my work! Quote
Lu Posted March 24, 2026 at 06:53 PM Report Posted March 24, 2026 at 06:53 PM Nice opportunity! If I were you, I'd look into possibilities within Germany. Any institutes there that support the arts and give stipends? A literary institute perhaps? A foundation for theater arts? The Netherlands has the Dutch Foundation for Literature, which has a stipend for exactly this kind of thing, so hopefully there is something similar in Germany. Good luck and have a good time in Xiamen! Quote
New Members Felix_Erd Posted March 24, 2026 at 08:13 PM Author New Members Report Posted March 24, 2026 at 08:13 PM Thanks! I checked some German institution already, so far no success... but I'll keep looking there as well! Quote
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