Til Vægs

Open Call: Dreaming Suburbs Residency Program 2026

Application Deadline: February 16, 2026 

Residency Period: April 8 - May 3, 2026

Location: Til Vægs, Copenhagen, Denmark

About Dreaming Suburbs

Dreaming Suburbs (2024–2026) is a two-year initiative positioned at the intersection of art, activism, and urban planning. The project responds to the need for art organisations to take a responsible role in the contexts they are immersed in, and investigates how art can be both a critical and generative force in shaping the future of cities.

Co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the EU, Dreaming Suburbs is a collaboration between Konsthall C (SWE), Konstfrämjandet Stockholm (SWE), the Museum of Impossible Forms (FI), and Til Vægs (DK), alongside the urban planning agency FEMMA Planning (FI). Across the different platforms, Dreaming Suburbs will manifest in a seminar, exhibition, festival, residencies, and publication—inviting research, dialogue, and speculative proposals that reimagine the social and spatial dynamics of each location.
Read more about the project here.

Residency Details

We are seeking an artist for a four-week residency taking place in the Spring of 2026 at Til Vægs in Copenhagen, an art platform working with socially engaged and temporary art in public space. A selected artist will be invited to immerse themselves in the local context and community, engaging in dialogue with the Dreaming Suburbs project—reflecting on the contemporary contradictions of urban development and responding through artistic experimentation.

Til Vægs, Lundtoftegade, Copenhagen, Denmark

Til Vægs is an art platform that exhibits art in public space in the common housing area AKB København - Lundtoftegade in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. Since 2017 Til Vægs has worked closely with artists and the board of residents of the area in trying to rethink local urban development. The residents of the housing area, the architecture and the discourse that has surrounded the area through time influence and inspire the art program and projects created within the area. Til Vægs is a platform that gathers art and cultural workers, scholars and activists committed to notions of place guarding, methods of social and environmental sustainability, epistemologies of resistance in the effort to ensure agency and strengthen resident democracy through various art initiatives.

Facilities and Support:

- Accommodation at a guest apartment.

- Office space at Til Vægs.

- Opportunity to participate in the Dreaming Suburbs Festival at the end of April.

- Research support and facilitated introductions to local organisations, cultural workers, and artists in the greater Copenhagen area.

Please Note:

Unfortunately, the residency accommodation is not wheelchair accessible at this time.​

Eligibility

- We invite applications from artists and creative practitioners who:

- Are interested in community engagement and in exploring new ways of living, organising, and building within suburban or urban contexts

- Have experience working within their communities or surrounding environments using interdisciplinary methodologies

- Hold a passport or visa from an EU or Schengen Area country, or from a country that allows visa-free entry into the Schengen Area

Please Note:

We are currently unable to accommodate applicants requiring a visa to enter the Schengen Area

The residency does not provide studio space or production facilities

Support Provided:

- Stipend of €2,750

- Travel support up to €800 (participants are encouraged to travel by land or sea when possible)

- Accommodation and workspace as outlined above

- Research support and access to local networks

- Opportunities for exhibition, public presentations, discussions, and collaborations

Application Requirements:

- Please submit the following as a single PDF to dreamingsuburbs@gmail.com:

- A statement (max. 500 words) outlining your practice and its relevance to the host institution and the project

- A short reflection (max. 200 words) responding to the following questions:

- How does your work resonate with your local context or community

processes?

- How do you work interdisciplinarily?

- What urgent problems do you identify in current urban development?

- A portfolio (up to 5 selected works)

- A CV or short bio

Application Deadline: February 16, 2026 (23:59 CET) 

For inquiries, contact: Til Vægs - kontakt@tilvaegs.com