What is the Long March Research Fellowship?

The Long March Research Fellowship offers an opportunity for all cultural workers, both locally and abroad to contribute to the Long March Project’s ongoing multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary visual culture.

The Long March Research Fellowship is a conceptual space that provides the successful applicant access to the vast and ever-growing ‘Long March’ network, which includes individuals and organizations, spanning various disciplines and professions across a number of different geographical regions. From the international museum space, to the village meeting hall, the Long March can help provide the Fellow with the necessary support and connections to achieve their proposal and research goals.
This Fellowship offers the chance for international curators, critics, writers, scholars, artists and individuals, from various disciplines, to initiate or contribute to Long March activities, regardless of whether you reside in Beijing. This Fellowship promotes the relationship between creative artistic ideas and critical discourse, and could take the form of any of the following:

    1.Assist in the research towards a forthcoming Long March Project (eg. provide background historical information, writing of key texts for potential publishing online on our website or in relevant Long March publications)

     2.Undertake independent cultural or historical research that you believe would be of interest to the Long March Project, regardless of whether or not it relates to an ongoing or forthcoming project.

    3.Proposal of provocative projects (be they exhibition/publication or interventionist in nature), that are ‘Long March’ in spirit, that offers a collaborative opportunity for our ongoing Long March journey to be taken to, or seen by, a broader international audience.

Please note, this is not a Fellowship that provides financial assistance, or a physical space of residence for successful applicants. This is a Fellowship that seeks to take advantage of the virtual, online realm of communication in the development and realization of your chosen proposal.

What is the philosophy behind the initiation of the Long March Research Fellowship?
The Long March Project believes that in our global society dominated by an increasing visual economy of social interaction, individuals working in the field of visual culture play a dynamic and important role in mediating, structuring and altering the debates on how these social relationships are shaped and how we understand our positions within the contemporary. The Long March Research Fellowship is committed to providing a discursive opportunity for creative individuals to think about the role of historical consciousness in society today, examining the social nature of artistic creation and display, exploring how art can connect with the broader masses, implementing new visual displays which may reveal their underlying political, social, economic, historical and geographical contexts.

The ongoing journey of the Long March Project, throughout China and abroad, promotes cultural exchange between participants and their local counterparts, as well as with local organizations, politicians, and citizens. Exhibitions of contemporary art, symposiums, lectures, debates, and art workshops for the community are a major part of our activities. Aside from providing a platform for international participants to engage with the production of contemporary art in China, the Long March Research Fellowship can also facilitate exchanges with Chinese artists, curators, and critics.

By engaging cultural workers all over the world, our creative nucleus based at Long March Space, Beijing will continue to develop as an international artistic entity, providing a critical and creative platform for the discussion of contemporary art.

What are the conditions of this Fellowship?
Applicants must have previous professional experience in the subject area of your proposed activity. The successful Fellow is expected to cover basic program costs, such as living allowance, access to research facilities, necessary and associated travel and accommodation costs, involved with the realization of your project. The Long March Research Fellowship favors individuals who are already sponsored by an authorized organization or program (eg. university, private research facility, independently funded research project affiliated with other organizations). Should letters of support be required to assist in relevant grant applications, we are happy to provide.
As a successful Fellow, you would be partnered with a relevant member of the Long March Team, in order to realize your proposal. This could take the form of the writing of joint text; the eventual realization of a physical project here at Long March Space; or the undertaking of an international collaboration to be realized abroad.

What is the application process?
Letters of inquiry may be sent at any time during the year. A letter of inquiry must not exceed two pages and should include a concise description of your proposal, including short bio of the applicant.

Contact
For further information, please contact us at:
Long March Space,
Mailbox 8503,
Beijing 100015,
P. R. China
Tel: +86 10 64387107
Email: lm@longmarchspace.com
Website: www.longmarchspace.com