Paris XR Residency

The selected creator will be provided with:

• A roundtrip flight Canada- Paris
• 4-week residency programme in Paris
• 4-week accommodation in Paris
• A workplace at Universcience
• A 1950€ grant (corresponding to the per diem and the participation in diverse conferences/masterclasses during the residency)
• Full access accreditation to participate in the NewImages Festival of the Forum des images
• Connection opportunities with the local ecosystem
• Participation to diverse events in Paris

This residency ensures, notably, for the selected artist:

• Access to a workplace on a regular basis
• Access to state-of-the-art computer equipment
• Technical support: occasional technical assistance to help the artist advance their project
• Mentorship to provide feedback and assistance on the project and the artist’s approaches and help facilitate the use of resources
• Provide networking opportunities within the digital and immersive art and cultural community.
• Opportunities to present the project prototype with the audience.
• Access to other campus facilities, depending on their availability
• The artist will be supported during the residency by the staff of the professional workplace institution and the team of the Forum des images.

This programme is open to all types of XR projects (360 or interactive virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, installations involving immersive technologies, sound design or 4D technology, etc.).

Any candidate for a residency with an eligible project who is under investigation or has been judicially convicted for acts of violence, particularly of a sexist or sexual nature, will not be given the possibility to participate in the selection process, neither any visibility for the duration of the procedure or the penal sentence, out of respect for the victims. This applies to our Swapcard platform, our website, our social networks, and our communications. Consequently, the eligible project will be removed from the programme if the investigation, conviction, or accusations are known before the selection; and it will be removed from our website and Swapcard platform if the accusations become known afterward, for the year of the concerned edition.

The modalities of this exclusion from visibility are as follows:

The disclosure of the investigation or penal conviction decision may be made public by the national media. This disclosure can also come from the victim or their lawyer, who may contact the NewImages Festival team for this purpose. The team will offer to involve an association or an organization for the defense of victims of violence.

The individuals in question will be contacted by the NewImages Hub team, who will inform them about the exclusion from visibility measure concerning them and their potential recourse (if it is proven that the accusation is inaccurate or if it has ended after a final decision of dismissal, acquittal, or by serving the sentence)

Before you register, we invite you to read carefully what information, and documents have to be provided in the presentation file required in the registration form (in the same order as below):

• Application form-Residency XR 2025 (in english only) at: https://paris-xr-residency-west-canada-2025.paperform.co/
• A copy of identity card or passport
• A biography and a CV/Resume
• A portfolio of your previous projects
• A cover letter
• An elaborated synopsis of your project
• A projected work plan for the residency
• Project stills (if any)
• A reference letter (optional)

The name of the selected creator will officially be announced in February 2025. Applicants will have been notified in advance by e-mail of the selection board’s decision concerning their application.

A contract mentioning all commitments on both sides shall be signed between the selected creator and the partners. Before the residency, the selected creator undertakes to share a projected work plan for his/her residency with the partner.

During/after the residency, the selected creator is asked to:

• Execute the work / production plan;
• To participate in conferences/masterclasses with local partners;
• To take sometime in Paris, before the end of the residency, to write a report on their experience, work, and the progress of their project;
• To showcase the outcome of their residency work (prototype, work-in-progress) at NewImages Hub (Paris) (to be determined together);
• To include partners’ logos in credits and all communication materials (Institut français du Canada and the Forum des Images);
• To allow partners to showcase the project for promotional purpose in their year-round line-up
• Mention and tag all the partners organizing the Paris XR Residency in all online and written communication content and to add their logos when possible (Forum des images and Institut français du Canada).

Besides, regarding the project:

• Mention and tag all the partners organizing the Paris XR Residency in all online and written communication content and to add their logos when possible (Institut français du Canada and the Forum des Images).
• To authorize partners to use, including but not limited to, reproduce, edit, adapt, publicly transmit, publicly broadcast, etc., project materials such as images, texts, sound recordings, or videos for promotional/educational purposes or to include the project in their annual programming.

The Institut français du Canada, created in April 2024 as an autonomous entity of the French Embassy in Canada, develops artistic, educational, scientific, and academic projects to strengthen ties between France and Canada. It offers a diverse program (cinema, visual arts, digital arts, literature, music, debates, etc.) and designs projects tailored to different audiences (schoolchildren, students, researchers, cultural professionals, etc.). 

The French cultural services in Canada have been committed to immersive creation since 2019. In Western Canada, they have been developing a specific immersive focus “XR Fall”, every year since 2022, in Vancouver (with an artistic residency, exhibition, professional meetings), with various partners in France and Canada (including Forum des Images since 2024). The Institut français du Canada also develops artistic residencies via the Résidences Ouest-Ouest programme: in 2025, these will also offer creative residencies in quantum sciences, and musical creation with AI.