Pāvilosta Artist in Residency (PAiR) is a space for inventive encounters, where creators, researchers and curators develop their projects in a stimulating environment free of distractions and conducive to cross-disciplinary dialogue.

The residency is a point of intersection between the local and the global, cutting-edge practices and age-old traditions, humans and other species. At PAiR, new meanings emerge in creative experiments and interdisciplinary knowledge-sharing. PAiR is also a cultural destination in the coastal resort town of Pāvilosta that provides locals and visitors alike with an invigorating experience of contemporary art in an unconventional setting. By hosting a rich programme of events and workshops, PAiR seeks to help contemporary creation find its way into the hearts of as many people as possible. Visit the PAiR website to find out more about the residency.

Location

PAiR is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea in Pāvilosta. The 500 km long coast has played a significant role in the geography, politics and culture of Latvia and has influenced both local occupations and culture. PAiR is situated on the edge of the Grey Dune nature reserve that covers 42 hectares of land and was established to protect the Latvia’s widest dune.

Location

PAiR is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea in Pāvilosta. The 500 km long coast has played a significant role in the geography, politics and culture of Latvia and has influenced both local occupations and culture. PAiR is situated on the edge of the Grey Dune nature reserve that covers 42 hectares of land and was established to protect the Latvia’s widest dune.

Location

PAiR is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea in Pāvilosta. The 500 km long coast has played a significant role in the geography, politics and culture of Latvia and has influenced both local occupations and culture. PAiR is situated on the edge of the Grey Dune nature reserve that covers 42 hectares of land and was established to protect the Latvia’s widest dune.

Building

The residency is located in a historical wooden house, built in 1901, and completely renovated and refurbished in 2021. PAiR residency offers rooms and resources for artists, writers, researchers and other creative professionals in various fields for experimentation, research and professional development. It houses four individual rooms for residence, two studios for creative work, a library, an art gallery, and a weaving studio, where the local weavers of Pāvilosta work. Each individual room of the residents is equipped with amenities, en suite bathroom, and there is a shared kitchen and separate dining room with a common table. The residency features artworks from the collection of VV Foundation.

The artwork of Katja Novitskova is on public display on the north facade of the building. The works of Otto Holgers-Ozolins and Kristians Fukss are located next to the Residency building.

 

 

Application and Processing of Applications

There are several open calls each year – one of the places in the residency is reserved for a resident of Latvia, while the other three are intended for individual professional artists, writers, translators, curators and critics of all disciplines and all nationalities for the purpose of realizing a project proposal presented in advance.

Applications are processed by the team of the VV Foundation in collaboration with experts in the field or sub-discipline under which the application has been submitted.