Terre Altre is an artist residency programme dedicated to the moving image and video production in all its forms (cinema, documentary, video art, audiovisual installation).

Organised by the Municipality of Subbiano in collaboration with CasermArcheologica and Ideatica, the project takes place across the Casentino, Valtiberina, the Tuscan Apennines and Arezzo.

The artist residency is funded by the PR FSE+ Toscana 2021/27 programme and forms part of Giovanisì (www.giovanisi.it), the Tuscany Region’s project for youth independence. (Public notice approved by executive decree no. 28520 of 20 December 2024).

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QUICK INFO

The call is seeking:

• 10 artists
• 2 curators
• aged 18–35
• not currently in employment
• with a secondary school leaving certificate

Selection will be based on an assessment of portfolios and project proposals.

The call is open to Italian and international applicants with a basic knowledge of Italian

ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ITALIAN

Deadline

Applications open from 13 April to 22 May 2026

What the residency offers

Duration: 6 months (October 2026 – May 2027)

Monthly stipend: €500 for 6 months

Free shared accommodation

Access to workspaces and technical equipment

Mentorship and individual tutoring

Final exhibition and public festival

The residency is divided into three phases in Sansepolcro, Arezzo and Subbiano.

Among the tutors

Tommaso Arosio / Daniele Baggiani / Marta Bianchi / Marco Burchini / Michele Castelli / Vincenzo Estremo / Roberto Fassone / Bernardo Follini / Valentina Furian / Florian Kofler / Ilaria Mancia / Valeria Mancinelli / Fernando Maraghini / Maria Erica Pacileo / Ilaria Margutti / Marco Pettenello / Marco Teoni / Destination Makers / Andrea Bassi / Damiano Brué / Francesco Fedeli / Denis Ludovico Maria Gonzaga / Lucio Lepri / Associazione Creatori di Suoni / Samuele Valente

Themes

Terre Altre was created to construct contemporary cultural narratives through moving images, capable of telling the story of the Tuscan Apennines, between Casentino and Valtiberina – a region characterised by a rich historical heritage, vast forested landscapes, and local communities shaped by the contemporary transformations of Italy’s rural areas. The languages of cinema, documentary and time-based art are not viewed as separate categories, but as open and interconnected fields that influence and intersect with one another. 

The project aims to foster a dialogue between contemporary artistic practices and local contexts that lie on the fringes of the mainstream cultural scene, highlighting these lesser-known areas as spaces for research, connection and artistic creation. The residencies are aimed at young artists who express themselves through the practices of the moving image as tools for investigation, listening and the construction of imaginaries and relationships, establishing a dialogue with the territory, with nature, with the inhabitants—long-standing residents, returnees and new citizens—bringing to light traditions, contradictions, lines of continuity and fractures, thus treating the context not merely as narrative material but as an interlocutor. It is not a question of representing the place, but of working with it; marginality is not the periphery but a critical position; the landscape is not a backdrop, but a field of tension; it is political infrastructure, a living archive, an ecological device.

Who it is aimed at

Artists, filmmakers, video artists, directors and curators interested in developing works involving moving images (short films, documentaries, video art, experimental films, installations).

Requirements:

• willingness to reside in the area for the entire duration of the programme
• active participation in public activities
• ability to work collaboratively
• interest in participatory and inclusive practices

Final output

Each participant will create an original work to be presented at:

• An installation exhibition at CasermArcheologica
• A public festival in the municipality of Subbiano

For enquiries and further information, interested parties may write to casermarcheologica@gmail.com