{"id":22419,"date":"2026-04-01T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finncult.be\/?p=22419"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:56:07","slug":"zoop-residency-buitenplaats-brienenoord-nieuwe-instituut-and-finnish-cultural-institute-for-the-benelux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finncult.be\/fi\/zoop-residency-buitenplaats-brienenoord-nieuwe-instituut-and-finnish-cultural-institute-for-the-benelux\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Call: Zo\u00f6p Connections residency with Buitenplaats Brienenoord, Nieuwe Instituut and Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buitenplaats Brienenoord<\/a> and Nieuwe Instituut<\/a> in collaboration with the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux invite applications from Finnish and\/or Finland-based artists, artistic researchers and creative practitioners for a 4-week residency in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

This residency is part of Zo\u00f6p Connections<\/a><\/em>, a networked knowledge exchange programme connecting Dutch Zo\u00f6ps and European cultural institutes, realised by EUNIC Netherlands<\/a> in coordination with DutchCulture<\/a> and supported by the EUNIC Global<\/a> Cluster Fund. Taking place within the Zo\u00f6p framework developed by the Zo\u00f6nomic Institute<\/a>, the programme creates one-month residencies in 2026 for artists, thinkers and practitioners from across Europe to learn from, live with, and work within living ecosystems. It prioritises process, learning and shared inquiry over predefined outcomes, and is centred on co-creation, care, listening and reciprocity.<\/p>\n

Residency:<\/strong> 1.9\u201330.9.2026
\nDeadline for applications:<\/strong> 30.4.2026 at 23:59 CET!<\/p>\n

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What is a Zo\u00f6p?<\/h2>\n

A Zo\u00f6p is an organisation that actively represents the interests of other-than-human life in its decision making processes. Zo\u00f6ps consider themselves participants in ecosystems, and work towards restoring their health. Both Buitenplaats Brienenoord and Nieuwe Instituut are Zo\u00f6ps. As a resident, you will work from within this practice, living on an island facing major urban changes and you will engage directly with the people and processes that make ecological thinking central to how these organisations operate.
\nLearn more about the Zo\u00f6p model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rotterdam: the Zo\u00f6p residency’s home<\/h2>\n

Buitenplaats Brienenoord is located on a 20-acre island at the edge of Rotterdam, one of Europe’s largest port cities and a frontrunner in urban sustainability and water management. The site itself is a nature reserve and cultural destination, situated where the city’s industrial and living ecologies meet. The municipality of Rotterdam wants to add thousands of new homes while also expanding its green spaces. Right next to Buitenplaats Brienenoord, this tension is becoming very concrete: in the coming years, a new tidal park of 15 acres and a new neighbourhood of 4500 homes will be built directly adjacent to the island.<\/p>\n

The residency will explore what it would look like if these developments were guided by Zo\u00f6p principles \u2014 not just adding green to an urban environment, but asking how humans can act as beneficial participants of the ecosystems they are shaping. How can we participate meaningfully in an ecosystem?<\/p>\n

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Who we are looking for:<\/h2>\n

Residents in Zoop Connections may be creative professionals of many kinds; designers, researchers, educators, writers, technologists or other practitioners. What matters is shared purpose: the ability to work experimentally, collaboratively and reflectively.<\/p>\n

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Selection criteria:<\/h3>\n