Creative Ecology Residency 2027

This residency explores the role of creativity as an ‘ecological power’ and as a way for us to connect with oceans, islands and marine life.

The Creative Ecology Residency invites you into a fluid world – a voyage where we move between land and sea until we stop perceiving a binary. Our most interdisciplinary programme, we will explore creativity both as a means of survival in the natural world, and as a bridge between our realm and the more than human world. The residency will offer two groups the space to explore themes related to ecology, fluidity, and our imaginative relationship with other life forms.

‘On becoming Fluid: The Liminal Zone‘

As a place shifting between sea and land, there are barely any ecosystems with such a creative understanding of life as the intertidal zone. In rhythm with the tides that suggest another temporality, challenging day and night structures, you will be invited to observe, listen, feel and slowly approach one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on this planet – a multi-species habitat that carries the story of walking, drifting and swimming organisms. Within a weeks’ timeframe we will become fluid – and when we leave, the sea will follow us back; in the form of rain, in our cups of tea, in the plants we eat as food, within our bodies as the space between cells.

The residency will be led by Seraina Grupp, a trans-disciplinary artist with a social practice in art and food, focusing on current struggles and crisis through the social lens of food and environments

Dates: 

Week 1, 22nd – 28th May 2027, Oban – Oban,

Week 2, 29th May – 4th June 2027, Oban – Mallaig

You are welcome to apply for one or both weeks.

Application Process: We ask applicants to submit a brief introduction to their work and their motivation for applying for the residency, including relevant themes in their work and how taking part will be beneficial for their practice. Applications should be sent to info@sailbritain.org, subject – Creative Ecology Residency Application + [your name]

The deadline for applications is Friday 29th January 2027, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Full application details and more information can be found on the residency webpage. We look forward to hearing from you!