To apply for the PRIM | DAZIBAO residency, you must:

• Be an artist or artists’ collective creating works independently;
• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. In the case of a collective, at least one member must meet this requirement.

PRIM and Dazibao invite emerging, mid-career and established artists to submit a project. In an effort to support diversity and inclusion, PRIM encourages proposals from artists who identify as members of a minority

Assistance granted

By PRIM

• $12,000* worth of access to all shooting equipment and the video and audio postproduction studios and rooms for two years
• $1,000* for audio and/or video training and support
• Project guidance and technical support

* Calculated at the non-member rate, non-transferable or redeemable for cash

By Dazibao

• Presentation of the work as part of our regular programming for the following two years after the result annoncement*
• Guidance throughout the project’s development, production of discussion material around the artist’s practice as well as logistical and promotional supervision

* The fees paid by Dazibao follow CARFAC recommendations.

General eligibility rules

An unlimited number of separate applications per application period and per artist are eligible.

There is no limit as to the number of times a project may be submitted in the event it is rejected for a previous application period.

Eligible projects

All proposals for producing independent media works in any artistic practice using sound or moving image are eligible.

Note: Projects that are part of a school curriculum are not eligible.

Eligible costs

PRIM’s support under this program takes the form of free access* ** to equipment for the following services:

• Sound and image capture (shooting)
• Sound recording
• Sound editing and exploration
• Image editing and finishing
• Colorization
• Sound mixing (cinema and music)
• Digitization, transfer and DCP creation
• Virtual reality

* Maximum value of $12,000 calculated at the non-member rate

** PRIM support applies if the artist uses the facilities alone or with a PRIM technician (if available). If the artist wishes to work with an outside technician, the member rate applies and PRIM support is limited to 50%.

Non-eligible costs

The following expenses are not eligible:

• Technicians’ fees
• Distribution media and supplies
• Travel and accommodation costs, if applicable

How to apply

To apply, you must complete the online application form and provide the following documents:

• Artist statement (maximum 250 words)
• Project description (maximum 500 words)
• Links to audio or video works or documentation (15 min max in total, Vimeo or other)
• Other pertinent supporting documentation (still images, sketches, scripts, etc., up to 20 files, jpeg, pdf, png, maximum 1 MB each)
• Descriptive list of materials and instructions for viewing videos (pdf, maximum 1 MB)
• Completed form, listing technical requirements and estimated budget (download form document here)
• CV (pdf, maximum 1 MB)

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Evaluation process

Applications are first evaluated by the person in charge of the program at Dazibao based on the program’s eligibility conditions.

Eligible applications are then evaluated by a committee made up of representatives from both organizations.

The committee evaluates on merit based on the evaluation criteria of the program. At the end of the evaluation, the jury members decide whether to award the residency. The decisions are final and without appeal

Evaluation criteria

The projects are evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Innovative nature of the proposal
• Subject’ relevance in the context of current image-based practices
• Adequacy between the contents developed and the technologies used

Ethics

Jury members must follow PRIM’s Jury Member Professional Ethics Code and the Conflict of Interest rules as well as Dazibao’s codes and policies.

Response time

Dazibao will notify you of the jury’s decision no later than four months after the program’s deadline.

Due to the high number of proposals we receive, only artists whose projects have been accepted will be contacted. We are aware that preparing a proposal requires considerable work, and we are grateful to all the artists who share their research with us.

Artists’ obligations

To benefit from the PRIM | Dazibao Residency recipients must become PRIM members, and complete their project within two years of the results announcement date.

Recipients

The previous recipients of the PRIM | Dazibao Residency are:

Anouk Verviers (2024-2025)
Lisa Lipton (2022-2023)
Abbas Akhavan (2021-2022)
Zinnia Naqvi (2020-2021)
Anne-Renée Hotte (2019-2020)
Omar Elhamy et Casper Wolski (2017-2018)
Maryse Goudreau (2016-2017)
Roberto Santaguida (2015-2016)
Léna Mill-Reuillard (2014-2015)
Scott Massey (2013-2014)
Lorna Bauer et Jon Knowles (2012-2013)
Steve Bates (2011-2012)
Frédéric Lavoie (2010-2011)
Michel Campeau (2010-2011)
Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay (2009-2010)
Sophie Bélair Clément (2008-2009)
Charles Stankievech (2007-2008)
Romeo Gongora (2006-2007)
Chih-Chien Wang (2005-2006)