Research Residency — Open Call & Program Overview (ILR-O01-S)

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Overview

This procedural research residency focuses on the investigation of existing works through diagramming, toolbox construction, discussion, workshops, symposiums, reading groups, publication, and exhibition development.

Participants enter the residency with an existing object and develop methods for investigating its tensions, limitations, structures, questions, and possibilities. The residency is organized around sustained engagement with the object rather than the production of predetermined outcomes.

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Choosing an Object

The object may be a text, artwork, research project, manuscript, publication, design project, exhibition, archive, film, or another body of work that already exists.

Participants are encouraged to bring an object they care about and have already invested significant attention in.

The object should not be approached as a project seeking validation, promotion, ideological advocacy, or competitive evaluation. The residency is a practice of investigation rather than a platform for proving positions.

Participants are encouraged to enter with curiosity, openness, and a willingness to continue learning from the object.

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Residency Profile & Participation

The residency is part of a broader network of researchers, artists, writers, philosophers, designers, independent scholars, and practitioners developed through previous residencies, exhibitions, publications, workshops, and research initiatives.

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Residents receive:

• Participation in the residency cohort
• Access to workshops, reading groups, discussions, and residency sessions
• Access to symposium presentations by invited researchers, artists, writers, and philosophers
• Inclusion in the Group Show
• Eligibility to participate in the final exhibition within the broader Intelligence–Love–Revolution exhibition framework
• A resident profile within the residency network
• Opportunities for publication, archival inclusion, and research documentation
• Access to the broader network of residents, researchers, collaborators, instructors, and affiliated participants
• Access to future public programs, workshops, reading groups, symposiums, exhibitions, and related activities when available
• Inclusion in residency communications, announcements, and mailing lists
• Connection to the broader activities of Foreign Objekt, the Post-Human School, the Post-Human Art Network, and affiliated research, publishing, and exhibition initiatives

Additional Information

• The current residency cycle runs for approximately three months.
• The residency forms part of a longer-term research environment and resident network extending beyond a single cycle.
• Participation does not require engagement with every activity. Residents are encouraged to focus on the aspects of the program most relevant to their work and investigations.
• The broader network includes more than 200 residents, participants, collaborators, instructors, researchers, artists, writers, and affiliated practitioners across previous programs and initiatives.

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Additional Information

• The current residency cycle runs for approximately three months.

• Object01 is part of a longer-term research environment and resident network extending beyond a single residency cycle.

• Participation in the residency does not require participation in every activity. Residents are encouraged to engage with the aspects of the program most relevant to their work and investigations.

• The broader residency network includes more than 200 residents, participants, collaborators, instructors, researchers, artists, writers, and affiliated practitioners across previous programs and initiatives.

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Communication

The program is designed around scheduled sessions, written materials, and project development.

Participants are expected to review program documentation before contacting organizers with administrative questions. Most procedural, scheduling, and participation questions are addressed within the program materials.

Additional information may be added throughout the program.

 

Workshops and Symposium

The first half of the program operates as the workshop phase. Sepideh Majidi introduces the core operations and develops them each week, while the workshop continues through sessions with Eavan Aiken, Lara Geary, and Mao Sagur, alongside presentations of participants’ own work.

This phase builds toward the Group Show at the midpoint, where participants present the current state of their investigations for discussion and feedback.

After the midpoint, the program moves into the symposium phase: study groups with Alexander Wilson, David Roden, Sepideh Majidi, Borna Radnik, and Danielle Knafo, each focused on their own texts and research. Sessions examine specific publications, projects, methods, and ongoing investigations.

Participants are expected to engage in reading group discussions and to treat every presenter’s work with respect and proper attribution.

The program concludes with final presentations and exhibition preparation, leading into the exhibition within the broader Intelligence–Love–Revolution framework.

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Group Show-August 22, 2026Group Show Opening

The Group Show sits at the intersection of the workshop and symposium phases. Participants present the current state of their investigations—project pages, diagrams, toolbox materials, research notes, archives, and ongoing work—for discussion and feedback.

Foreign Objekt, the Post-Human Art Network, and the Post-Human School of Philosophy also present diagrams.

The Group Show is not a final exhibition. Materials developed here continue into publications, archives, documentation, and the final exhibition.

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Exhibition

The final exhibition takes place within the broader Intelligence–Love–Revolution exhibition framework.

Program materials may appear as a dedicated section within the larger exhibition environment.

Participants may contribute diagrams, publications, archives, blog posts, films, research documentation, toolbox materials, object investigations, exhibition projects, and related works.

Participants are not required to produce a finalized exhibition object. Different forms of contribution are encouraged depending on the needs of the project.

The exhibition serves as a presentation space, archive, publication environment, and point of connection between current participants, previous participants, invited guests, and affiliated researchers.

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Certification Requirements 

Participants are eligible for the Advanced Research Certificate (ARC) from the Post-Human School, with the program serving as the research basis for the certificate.

Participants are expected to maintain active engagement throughout the program and contribute to the collective investigative field.

Required Participation

• Active participation in sessions, workshops, discussions, reading groups, symposiums, presentations, and related activities.

• Consistent engagement with the development and investigation of the selected object throughout the program.

• Participation in collective exchanges, feedback sessions, and procedural discussions with other participants.

Required Deliverables

• Development of diagrams, mappings, annotations, toolboxes, or other procedural materials related to the object under investigation.

• At least one published blog post, research note, reflection, or procedural report documenting aspects of the investigation.

• Submission of materials for archiving within the program archive.

• Participation in the final exhibition and public presentation of the object and its procedural development.

• Submission of final documentation following the exhibition, including revisions, diagrams, presentation materials, and any resulting publications, research outputs, or artifacts.

The final presentation should demonstrate the development and transformation of the object throughout the program and include supporting textual, visual, diagrammatic, or procedural materials where appropriate.

All archived materials must include proper attribution and authorship information in accordance with the program methodology.

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Program Information

This is an independent research and educational program. At present, there is no dedicated budget associated with participation. Workshops, symposiums, reading groups, presentations, exhibitions, publications, and related activities are organized through independent collaboration and volunteer contributions.

All activities are currently conducted online, including workshops, symposiums, reading groups, presentations, publications, archives, and exhibitions. Future in-person exhibitions, screenings, presentations, or gatherings may be developed as opportunities emerge, but participation should be understood as online at this stage.

Participants become part of a broader network of researchers, artists, writers, philosophers, designers, independent scholars, and practitioners and may attend public programs, exhibitions, presentations, reading groups, and related activities when available.

The cohort represents one part of a larger network developed through previous programs, exhibitions, research initiatives, publications, and educational activities. Participants may encounter previous participants, invited speakers, instructors, collaborators, and affiliated researchers throughout the duration of the program.

The purpose of this network is not to establish hierarchy or competition between participants. It exists as a shared environment for research, discussion, publication, exhibition, education, and ongoing investigation.

Participation does not require engagement with every activity. Participants are encouraged to focus on the aspects of the program most relevant to their objects, investigations, and areas of interest.

 

FAQ

Who can apply?

Researchers, artists, writers, philosophers, designers, independent scholars, students, and practitioners working with an existing object.

Do I need a completed work?

No. The object should already exist, but it may be ongoing, unfinished, published, unpublished, or under development.

Do I need to produce a final exhibition?

No. Participants may contribute through publications, blog posts, diagrams, archives, research documentation, presentations, films, exhibitions, or other formats.

Can collaborative projects apply?

Yes. Collaborative projects are welcome. All collaborators should be identified during the application process.

How much time is expected?

The residency is designed around scheduled sessions and independent project development. Participants are encouraged to engage consistently with their objects throughout the duration of the program.

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July 11–12, 2026
Sepideh Majidi
• Introduction

July 26, 2026
Sepideh Majidi
• Diagramming and Toolbox Development- 30 Minutes
Eavan Aiken
• Workshop - 2 Hours
• Presentations and Discussion

August 2, 2026
Sepideh Majidi
• Diagramming and Toolbox Development
Lara Geary
• Workshop
• Presentations and Discussion

August 9, 2026
Sepideh Majidi
• Diagramming and Toolbox Development
Mao Sagur
• Reading Group
• Presentations and Discussion

August 15-16, 2026
Group Show Opening
• Resident Presentations
• Diagrams and Toolbox Development

August 23, 2026
Alexander Wilson
• Study Group
• Discussion of Original Texts and Research

August 30, 2026
David Roden
• Study Group
• Discussion of Original Texts and Research

September 6, 2026
Sepideh Majidi
• Study Group
• Discussion of Original Texts and Research

September 13, 2026
Borna Radnik
• Study Group
• Discussion of Original Texts and Research

September 19, 2026
Danielle Knafo
• Study Group
• Discussion of Original Texts and Research

September 27, 2026
Final Resident Presentations

September 28, 2026
Exhibition Opening
Intelligence–Love–Revolution / Object01

Public study groups focus on the original texts, publications, research projects, methodologies, and ongoing investigations of the invited speakers.