Residency,

We offer a space to break silos, build new bridges and form unlikely alliances.

Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Ammersee, the SOAM Residency offers a place for change agents to refine their practice, collaborate with their peers, and evolve together. Our program is uniquely designed to offer a blend of time, space, and community, enabling residents to pursue independent projects while forming meaningful connections with their peers.

 

The Residency Program welcomes both established practitioners and emerging pioneers at the forefront of social, technological, and ecological transformations. Each year, the program is centered around a theme dedicated to exploring a key aspect of stewarding radical systemic change.

 

 

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Open Calls,

How might we reimagine the institutions that fund technology for the common good?

RE:FUND OUR DIGITAL FUTURE: REIMAGINING FUNDING ARCHITECTURES FOR PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY

Join us in (re-)imagining how technology gets funded. In partnership with the TUM Think Tank, the SOAM Residency invites residents to design speculative institutional prototypes that rethink how we fund, scale, and maintain technology in the public interest.

From  June until September 2025, our hybrid program brings together 5-10 interdisciplinary residents through offline and online experiences.

Today’s dominant funding models—venture capital, ad-tech, data extraction—are failing to serve the common good. If tech is to support democracy, equity, and planetary well-being, we must rethink the financial and economic architectures that decide what gets built, who owns it, and how its benefits are distributed.

The SOAM Residency is an institutional imaginarium—a collaborative space to prototype funding models that (re-)align tech ecosystems with public benefit5

In 2025, SOAM seeks insititutional visionaries from all disciplines, including but not limited to artists, technologists, researchers, funders, and policymakers eager to explore the intersection of institutional design, funding, and .

Candidates may apply as an individual or collectives.

Application Deadline: Friday, 23rd of May (23:59 CET)

Please carefully read our application guidelines and FAQ before applying.

OPEN CALL SOAM 2025 → (LINK TO DOCUMENT)

APPLICATION FORM → (LINK TO FORM)

FAQ → (LINK TO PDF)

Facilities

Residents benefit from a spacious studio with stunning architecture to tap into the full potential of their creativity. The studio has 150 sqm, with a fully equipped kitchen, a bedroom and bathroom, and a modular workspace that can be adjusted to the residents’ needs. Residents enjoy free access to all wifi, screens, workshop tools, creative supplies and other useful equipment. Situated in a vast garden, the site offers private access to the lake and a beautiful view of the bordering Alps.

Curry Park 4, 86911, Dießen am Ammersee, Germany
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Image source: Stefan Müller-Naumann