The following open calls are supported by the alliance with researcher Susana Vargas Mejia and the New Frontiers in Research Fund from the Government of Canada. With national and international open calls, and partnerships with universities, the Center will be a dedicated platform for artists, museum professionals, academics, students, and independent investigators to explore art and its role in society and actively participate in the creation of knowledge around the museum’s collection, archive, and exhibition program.

Under this agreement, the Research Center will focus on three main areas:

• Research on the collection, photographic archive, and exhibitions developed by the museum.
• Residencies and fellowships for thinkers and researchers from various disciplines to interact with the Bogota Museum of Modern Art as a center for research, co-creation, and dialogue.
• Knowledge and co-creation spaces with academic activities such as research workshops in collaboration with universities, aimed at promoting knowledge and developing research in a practical and real-world environment.

• Each residency lasted from 3 to 4 months, offering flexibility for residents to adjust their schedules and complete their projects. The first edition began in August and extended until November 2024, during which residents developed their research-creation projects, encompassing processes of exploration, experimentation, and production.
• Participants received a grant of 3,000,000 COP for their research-creation, sponsored by the New Frontiers in Research Fund of the Government of Canada in collaboration with Susana Vargas-Mejía.
• The residencies focused on using the MAMBO Collection and/or the exhibition program as a primary resource for research and its relationship with digital tools/media.
• The first edition offered the following residencies: digital, research, and curating.
• The call for applications for the residencies was open from July 8 to 19, 2024. A total of 184 applications and proposals were received from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela, from undergraduate and graduate students, artists, art historians, writers, designers, audiovisual creators, journalists, social communicators, anthropologists, philosophers, educators, curators, architects, musicians, sociologists, political scientists, archaeologists, conservators, and cultural managers.
• The jury for the first edition of the residency call consisted of Eugenio Viola, Artistic Director of the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá; Juaniko Moreno, Curator of MAMBO; Susana Vargas-Mejía, Coordinator of the MAMBO Research Center; and Elly Yazdanpanah, Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of British Columbia (Canada), whose practice explores cultural identity, museum practices, and public art.

This residency is aimed at graduate and recent graduate students interested in curatorial practices and museum studies, who seek to enhance their skills through active participation with MAMBO’s Curatorial Department, with a focus on digital practices.

Susana Vargas-Mejía
Juanita Bayona
Sol Irene Caro
MAMBO Research Center is funded by the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund [NFRF-2022-00245]
Le Centre de recherche du MAMBO est financé par le Fonds Nouvelles frontières en recherche du gouvernement du Canada [NFRF-2022-00245].