Collioure Where Light, Landscape, and Practice Converge
Set between the French Pyrenees and the Mediterranean on the Vermeille coast, Collioure brings together sea, mountains, and vineyards in a singular landscape. Its shifting light, rugged textures, and seasonal rhythms create a distinct environment that invites reflection, close observation, and immersion in place.
A Living Site of Inspiration
Long shaped by artists, craft makers, and writers across time, Collioure continues to inspire creative practice. Swedish painter Sigrid Hjertén, who stayed in the village in 1929 and created several works inspired by its landscape and atmosphere, gives the residency its name and reflects a historical connection between Swedish artistic presence and Collioure.
Building on the region’s rich creative legacy, Residence Sigrid offers womxn artists, designers, and writers based in Sweden the opportunity to engage with the site, culture, and atmosphere of Collioure. The residency creates time and space for artistic development, interdisciplinary exchange, and new forms of creative inquiry inspired by the Mediterranean context.
Slowness as Method
Removed from urban intensity, Collioure invites a slower rhythm where attention can unfold over time. Walking, observing, and engaging with local crafts, landscapes, and everyday life become integral to the creative process, allowing daily life, artistic research, and production to intertwine. In this context, slowness becomes not simply a condition, but a method for deeper reflection and artistic inquiry.
A Site for Research, Open to the World
At the intersection of French and Catalan cultures, Collioure offers a layered and rich context for reflection, dialogue, and exchange. Within Residence Sigrid, the village acts as an active counterpart, where the landscape and community inform the work while connecting local specificity to broader international practices.
The House and the Casot
Each resident is offered an individual 45m² fully furnished, two-floor house, located side by side in Le Miradou, a historic artists’ district in the center of Collioure, within a five-minute walk of the sea and local shops. A separate 16m² studio space for the artist or designer supports focused artistic work, alongside access to possible local materials, tools, and collaborations.
The residency also includes a casot - a traditionally built stone vineyard shelter overlooking sea and mountains - offering a place for solitude and extended engagement with the surrounding landscape. The host remains nearby throughout the residency period to support the residents’ immersion and comfort.