Blast Theory’s Residency Programme has supported a fantastic array of over 80 artists, makers, thinkers and writers at our studios in Portslade, Brighton: from young makers to people much further along in their career, from local to international practitioners. We built lasting friendships with many of them. 

Sadly, after 13 years, we have decided to close the programme. Our model was based on self-financing with each artist paying towards their stay but this always excluded those on low incomes. Funders did not agree that this was a priority that needed addressing and so we feel it is no longer sustainable for Blast Theory or for resident artists.    

Over the years Blast Theory residents have organised talks and walks and tests and games; takeovers of the building, of the streets, on the Downs and online. They have worked on a dog cam, an aroma workshop, a medicament for a predicament, a sound glove work, an iPad installation, GIF projections, a VR live mashup, future imaginary signs in cities, a game about the probation system, crazy golf, a work about conservation and the history of bark cloth, a series of talks about chronic illness and organ transplants, to name only a few.

We are so grateful to all our resident artists for the joy and inspiration you’ve brought to Blast Theory.   

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