Rajapalayam is developing the Carbon Neutral Rajapalayam initiative, which includes waste management and the creative reuse of local resources. This residency invites three creative practitioners to explore what can begin from the materials, waste and resources in and around Rajapalayam.
There is no set product or technique. You observe the local context, experiment with materials and develop your own ideas. The outcome may be a prototype, product, material experiment, process or another suitable form. You do not need a finished project proposal.
5 November 2026
Thursday, 23:59 IST
By 30 November 2026
27 January – 16 February 2027 (arrival 26 January; final sharing 15 February)
Week 1: Orientation & exploration
Week 2: Experimentation & making
Week 3: Refinement & final sharing
5 November 2026
Thursday, 23:59 IST
By 30 November 2026
27 January – 16 February 2027 (arrival 26 January; final sharing 15 February)
Week 1: Orientation & exploration
Week 2: Experimentation & making
Week 3: Refinement & final sharing
Click Apply now and fill in the form (about 10 minutes). You will need:
Applications are reviewed by the programme team, including the Creative Director, based on your practice, curiosity, interest in materials and place, and ability to work independently.
Carbon Neutral Rajapalayam · Programme management: Ramco Community Services
Creative Director:
Ok Jeong Lee,
OK Upcycling Studio
Artist and former fashion designer based in Auroville, India, and director of OK Upcycling Studio, exploring waste materials through art, design and making. For this residency, she provides creative direction and supports participants in developing ideas from local waste and resources.
Click Apply now and fill in the form (about 10 minutes). You will need:
Each participant contributes one work to Rajapalayam, helping local ideas, materials and creativity reach a wider community.
Each participant donates one work created during the residency to Rajapalayam. Rajapalayam owns the donated work and its design, and may produce and sell products based on it, on the condition that the creator's name is shown on the product.
Photographs and documentation of the residency may be used to share the programme, with credit to the participant.
Other work and ideas developed during the residency remain with the participant
Each participant donates one work created during the residency to Rajapalayam. Rajapalayam owns the donated work and its design, and may produce and sell products based on it, on the condition that the creator's name is shown on the product.
Photographs and documentation of the residency may be used to share the programme, with credit to the participant.
Other work and ideas developed during the residency remain with the participant.
Applications are reviewed by the programme team, including the Creative Director,
based on your practice, curiosity, interest in materials and place, and ability to work independently.
Carbon Neutral Rajapalayam
Ramco Community Services
OK Upcycling Studio, Auroville
Ok Upcycling Studio
Artist and former fashion designer based in Auroville, India, and director of OK Upcycling Studio, exploring waste materials through art, design and making. For this residency, she provides creative direction and supports participants in developing ideas from local waste and resources.
Creative Director
Artist and former fashion designer based in Auroville, India, and director of OK Upcycling Studio, exploring waste materials through art, design and making. For this residency, she provides creative direction and supports participants in developing ideas from local waste and resources.
Carbon Neutral Rajapalayam
Ramco Community Services
OK Upcycling Studio, Auroville
Creating New Possibilities
Rajapalayam is developing the Carbon Neutral Rajapalayam initiative, which includes waste management and the creative reuse of local resources. This residency invites three creative practitioners to explore what can begin from the materials, waste and resources in and around Rajapalayam.
There is no set product or technique. You observe the local context, experiment with materials and develop your own ideas. The outcome may be a prototype, product, material experiment, process or another suitable form. You do not need a finished project proposal.
