Open call for art critic/curator residencies In 2015, thankyouforcoming launched ACROSS, a curatorial and art critic's residency program run from Nice. 18 international professionals have successfully taken part of the program so far. ACROSS is a research and prospecting project, collaborative and experimental, which aims to: Introduce residents to the local artistic scenes and their territories, Enable the hosts to meet the cultural operators and visit the highlights of the area as well as its alternative scenes, Invite to reflect on and offer innovative critical approaches to projects developed in Nice and suburb, as well as in the associated towns (Mouans-Sartoux, Antibes, Cannes, Vence, Monaco etc), Counter-balance the logic of centralisation and rebalance the power relations between Paris and the French provinces, centre and suburbs, local and global, national and international, Devise a new operational tool for research, prospection and transmission through the mobility of its actors, Provide a framework allowing for the mobility of curators and critics, and make it visible, Offer the possibility to frame a specific work or deepen a line of research, Create opportunities for meetings, initiate and enable an environment for exchanges and discussions to foster common experiments