Welcome to Faberllull
Faberllull is a network of residencies for the arts, sciences and humanities located in the cites of Olot (Catalonia), La Massana (Andorra) and Palma de Mallorca ( Balearic Islands) managed by the Institut Ramon Llull in collaboration with Olot's town council, the Government of Andorra, the Government of Balearic Islands, and Palma's town council
It is a place for professionals from the fields of the arts, sciences or humanities (writers, translators, artists of diverse disciplines, scholars and scientists and so on) come to work on their personal projects for a time. To this end, Faberllull offers two types of residencies:
On the one hand, thematic residencies programmed throughout the year, during which professionals from the fields of the arts, sciences or humanities can come to work and share experiences with other residents for a few days. During their stay, the residents will collaborate in different kinds of activities directed at students, professionals or the general public. The activities will be carried out in accordance with a project, taking into account previous demands and necessities. We provide a space for stay, to work and exchange. We are very respectful of each resident’s time and project process. Even so, it is not a place of retreat where to isolate oneself from others; we want residents to be able to learn from each other and to have exchanges during return activities as well. The profile of residents that we are looking for is of people who need a space and time for productive work, people who want to share their project with other residents and create a friendly and supportive community.
On the other hand, individual residencies that all professionals from the Arts, Sciences or Humanities fields can apply to come and work on their professional projects for a few days.
People who are interested in some of these residencies can read more about them on Candidates.
Faberllull is a partner of Resartis, a Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies, whose objective is to support and connect residencies, engage and advocate the importance of residencies in today’s society, and provide recommendations towards cultural mobility research and policy.
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What residents are saying about us
Translator and University professor
DORA BAKUCZ
The experience of the time I spent in Olot, at Faber, with the Mireia Calafell translators, was absolutely first-rate. Meeting people who work in the same thing you do is always rewarding in itself, but a group consciousness does not always develop, ...
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Translator, university lecturer, PhD researcher
GUILLERMO ÁLVAREZ SELLÁN
After working on Mireia's poems for months, the opportunity to spend time with the poet herself, to have the great fortune and delight of hearing her recite in an intimate circle, to chat and exchange views on her work and to clarify specific translation ...
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Writer
ITXARO BORDA
I spent five wonderful days at Faberllull residency in Olot, with Unai, Nathalie, Misia, Dora, Martha, Ilaria, Helena and Guillermo. I've learned a great deal, in an unparalleled setting. We explored the work of translation and the Catalan poetry ...
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Translator
NATHALIE BITTOUN-DEBRUYNE
Days of Translation and Literature It's not easy to summarise the full experience we had in Olot thanks to the Faberllull initiative of assembling nine translators of Mireia Calafell's poetry to work together for a week. In a hugely ...
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Actor, director, playwright and theatre teacher
DAVID MARTÍNEZ
AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONTRASTS Having the opportunity to be in a place alone, where you can focus on the creative act, is a highly necessary and unusual situation. I went with many ideas to explore in the realm of stage writing. As mine was a work ...
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Freelance reporter and writer
ULA IDZIKOWSKA
My time at the Polish-Catalan residency at Faberllull was both grounding and generative. It offered a rare space for focused creative work, honest dialogue, and genuine human connection. The carefully curated balance between individual time and collective ...
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