The underlining idea for expanding the work and activities of the Association is to launch the Artist-in-residence programme and thus enhance SULUV’s activities and facilitate intensified communication with artists from other areas . The Artist-in-residence programme allows the process of integration of artists with the local environment and provides the opportunity for establishing connections with individuals and institutions that operate in the field of contemporary art. During their stay, guest artists have the opportunity to meet, analyse and intervene in the local context of the city’s cultural scene, which will contribute to the creation of new experiences and to merging their authentic work with contemporary universal values of the local environment. The development idea of the programme is: networking of multimedia artists; regional and international integration; development and strengthening the capacity of the artistic community; establishing collaboration between associations and organisations; initiating intercultural dialogues; research and experimentation in the field of multimedia forms; development of thematic contents and concepts; activation of the new or alternative, as well as the existing exhibition spaces; guest appearances by artists and presentation of works of art by individual authors and groups.