The purpose of the professional residencies is to provide a supportive environment for individuals or teams to develop universes, characters, narratives or works in a mixture of commercial and artistic development processes, that can become art products, intangible assets, or intellectual property (IP).
Residencies are offered as part of collaborative projects initiated by TAW's Research & Development (R&D), providing facilities and coaching, for individuals or teams to work on projects in animation, VFX, film, games, and graphic storytelling.
Residents are to a large extent expected to search, experiment, and develop at their own pace, taking their project to the next phase or into production in collaboration with R&D.