On the Move

Viborg UNESCO Creative City Artist Residency Programme (Denmark)

On the Move — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:06:43 +0000

The city of Viborg, a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for Media Arts, is promoting an Artist Residency Programme for artists in the field of digital art.

Organised by PLASTIC Collective and The Animation Workshop - VIA University College (TAW), the new Artist Residency Programme of Viborg, Denmark, aims to welcome artists from all over the world to create digital art prototypes accessible to the public, spreading them throughout the most diverse locations in the city.

Starting 1 March 2024 and running over three to four months, the programme will see artists invited to join a network of international creative cities, where they will be able to explore the various fields of digital art, including animation, video mapping, apps, games and XR fields. This network will give the artists-in-residence the opportunity to work with a range of local people, and consultants and professionals from the digital arts sphere.

The artists selected to join the residency programme will be offered accommodation, financial support of 25,000 Danish kroner (around 3350€), travel support, consultancy, and a workspace within PLASTIC Collective.

Deadline: 5 January 2024

More info and apply: https://unesco.viborg.dk/media/mduhlsuz/viborgunesco_artres_opencall_20231212.pdf

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Urbane Künste Ruhr: Artist Residency, 'Healing Complex' (Germany)

On the Move — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Urbane Künste Ruhr in Bochum invites artists who are interested in working with local networks and public meeting places to take part in a three-month residency (April – June 2024) for its upcoming 2024 season. The residency is part of the Healing Complex project. Two positions will be allocated for the residency. Interested artists can apply individually or jointly; applications from collectives are also very welcome.

Since 3 June 2022, Urbane Künste Ruhr has been running the project Healing Complex (2018–ongoing) in Gelsenkirchen, which was initiated by the artist Irena Haiduk based on the model of antique building complexes that combined art and healing. Irena Haiduk’s artistic practice links the symbolic capital of the art field with real economies, which is particularly relevant in a post-industrial region such as the Ruhr area.

The residency at the Healing Complex offers the opportunity to intensively explore the project, the existing networks and the urban-social context in Gelsenkirchen Erle over a period of twelve weeks. The stay is divided into two phases: the first six weeks lend themselves to an examination of the location and offer the opportunity to use the Healing Complex for research and as a studio in order to develop a situation-specific project. This conception phase is followed by a six-week implementation period, during which the previously conceived project is to be realised on-site and addressed to a broad public.

Based on the results of the first two exhibition phases at the Healing Complex in 2022 and 2023, the guest artist residency offers the option of exploring forms of networks and testing the opening and activation of artistic institutions and urban spaces. However, the Healing Complex is just as well suited for an examination of the architecture of the modern church building, which was erected in 1963, as well as the history of the Erle district, whose origins are shaped by mining.

The guest artist residency is aimed at professionally working international and national artists and collectives who are interested in social, situational and site-specific contexts in their artistic work.

The residency offers:

A work and production residency from 2 April – 30 June 2024 with content supervision and close ties to Urbane Künste Ruhr.
A guest artist’s fee of €4500 gross.
Accommodation in Gelsenkirchen will be provided.
Costs for arrival and departure will be covered once.
Travel by public transport for research purposes can be reimbursed.
Shared use of the office space on site (Cranger Straße 338, 45891 Gelsenkirchen).

Deadline: 5 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/en/news/open-call-zu-gast-im-healing-complex

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/urbane-kunste-ruhr-artist-residency-healing-complex-germany

Nordic-Baltic Assitej Network: Open Call for Nordic-Baltic Artists for NBAN-Pitch at BIBU 2024 (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The Nordic-Baltic ASSITEJ Network (NBAN) invite performing artists/companies from the Nordic-Baltic region to present their works in a vibrant pitching-event for international programmers and potential collaborators at the Swedish Performing Arts Festival BIBU in May 2024.

NBAN pitching event:

8 artists/companies - One from each Nordic-Baltic country.
Each pitch 5 minutes, with a 1-minute turnover.
You can pitch using a presentation format of your own choice.
Followed by a mingle and networking session.

NBAN speed pitch:

8 artists/companies - one from each Nordic-Baltic country.
Each pitch 5 minutes, with a 1-minute turnover.
The format is more conversational. You can show photos and video using your own devise.

Each selected company/artist will receive a grant to cover travel, accommodation, and per diems. Only 1 person representing the company/artist will be sponsored.

Deadline: 4 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.assitej.no/nordic-baltic-assitej-network#NBAN-open-cal

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/nordic-baltic-assitej-network-open-call-nordic-baltic-artists-nban-pitch-bibu-2024-sweden

ENCC: Lights On, ‘Unlocking Sustainability: A Transformative Training for Accessible Cultural Centres’ (Poland)

On the Move — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Lights On is ENCC - European Network of Cultural Centres’ flagship training and work exchange programme for culture professionals under 35. It involves a five-day immersive training followed by a period of work exchange in a partner organisation.

The 2024 edition will look at the vital role cultural operators play in fostering environmental consciousness and weaving sustainability into the very essence of cultural institutions. By integrating ecological principles, not only can cultural centres contribute to a healthier planet, but also strengthen the social and cultural fabric of their neighbourhoods.

The training will take place in Warsaw, hosted by ENCC member Ośrodek Kultury Ochoty (OKO), a cultural institution under the patronage of the municipality. OKO is dedicated to deepening social bonds and enriching the cultural capital of the local community through a diverse range of grassroots artistic, civic, and social activities. As the host of the training, OKO embodies the fusion of culture, community and sustainability. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with an institution deeply rooted in local heritage, committed to fostering artistic expression, and dedicated to the principles of a sustainable and an eco-conscious future.

Activities calendar:

24 April 2024: Online preparatory meeting.
April 2024: Preparatory work before the training (a maximum of 4 hours in total).
13-17 May 2024: Lights On training in Warsaw, Poland.
June-October 2024: A minimum of 7 days for exchanges.
Before end November: Report and evaluation.

ENCC covers international travel only for members for the training in Warsaw, and international travel for both members and non-members for the staff exchange. Where travel is covered the standard budget is 150 – 200 EUR, rising to 300 EUR for sustainable travel.

Deadline: 31 December 2023

More info and apply: https://encc.eu/activities/events/lights-2024

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/encc-lights-unlocking-sustainability-transformative-training-accessible-cultural-centres

Roberto Cimetta Fund: Ready Steady Go! (Italy, Greece / Online)

On the Move — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:38:17 +0000

Ready Steady Go! is a 10-month learning expedition/journey welcoming 14 artists and cultural professionals from the Mediterranean.

Through immersive workshops, online capacity building sessions and international gatherings, Ready Steady Go! aims to support artists and cultural professionals to identify and apply for mobility funding and support schemes and to increase their access to the international scene.

Ready Steady Go! includes a series of activities to increase participants’ access to the international scene in order to develop their career:

3 online capacity development sessions.
A 4-day workshop in Italy.
A 4-day final meeting in Greece.

Aiming at promoting inclusive mobility, this call for applications is dedicated to artists and cultural professionals interested in developing a project that includes an international mobility within and outside their region, offering a space for debate and practical tools.

Eligibility criteria:

The application must be submitted by individuals (not by organisations) under 30 years old who have a good command of English.
The call is addressed to artists (performers, creators, trainers) or professionals in the cultural sector (organisers, administrators, project managers). The call is open to professionals in independent organisations, as freelancers, or in the public sector.
Applicants, regardless of their nationality, must be based in Mediterranean countries. It includes European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia), and North Africa and the Middle East countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria).
Applicants must be based in ‘remote areas’, that is areas that are not well integrated in international circuits. For the Ready, Steady, Go! project, ‘remote areas’ refer to:
- For EU countries: islands, rural areas, and cities with less than 80 000 inhabitants.
- In this call, all the other countries (Balkans, North Africa and Middle East) are defined as ‘remote areas’.

Applicants must present an artistic / cultural project taking place in their territory on which they will be working during the programme that involves an international mobility from/ to their territory. Their mobility project could be:

The preparation of an artistic / cultural project (a festival, a co-production, a project that involves an international partnership…).
The participation in a research or in a residency.
The participation in a meeting with artists or professionals with the objective of networking with cultural, artistic and development actors.
An artistic and professional training / education project (internships, masterclasses, exchanges, study trips).

All the expenses related to the participation in the programme will be covered, including travel, visa, accommodation (in single or double rooms, hotels or apartments) and meals for the onsite workshops and meetings in Italy and Greece.

Deadline: 5 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.cimettafund.org/bourses/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/roberto-cimetta-fund-ready-steady-go-italy-greece-online

Supergau: Open Call for Artistic projects for Outdoor Space (Austria)

On the Move — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Supergau festival in Salzburg in Austria is calling for artistic projects in outdoor space.

Supergau is an imaginary landscape, a culturally primeval landscape. It is temporary, and during the festival it lies like a second layer over the existing topography of one of the five Salzburg regions [Gaue] (Flachgau, Lungau, Pinzgau, Pongau, Tennengau).

Supergau is freed from the supposed dominance of the city with its programmed cultural spaces, freed from municipal museums, theatres, cabaret stages, that need to be filled by a target audience. Freed from the concept of the public space because Supergau knows only landscape. Supergau is surface and depth at the same time. Supergau has forest - and meadowscapes, mountainscapes, housescapes, asphalt- and concrete-scapes. All these and other landscapes can become a stage at Supergau, an artistic field of action. Supergau is a festival that takes place exclusively outdoors.

The biennial festival celebrated its premiere in Flachgau in 2021 and transformed Lungau into a Supergau for contemporary arts in 2023. The festival will continue in Pinzgau in 2025.

Supergau invites artists to take time for the festival, so it facilitates residencies which offer the opportunity of working on site, researching and exchanging ideas. The whole institution, the development of a dramaturgy and the planning of content in collaboration with participants is an essential component of the festival.

This open call marks the beginning of Supergau, which culminates in the 10-day festival in late May / early June 2025.

The festival is looking for:

Artistic contributions outdoors.
Artists from various disciplines who will join them in exploring the question of what the countryside can do as an art- and as production-space, what the city cannot do and what new forms of encounter and dialogue we can create here.
Artists engaged with the questions, problems and potentials of this region.
Spatial art that can cover entire meadows, forests, lakes, squares or motorways, for example.
Cross-disciplinary works that enter into collaborations with visitors, residents, local initiatives or associations.
Mixed teams with participants from fields other than art are possible (e.g. from science, agriculture, health, education, crafts).

The total budget for the open call amounts to 220,000 Euro. The artistic directors, together with a panel of experts, will select projects from within two categories:

A: up to € 15,000.
B: up to € 30,000.

These two categories are simply a rough guide, with no details concerning quality or importance of the individual works. The above-mentioned flat-rate contributions are gross amounts, and must include fees, production and implementation costs, and travel expenses.

Supergau will also provide board and lodgings for the duration of the residencies, and invites the participating artists to stay overnight in the Lungau during the entire festival (in May/June 2024).

Deadline: 12 February 2024

More info and apply: https://www.supergau.org/en/open-call/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/supergau-open-call-artistic-projects-outdoor-space-austria-0

La Nature Festival: Call for Projects (Belgium)

On the Move — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

In 2022, La Nature Festival entered a three-year thematic cycle called ‘Immersio’. Its aim is to follow the flow of nature and its impact on the evolution of organic matter, the biological phenomena, from photosynthesis to decomposition and all the steps in between.

This year, the festival will tackle the final stage of the cycle, named Mycelium. It has two calls – one for projects that respond to this theme and another open call for projects that are not thematically connected to it.

In both cases they are looking for projects that are particularly relevant to the following disciplines:

Artistic Performance
- of which purpose is not only musical (dance, happenings, improvisation, body art, theatre… this list is not exhaustive);
- the intervention can happen on- or off-stage, spatially fixed or mobile;
- cannot be hosted inside a building;
- has to be adapted to the Belgian weather.
Artistic Installation
- contemplative and/or conceptual and/or interactive.

The festival offers:

Several budget packages ranging from 250 EUR to 3000 EUR will be granted and should include all costs (travel, material, production, wages).
Accommodation on the festival site (tent, dormitory) if needed.

Deadline: 1 March 2024

More info and apply: https://www.lanature.be/call-for-projects/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/la-nature-festival-call-projects-belgium

MGLC Švicarija / Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory: Open Call for Critic in Residence (Slovenia)

On the Move — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

MGLC Švicarija, a creative and residential centre, in collaboration with the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, both based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, invites art critics and cultural journalists to apply for a fully funded, one-month residency in Ljubljana during October 2024.

The overall aim of the international residency programme is to support the exploration and reflection on contemporary visual art. The organisers welcome art writers who wish to engage with and reflect on the local art scene and will focus their interest on either (applicant has to choose one option):

Ljubljana’s vibrant art scene (artists and art communities, art and cultural institutions, art events).
70 years of the Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (research of the various aspects of the Biennale from its beginning in 1955 to nowadays).

The aim is to host an art historian, art critic or cultural journalist active in writing and publishing reviews and/or other forms of art writing in the international context. Applications are invited from art critics and cultural journalist from international milieu (applicants from Slovenia are not eligible).

The organisers offer:

Free accommodation in a fully equipped studio apartment at the MGLC Švicarija creative and residential centre.
Reimbursement of travel expenses to and from Ljubljana (up to €500 from European countries, up to €900 from non-European countries).
Stipend for living expenses (approx. €1350 per month gross / €45 gross per day).
Support in getting to know the local art scene.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

More info and apply: https://mglc.si/en/behind-the-scenes/news/32/mglc-svicarija-open-call-for-critic-in-residence-programme-2024/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/mglc-svicarija-igor-zabel-association-culture-and-theory-open-call-critic-residence-slovenia-1

Music Biennale Zagreb: Call for Scores for New Ballet on Broken Relationships (Croatia)

On the Move — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

The Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) opens its 33rd edition at the Croatian National Theatre with a new ballet. With this call for scores, MBZ and the Croatian Composers’ Society (HDS) are looking for music for the new ballet piece for chamber ensemble (and electronics - optional) inspired by the theme of the festival: Broken Relationships. Following this call for scores, a call for a choreographer will also be launched. The winners of the two calls will realise the project in coordination with the MBZ artistic team and Massimiliano Volpini, the director of the Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre.

The 33rd edition of the MBZ is inspired by the Upper Town Museum of Broken Relationships. The Museum of Broken Relationships is a physical and virtual space that collects, preserves and exhibits personal objects and stories of symbolic emotional value. The museum is an ever-growing collection of objects, reminders of past relationships, accompanied by personal but anonymous stories of their donors. In contrast to destructive self-help guides for coping with grief and loss, the museum offers the opportunity to creatively overcome an emotional breakdown - by participating in the museum’s universal collection.

Starting from an emotional understanding of this term, the festival extends it to cultural, social and political issues. Consequently, the theme of ‘broken relationships’ can also be understood as a broken link between different cultural actors, a broken connection with neglected architectural and cultural heritage in the city, a broken relationship between artists abroad and their home countries, but of course also beyond. Applicants can take inspiration from the above ideas in their proposal for a new work for the MBZ or question the idea of disruption, dissolution or reconnection in a completely free way.

All adult composers, regardless of age or nationality can apply, and applications can be made individually or in a team with a choreographer.

Competition conditions:

The winner undertakes to write a new original work in a duration of 20 minutes.
Instrumentation: chamber orchestra - the exact line-up TBA.
The use of electronics is possible upon prior consultation with the MBZ artistic team.
MBZ/HDS will reward the selected work with a sum of 6000€.
MBZ/HDS will also cover travel costs of up to 300€ and accommodation during the final rehearsals and the premiere (3 to 5 nights, depending on the needs of the production).
During the stay in Zagreb, the artist is expected to work on the composition with the assigned choreographer, the HNK ballet ensemble, the orchestra, the MBZ artistic direction and the rest of the MBZ/HDS team.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.mbz.hr/index.php?opt=item&act=mlist&id=7199&lang=en

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/music-biennale-zagreb-call-scores-new-ballet-broken-relationships-croatia

Nordic Analog Network: Darkroom Residency for Photographers from Nordic Countries

On the Move — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:32:19 +0000

The Nordic Analog Network is an artist-in-residence program between analog photography darkrooms in the Nordic countries. Selected artists will travel for a three-week period to work in a darkroom in another Nordic country during 2024.

During their stay the artists are free to work with whatever project they want, alongside other photographers using the darkroom. The invited photographers are encouraged to give some form of presentation of their work at the darkroom they are visiting and may get help to organise other activities such as workshops, small shows, artist talks, meet-ups with other artists or galleries and the like. The goal is to share experience and create contacts and opportunities for networking between analog photo artists.

Accommodation will be organised by the inviting darkroom, and the invited artists will have an artist’s fee of 900€ to cover the travel and living expenses.

The call is open to any person above 18 years, living in one of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, including the regions of Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

Deadline: 15 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.nordicanalognetwork.com/apply-2024

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/nordic-analog-network-darkroom-residency-photographers-nordic-countries

E-ROUTES Residency for Artists and Authors Inspired by Travel (Croatia, Italy, Serbia)

On the Move — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:11:01 +0000

The E-ROUTES project team announces an open call for the E-ROUTES In-Residency Programme. The initiative offers contemporary authors, writers, artists, and creative individuals in general, an opportunity to spend one month in a chosen country (Croatia, Italy or Serbia) in the first half of 2024.

The E-ROUTES In-Residency Programme will engage European contemporary writers of travelogues as well as artists inspired by travel experience to research cultural heritage collections within different regions of Serbia, Croatia and Italy and to create original pieces of travel storytelling in various forms of creation. The residency programme offers a one-month stay in either Serbia (Belgrade), Croatia (Međimurje or Zagreb) or Italy (Napoli – Portici) between February and June 2024.

The residency will allow authors/artists to access existing digital collections prepared by the E-ROUTES partner institutions, to use them both as material for creative work and an inspiration, so that new artistic production will emerge from this travel and stay abroad. Authors and artists are encouraged to be creative in their applications, with the aim of creating novel and innovative travelogues, stories, images, paintings, photographs, video recordings and other material which will be used to enrich travel routes planned within the E-ROUTES project and create new stories for the travellers of today.

The programme will cover travel and housing expenses, as well as per diem costs during the residency, and is open to authors/artists permanently based in any European country.

Deadline: 15 December 2023

More info and apply: https://e-routes.eu/open-call-e-routes-in-residency-program/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/e-routes-residency-artists-and-authors-inspired-travel-croatia-italy-serbia

Pearle*: Policy Affairs Adviser (Belgium)

On the Move — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:38:58 +0000

Created in 1991, Pearle* is the European voice for the live performance sector. Pearle* represents through its network of associations and organisations more than 10 000 theatres, theatre production companies, orchestras, operas, ballet and dance companies, circus and street theatre, festivals and other professional organisations in the music and performing arts sector. As an employers’ and sector federation, Pearle* represents its members to the European and international institutions. Pearle* is closely involved in policy and regulatory affairs which may impact the daily functioning and management of a live performance organisation. As a membership organisation, Pearle* works for and on behalf of its members.

Pearle* is looking for a person who is familiar with the functioning of the European institutions, who is service-oriented and is well-organised, to join their team in Brussels. An interest in the daily operations and managerial side of a live performance organisation is a plus.

Being part of a small international team, you will have a variety of tasks. A day at Pearle* is never the same. Working at Pearle* is exciting, as you will be able to valorise your skills and to contribute to the activities of the association and put them at the service of the members and beyond.

More concretely, you will be:

Monitoring EU affairs and gathering intelligence on current and upcoming EU regulatory developments.
Liaising with the European institutions, such as the Commission, the European Parliament, Permanent representations, as well as with national authorities and international organisations.
Representing Pearle* at expert groups, consultation meetings, conferences.
Coordinating and participating in stakeholder groups.
Exchanging with Pearle* members, consulting them in view of positions; assisting them with their questions regarding the interpretation and implementation of EU law.
Drafting impact analysis and briefing notes about EU legislation and policies.
Presenting EU regulatory affairs at members conferences and webinars.
Participating in Pearle* members conferences, prepare workshops, contact speakers.
Facilitation of capacity-building workshops and internal working groups.
Drafting position papers, statements, press releases, newsletters, briefings, reports and website content.
Developing advocacy strategies and defining positions on policy dossiers in close cooperation with the Pearle* team, members and other stakeholders.
Drafting and editorial planning of brochures and other types of publications.
Contributing to the EFA project as a partner and organising Pearle’s input on the agreed topics.
When the case, contributing to other European projects in which Pearle* is involved.

The official office (work place) is based in 1000 Brussels, Sainctelette Square 19. This can be combined with telework. It is assumed that the candidate lives in Belgium. Salary scale according to PC 304, Cat A (including holiday money, end of year bonus, home-work travel in Belgium). Extra-legal benefits: lunch vouchers, and others according to the company policy.

Deadline: 24 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.pearle.eu/news/pearle-is-seeking-an-eu-policy-affairs-adviser-to-join-the-team-in-brussels

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/pearle-policy-affairs-adviser-belgium

ENCATC: Director of Internal and External Communications (Belgium)

On the Move — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:05:28 +0000

ENCATC is offering a full-time job for a Director of internal and external Communications, starting from 1 February 2024. The ideal candidate will be under the supervision of the Secretary General and will work in close cooperation with the Director of projects’ Communications. He/she should have a profile with skills in strategic planning, PR, media relations and team leadership. He/she will collaborate with various members of the ENCATC team to ensure consistent and effective communication across different platforms and stakeholders. Strong editing skills, and the ability to navigate diverse communication channels are key traits in this role.

The Director of internal and external Communications crafts and executes a comprehensive communication strategy for the ENCATC network that aligns with the organisation’s goals. This involves conveying the brand’s message effectively to both internal and external stakeholders, fostering a positive image, managing crises adeptly, and ensuring consistent, clear, and engaging communication across various platforms. The Director of internal and external Communications contributes to building and maintaining a strong and positive reputation for the organisation, fostering meaningful relationships with stakeholders, and effectively communicating its objectives and values.

The position is based on a full-time contract (38 hours per week) and requires presence in the ENCATC Brussels office. Gross monthly salary based on the years of working experience of the applicant + Luncheon Vouchers per day + commuting allowance + 25 days of holiday.

Deadline: 15 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.encatc.org/en/about-us/vacancies/director-of-internal-and-external-comms./

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/encatc-director-internal-and-external-communications-belgium

Akropoditi DanceFest: Call for Performances (Syros)

On the Move — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:39 +0000

Akropoditi DanceFest in Syros is issuing a thematic invitation for performances for its next edition, which will take place from 11-21 July 2024.

This year’s call, entitled ‘E x p a n d i n g identities’, launches a series of thematic proposals with the aim of enriching the festival’s identity and embracing creative works that will respond to its context.

The invitation addresses all artists who live and work elsewhere rather than their place of origin, but combine in their work origin elements, such as tradition, history, culture, etc., with any other kind of influence coming from the place they currently live in as well as the wider, international and contemporary artistic reality.

Artist fees are set as follows:

One-person performance: 100 euros.
Two-person performance: 200 euros.
Three-person performance: 300 euros.
Four-person performance: 380 euros.
Five-person performance: 450 euros.
Six-person performance: 510 euros.
Seven or more-person performance: 550 euros.

Selected artists will also be offered accommodation in Syros (exclusively) for two nights (rehearsal & performance) according to the dates of the presentation of their work. For the welcomed artists only (dancers/ performers and choreographers/ directors), the Festival can cover the cost of air tickets up to € 250 per person (round trip – only international routes).

Deadline: 5 December 2023

More info and apply: https://akropoditi.com/dancefest/en/open-call-en/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/akropoditi-dancefest-call-performances-syros

V&A: The Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography (UK)

On the Move — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:30:00 +0000

The V&A Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography is an exciting new annual initiative dedicated to identifying, supporting, and championing innovative women artists working in the field of contemporary photography.

The V&A Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography is free to enter, open to all women internationally, both professionals and amateurs. The Prize is subject to a specific annual theme and winners are selected by an independent selection panel consisting of global industry professionals and inspiring international artists.

The 2024 theme for the Prize is ‘Histories’. This theme invites broad submissions which evidence the relationship between history and photography; from the use of historical processes and their position within contemporary photographic practice, to the documentation of historical events or revisitations of the past. It creates space for artists interested in the notion of the archive, including photographers working with family albums, vernacular photography and historic or institutional collections. ‘Histories’ invites artists to consider how photography can be used to interrogate and challenge existing history, fact and circumstance, allowing for reimagined or speculative futures.

Four winning artists will have their work included in a group exhibition at Peckham 24 photography festival, alongside accompanying events and public programming. Each artist will receive a bursary of £2,000 and an expenses-paid trip (travel and accommodation) to London to participate in scheduled networking events in May 2024 designed to support career development.

Deadline: 4 January 2024

More info and apply: https://parasol-prize.vam.ac.uk

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/va-parasol-foundation-prize-women-photography-uk

SODAS 2123: Nordic-Baltic Residency, ‘The Festivity’ (Lithuania)

On the Move — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association invites artists, activists and researchers in the fields of art and humanities, whose artistic practice includes exploring celebration as phenomenon, its various forms and elements, to a granted three-month residency programme in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The Festivity Residency focuses on the research and artistic interpretation of the celebration phenomenon. In this programme, the residency infrastructure is a space providing opportunities for investigation and interpretation on how traditions are binding communities together and how social infrastructures are created in relational processes.

During the residency the following questions are raised: What can festivals mean and offer in non-festive times? How can we celebrate in an ethical, sustainable and sensitive manner? How can we celebrate to support each other, to strengthen our bonds of friendship and to discover multiple meanings in celebratory practices?

The residency programme will take a space at SODAS 2123 cultural complex. It is a self-governing community-based space, operated and curated by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. It brings together creators and researchers from different fields whose practices are based on experimentation and development of unexpected formats.

After selection process, six artists will be invited to live and work focusing on their chosen festivities during the spring, summer and autumn residency periods. Available residency periods:

1 March – 31 May 2024.
1 June – 31 August 2024.
1 September – 30 November 2024.

The residency grant is 2400 EUR per artist (tax inclusive). The residency also covers travel expenses to and from the residency up to 250 EUR.

Only artists from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia and Latvia (as well as the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland) are eligible to apply.

Deadline: 20 December 2023

More info and apply: https://sodas2123.lt/en/the-festivity-residency-open-call-for-artists-researchers-and-other-creatives-from-nordic-and-baltic-regions/

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Nantes Institute for Advanced Study: Residency for Visual Arts from the Global South, ‘Arts, Society and Contemporary Change’ (France)

On the Move — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:32:29 +0000

The Nantes Institute for Advanced Study, is establishing a new fellowship in ‘Arts, Societies and Contemporary Mutations’. In this context, the IEA in collaboration with local partners, Lieu Unique, the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts and Nantes Métropole, is offering an international artistic and research residency to artists from the global south. This residency, supported by Nantes Métropole – Culture Department, will run for 6 months from 10 September 2024 – 10 March 2025.

The chair supports the development of research in art that dialogues with the humanities and social sciences in order to question the contemporary mutations of our societies. By considering artistic practices in terms of research, the residency participates in the emergence of new research territories (practices and forms, working methods, production regimes, etc.) exploring, through the crossing of disciplines, societal and environmental changes. It engages methodological questions and reflections on the nature of the knowledge incorporated, produced, and transmitted by these practices.

This residency is open to professional artists living and working in the Global South. More precisely, the organisers are targeting artists whose nationality and residency are situated in the southern hemisphere excepting Australia, New-Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Guyane. Applicants are expected to have at least five years of professional experience at the time of the start of their residency, which should be supported through their active participation in public life, the dissemination of their work in an appropriate format such as exhibitions, publications, performances, etc.

The artist will receive a remuneration and benefits package that includes:

A monthly stipend that includes time spent in the workshops with the students (2000 € per month).
13 working days of authorised absence (10% of the total duration of the fellowship).
Free accommodation.
Free use of office space and access to library services.
Insurance (75€ per month).
Production costs (up to €2000).
Visa and return ticket from the domicile.

Deadline: 15 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.iea-nantes.fr/en/news/call-for-applications_1341

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Wiener Festwochen: Akademie Zweite Moderne Global Platform of Women Composers (Austria)

On the Move — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:23:38 +0000

Premieres by women composers on the main stage are still celebrated exceptions. Only 2% of the works included in the concert subscription hail from women. At 9%, the average share of women in the programme reaches its peak – and that’s only in cases of explicitly contemporary concert series. If the development towards equality continues to progress at the same rate as in the past decades, an equitable future will remain a distant prospect.

The aim of Akademie Zweite Moderne (Academy of Second Modernism) is to have cultural institutions, festivals and ensembles involved in making concerts, scenic and performative arts commit themselves to increase the proportion of music that is composed by women in a significant way.

This open call is directed at womxn composers who:

Have experience composing for ensembles, orchestras or music theatre and wish to present themselves with a piece for max. 12 musicians or artists.
Are concerned with current developments and tendencies that are socially relevant.
See themselves as instigators of new, innovative forms of concert and music theatre.
Engage in a crossover of genres and/or arts (such as performance, visual art, installation, new media) with their works.
Want to develop strategies of visibility together with the other invited composers during a two-day workshop.

The piece that is to be performed within the framework of Akademie Zweite Moderne can be an existing work, a premiere or an extract from a longer work. The piece that is put forward for performance should not be longer than 20 minutes in duration.

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered, as well as an honorarium for participation in Akademie Zweite Moderne. Akademie Zweite Moderne will take place from 7-9 June 2024.

Deadline: 8 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.festwochen.at/en/open-call-akadmie-zweite-moderne

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BJCEM: ‘Beyond Boundaries’ Residency (Italy)

On the Move — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Beyond Boundaries is a 21-day intensive residency programme, running 10-31 January 2024, and supported by Municipality of Milan – Fabbrica del Vapore, Ministry of Culture of Montenegro, Clube Portugues de Artes e Ideias, Fluks – Centre for Young Art, UKNA – UK New Artists, Department of Modern and Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus and developed in collaboration with BJCEM – Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean.

Fabbrica del Vapore is an important Milanese hub of creativity and innovation. The residency will be organised in this direction, giving the venue a strong connotation of a welcome place, an incubator of new ideas where an exchange among the artists of the residency, the curator and the place will make it possible to carry on research, new artistic practices, and peer to peer learning.

Taking the cue from the research of A Natural Oasis? – the BJCEM two-year nomadic free school dedicated to the development of new curatorial research paths in the field of contemporary, visual, and performing arts – Beyond Boundaries aims to foster the artistic practices of those territories, which are commonly considered remote, marginal, small, insular or liminal.

The call is open to artists who work in visual arts, applied arts, new media, photography, and performance. To be eligible, candidates must be under 35 (born after 1987) and come from or be based in the following territories: Portugal, Norway, UK, Montenegro, Municipality of Milan, Cyprus.

Each selected artist will receive a participation fee of 300 Euro; a production fee of 350 Euro; and a total per diem of 300 Euro. The non-resident selected artists will be provided a round ticket from and to the city indicated in the application form, covered by the partner of reference, and the Municipality of Milan will guarantee them accommodation in the facilities of Fabbrica Del Vapore.

Deadline: 12 December 2023

More info and apply: https://www.bjcem.org/2023/11/22/open-call-beyond-boundaries/

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Matadero Madrid: Curatorial Residency in Collaboration with LOOP Barcelona (Spain)

On the Move — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:41:09 +0000

Matadero’s Centre for Artists in Residence and LOOP, through an agreement with Fabra i Coats: Fábrica de Creación y Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica, are promoting a call for entries to provide a curator from any country of origin with a work space, funding, institutional support and international visibility. Given that the purpose of the residency is to get to know the artistic contexts of Madrid and Barcelona, applications from curators who live in either city will not be accepted.

The residency is split into two periods; an initial stage during the month of May 2024 in Barcelona accompanied and managed by LOOP in collaboration with Fabra i Coats: Fábrica de Creación y Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica, and a second stage during the month of June 2024 in Madrid, managed by the Matadero Centre for Artists in Residence. As a result of the residency, the curator will schedule two sessions during the first quarter of 2025, exact dates to be confirmed, as part of the Video Tuesdays programme at the Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica.

Thus, the aim of this initiative is to:

Promote the professional development of art curators.
Provide curators who are interested in the local context with institutional support and spatial and economic resources to facilitate their research.
Establish a context of backing and training so that the purpose of the residency sees the light of day in the best possible conditions.
Establish connections between the various players in the city’s art scene, the institution and the public.
Visibilisation and internationalisation of the selected curator’s work through the presentation of the research developed during the residency, materialised in a collaboration in Video Tuesdays programme of the Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica in the first quarter of 2025, as well as in public activities aimed at this purpose both at the Matadero Madrid Art Residency Center and within the framework of LOOP.

Support includes coverage of travel and accommodation for the residency and a payment of 3000 EUR.

Deadline: 8 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.mataderomadrid.org/en/calls/curatorial-residency-collaboration-loop-barcelona-0

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