On the Move

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

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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

UmArts: Artist Researchers in Residence Programme (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:02:29 +0000

The UmArts Artist Researchers in Residence Programme (ARIR) in Umeå provides the opportunity for artists and makers to contribute to the UmArts research environment for one month during 2024 or 2025. The programme will focus on interdisciplinary practice-based researchers from the visual arts, sound arts, media arts, performing arts, architectural, design, maker and hacker communities to develop short term projects in the UmArts research studio and contribute to the UmArts research environment including the Art & AI Working Group.

To be eligible for ARIR the artist must be resident and eligible to work in the European Union.

This residency will create opportunities to develop your research whatever stage you are at. This is a chance to share knowledge within UmArt’s research groups, make connections and develop collaborations for future research. The selected artists will be contracted through UmArts to develop and or produce a new artistic project at the UmArts Research Studio.

In 2024/2025 UmArts are looking for two artists and makers, one for the UmArts ARIR programme and one for the TAIGA ARIR programme:

TAIGA ARIR: UmArts will support one artist researcher in residence through the TAIGA focus area in Art and AI micro-project. The artists will be invited to develop new projects investigating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning as part of the Art and AI Working Group.
ARIR: UmArts will support a research based artist in a more generalised field of arts practice who will contribute to the UmArts interdisciplinary research environment.

The total time for the residency is 4 weeks. There are two residency periods, one in autumn, and one in the winter: 15 August- 31 September 2024, and 15 January- 28 February 2025.

UmArts offer a studio space at UmArts Research studio at Arts Campus, Umeå Universitet as well as a fee of 42,000 SEK (~3650 EUR), to include all personal expenses. In addition UmArts will book travel and accommodation for a maximum of two visits to Umeå. Material and production expenses will need to be negotiated with UmArts.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

More info and apply: https://www.umarts.se/artists-in-residence/

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Europe Beyond Access: Consortium Project Manager (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Europe Beyond Access (EBA) is Europe’s largest and most influential initiative to focus on the active participation of artists with disabilities in mainstream dance and theatre. Ten leading European performing arts institutions are joining forces to advance the work and careers of disabled artists – including Deaf artists, artists with physical disabilities, sensory impairments and learning difficulties – through an ambitious programme of transnational creation and circulation, artistic capacity building, and institutional learning. We are working to embed best practices and innovation in our mainstream organisations and networks to eliminate ableism in Europe’s cultural arena.

Each of the partners in the project has allocated a Project Manager to run the individual partner activities alongside the Artistic Leads and Marketing Teams from the partners. The EBA Consortium Project Manager will work alongside the EBA Project Director, and the EBA Consortium Communications Officer to ensure the good management of the whole collaborative programme. This means supporting good and timely communication with and between the partners, good communication with and meeting requirements of the European Commission Funder, and the good management of the key collaborative actions of the consortium collaboration. The EBA Consortium Project Manager will be employed by the lead partner of the consortium, Skånes Dansteater.

The EBA Consortium Project Manager is ensuring that the commitments to the Funder are met, and that evidence and proof required by the Funder is provided by the consortium.

The EBA Consortium Project Manager is the only full-time role on the project with 100% of time focussing on the project. EBA Project Director is 3 days a week, and partner colleagues are all part time on the project. Therefore, the EBA Consortium Project Manager is expected to develop a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the complete overall project, as well as understanding the different needs and challenges of all ten partners. By doing so the EBA Consortium Project Manager can be the first point of call for questions from the project partners about project structure, finance, and schedule, as well as can be a guide to partners on how additional opportunities can be found to exploit the project for full impact.

The position offers:

A full-time contract with monthly salary including pension scheme for the project period 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2027.
Workspace and the support of committed team at Skånes Dansteater, Malmö in Sweden.
Flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home after 18 months. The workplace during the first 18 months is located at Skånes Dansteater, Malmö.

Deadline: 17 November 2023

More info and apply: https://www.skanesdansteater.se/en/europe-beyond-access-consortium-project-manager

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Konsthall C: Nordic Futures Residency (Sweden)

On the Move — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:41:10 +0000

Looking to delve deeper into the critical intersection of climate change and social justice through artistic research? Konsthall C invite you to join their upcoming residency programme Nordic Futures, where they aim to invite three artists and/or researchers who are passionate about exploring pressing issues connected to the climate crisis through an interconnected social justice lens.

Konsthall C encourage applications from a diverse group of individuals who share a deep commitment to both social justice and climate change issues. This residency aims to investigate how characteristics such as race, gender identity, class and geographical location intersect with power structures to perpetuate privilege and discrimination within a Nordic context. They hope to support new visions of knowledge production and methodologies to spotlight the importance of social justice and intersectional environmentalism.

Konsthall C seek artists/researchers with proposals that:

Help to imagine social, cultural, economic, and technological futures through the intersection of climate change, race, class, and gender identity.
Connect societal health with environmental and planetary health.
Work through collaboration and collective world building with the aim to formulate new methods to bring intersectional environmentalism into focus.

Konsthall C offer each residency holder:

Stipend: 30,000 SEK
Per diem, local travel, international flights and accommodation.

You will spend four weeks in Stockholm and then return for a joint symposium together with the three other artists/researchers in April 2024.

The residency is open to artists and artistic researchers based in the Nordic countries (excluding Sweden) as well as the Baltic region.

Deadline: 30 October 2023

More info and apply: https://konsthallc.se/en/program/nordic-futures-call

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Art Inside Out: ’Forgotten Realms’ Residency in Kungsbacka Municipality (Sweden)

On the Move — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 04:00:00 +0000

Ghosts, giants and trolls. Nymphs, lantern-carrying spirits, werewolves, and witches. The region of Halland, southwest on the Swedish westcoast has a history filled with old stories, myths, and legends about supernatural creatures and phenomena, and the county of Kungsbacka is no exception. These are narratives and testimonies that have been passed down for generations and become part of a cultural-historical heritage. In the old farming society, nature’s beings were a living element of everyday life and gave expression to fears, cares, and moral dilemmas. The sea, lakes, and the deep forests were portals to that which could not be controlled – a border between the everyday life and the supernatural, where humans were only temporary visitors of whom respect and reverence were demanded. In the twilight hour, the unthinkable became possible.

In a time characterised by advanced weaponry, ‘fake news’, conspiracy theories, extreme weather, selfies, screens – speed and affect – ensouled nature, the spiritual and magical world seems to have taken on new meaning that tempts our fantasies and needs in the search for our inner selves. Global mobilisation in the face of environmental and climatic threats, along with a growing longing for a life in harmony with nature, have meant that the forest and its inhabitants’ mystique, knowledge, and power have become a sought-after refuge – far from the din of city life. Mythological and magical beings’ re-emerging presence crosses the boundaries of reality’s possibilities and points toward new queer worlds in which gender roles, perceptions of good and evil, beautiful and ugly, and us and Others stand to be dissolved.

With the artistic residency Forgotten Realms, Art Inside Out will invite two artists to Tjolöholm Castle to explore the irrational, fantastic and magical in our lives through various forms of artistic investigation over 8 weeks.

Submissions from international artists in an interdisciplinary field of contemporary artistic production are welcome. The residency schedule is as follows: research 11–24 March 2024, production 15 May – 23 June 2024. The artworks created during the residency will be presented in an exhibition at Tjolöholm Castle, opening by mid June 2024.

Each residency artist will receive a fee of 100,000 SEK (~8600 EUR) for an 8-week long residency and a have access to a production budget of approximately 50,000 SEK (~4300 EUR). There is also an additional budget for installation and other exhibition related costs available. Art Inside Out covers associated costs such as travel, housing, workspaces and process management.

Deadline: 26 October 2023

More info and apply: https://artinsideout.se/en/news/utlysning-residens-i-kungsbacka-kommun-2024

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ETC – European Theatre Convention: Artist Residency Programme

On the Move — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:05:00 +0000

ETC - European Theatre Convention are looking for emerging theatre artists (particularly stage directors and dramaturgs) to join them in the seventh edition of the ETC Artist Residency Programme, offering placements of 4 to 8 weeks at ETC Member Theatres.

The selected artists will join the creative team of a theatre production process, thus gaining insights into new working methods and discovering the daily routine and structures of a European public theatre. The ETC Artist Residency Programme is a scholarship that supports international cooperation, fosters new perspectives and professional artistic experience. It does not offer a paid position in the participating theatres.

What does the Artist Residency Programme offer?

Residency in one of the participating theatres with mentoring.
Travel from your hometown to the theatre within Europe and countries participating in the EU Programme Creative Europe (up to €300).
Accommodation during the time of the residency in the city of the theatre.
Financial contribution to your local expenses (subject to the actual period of stay).
Participation in the ETC International Theatre Conference in Nova Gorica (Slovenia), April 2024 (including travel, per diems and accommodation).

ETC is offering six residency placements:

Teatro do Noroeste – Centro Dramático de Viana (Portugal/Viana do Castelo).
Göteborgs Stadsteater / Backa Teater (Sweden/Gothenburg).
Slovak National Drama Theatre (Slovakia/Bratislava).
Deutsches Theater Berlin (Germany/Berlin).
Slovensko Narodno Gledališče Nova Gorica (Slovenia/Nova Gorica).
National Theatre of Kosovo (Kosovo/Prishtina).

Deadline: 29 October 2023

More info and apply: https://www.europeantheatre.eu/page/activities/etc-artist-residency-programme/etc-artist-residency-2024/open-call-2024

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/etc-european-theatre-convention-artist-residency-programme-0

City of Malmö: Commission for an Antiracist Monument in Jesusparken (Sweden)

On the Move — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000

As a professional artist, you can register your interest for the commission of an Antiracist Monument in Jesusparken in Malmö.

This monument should be able to gather the residents of Malmö in a public space that is about them, their history, and their place in the city. The commission entails a multifaceted artistic expression that can consist of several artistic layers, interpreting and taking into account both the location and the different aspects of the Antiracist Monument project.

The monument should serve as an active reminder – today, historically, and into the future. Significant importance is placed on the artist’s practice and working process in creating an artistic process that becomes part of an ongoing commemorative effort, where the residents of Malmö can have agency in the process. Relevant to the commission is an artistic practice that addresses issues relevant to the Antiracist Monument project, such as antiracism, resistance, and commemoration.

Three artists will receive a 100,000 SEK (~8500 EUR) fee to produce an initial sketch during the shortlisting process. The final selected artist will have a budget of 2,500,000 SEK (~212,000 EUR) excluding VAT to cover all artistic design costs during the implementation period (March 2024 - September 2025).

Deadline: 9 August 2023

More info and apply: https://sjalvservice.malmo.se/oversikt/overview/1177

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/city-malmo-commission-antiracist-monument-jesusparken-sweden

Konst i Blekinge: Visual Arts Residency for Artists in the Baltic Sea Region and Scandinavia (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:49:31 +0000

AIR Blekinge offers artists a place and resources for artistic development with the aim of establishing long-term collaborations between artists and different actors in the region.

The programme’s focus area is the Baltic Region, where Konst i Blekinge have a longstanding network and collaboration area. The residence is based in Ronneby, Sweden. Two artists from the Baltic Sea region will be selected to live and work at AIR Blekinge during one month from 18 September – 13 October 2023, with the possibility of a later return for collaborations or exhibitions. One artist from Blekinge will also be selected to participate in the residency and share a studio.

Through travels you will explore the county with its towns, cities, nature and archipelago and meet with representatives from different organisations and institutions, to provide new contexts, starting points or conceptual directions. There are studios, exhibition localities and workshop facilities in different medias available. The residency aims to be a catalyst for new art productions in the Baltic Sea region.

Among other forms of support, the residency provides accommodation, a stipend/grant of 3000 EUR, reimbursement of travel expenses to and from the residence, and studio space/facilities.

Deadline: 13 August 2023

More info and apply: https://konstiblekinge.se/konst-i-blekinge/konstresurscentrum-blekinge/air-blekinge-2023.html

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/konst-i-blekinge-visual-arts-residency-artists-baltic-sea-region-and-scandinavia-sweden

Theatre in Palm: Hybrid Residency for Performing Artists

On the Move — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 04:00:00 +0000

Theatre in Palm, an international project funded by Creative Europe, is hosting a Hybrid Residency on 6–17 November 2023. During the 2-week residency you will work with 10 local artists and 20 international artists, both live and online. The residency will end with 4–12 co-produced, new theatre pieces that are shared online with the whole group of 120 artists, plus 12 mentors, and the rest of the online world.

The Hybrid Residency will take place for two weeks in 12 countries simultaneously in November 2023. In the Hybrid Residency, all 12 Theatre in Palm countries work in country trios:

Finland-Sweden-Greece.
Ireland-Italy-Belgium.
Spain-Portugal-Netherlands.
Bulgaria-Romania-Cyprus.

During week 1, 10 selected artists in each Theatre in Palm country will work live locally during the first week of residency. Local artists work in a small group of 5 members and online with five artists from another country.

During the weekend (11–12 November) of week 1, 10 local artists will travel abroad (e.g. 5 artists from Finland to Sweden and 5 artists from Finland to Greece). Each Theatre in Palm country decides from its residents who will travel to which country.

During week 2, all trios will produce three approximately 15-minute performances streamed online at the end of the 2nd week on 17 November. Trios can also decide to combine the performances into one 45-minute performance.

The residency works on the theme of Environmental Impact and on common impulse material. Participants are guided by experienced mentors who have prepared the work in advance. The intention is to produce performances that deal with the theme and are all united by one common element: organic material.

Applicants must be emerging artists resident in an EU country and over 18 years old. Travel and accommodation in another country will be paid for by the project.

Deadline: 6 September 2023

More info and apply: https://theatreinpalm.turkuamk.fi/open-call/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/theatre-palm-hybrid-residency-performing-artists

Dialekt: Call for Nordic Residency Exchange (Denmark, Sweden, Canada)

On the Move — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:34:30 +0000

With the newly established project Dialekt - An exploration of international co-creation in audiovisual artistic expression and performance, three partners across three countries come together in order to present a call-out for artists to travel, develop a project in residency, and perform at each location – at Sound Art Lab in Struer, Denmark, Inkonst in Malmö, Sweden, and Eastern Bloc in Montreal, Canada.

Dialekt grew out of a curiosity for exploration of co-creation across sectors, aiming to foster a framework that can allow artists active in the fields of digital art and experimental sonic practices to experience fruitful exchanges and professional development within their own practice whilst connecting with institutions, collaborators and audiences in regions that they otherwise wouldn’t necessarily have access to.

The focus of innovation for this project lies very much in the forefront for all of the involved partners. Both Sound Art Lab, Inkonst and Eastern Bloc, are all pushing forward-thinking projects in and around their overlapping programmes of digital arts, sonic arts and electronic music, and constantly support implementing changes for developing new techniques and tools in these areas. Although the chosen artists that will be selected for this programme around exchange and co-creation might have different backgrounds, workflows and strategies, they will be tied together by striving towards exploring new technologies, aesthetics, shapes and forms within their artistic practice.

Interdisciplinary and sound artists, audiovisual performers, experimental electronic composers and musicians are invited to submit proposals of projects currently in development to be completed, or improvisational practices that could be further worked upon during three shorter residency periods, all concluding in live performance opportunities across three countries. Individuals residing in Denmark, Sweden, and in the province of Quebec can apply.

Selected applicants will spend a total of about 3 weeks in residence divided between the different centres in order to further develop and build upon live performance structures and explore audiovisual tools and techniques, to ultimately publicly present their work during different stages of their project as part of public events. Travel and accommodation will be covered between all three locations, and artists will be received a total compensation of 2100$ CAD / 16,895 SEK / 10,803 DKK including per diem covering meal
and incidental expenses, residency and public presentation fees.

Deadline: 23 June 2023

More info and apply: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g1Af3B4ui7ev7P4QPTDkBbWbFynd0u63

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/dialekt-call-nordic-residency-exchange-denmark-sweden-canada

New Horizons Leadership Programme for Emerging Contemporary Circus Project Managers and Producers

On the Move — Mon, 08 May 2023 08:08:46 +0000

New Horizons Leadership Programme (NHLP-EU) is a leadership programme led by Cirkus Syd, Rigas Cirks and DYNAMO.

The 10 month programme (September 2023 - June 2024) is aimed towards capacity building for emerging project managers and producers to support the growing scene of contemporary circus within Europe. Through NHLP-EU emergent and confident persons are able to develop their leadership capabilities within the field and become ready to take on tomorrow’s challenges as producers, artistic directors, project managers, dramaturgs, executive directors, technical producers, tour managers, board members, and organisational development functions.

NHLP-EU are searching for 10 individual fellows from across Europe to participate in the programme, who will be matched with 10 experts from the circus field in Europe.

The fellows and experts will meet live in person at the NHLP-EU kick-off in Lund, Sweden on 7-8 September 2023, which is also the official start of the 10 month programme.

Fellows will receive a handbook to work with over the next 10 months, and will be required to attend a monthly digital event which includes a seminar and discussions on a leadership cross-cutting topic. The fellows and experts will agree on a 3 week period when the fellow will travel to shadow the expert at their workplace in another country.

The fellows will be required to share their learning and thoughts informally on the NHLP-EU digital platform in formats of their own choice.

To be eligible applicants must have demonstrated experience of working with contemporary or classical circus, and be based in a country within Europe (according to the Council of Europe’s list of member countries).

Each participant will get a €2250 bursary to participate in the programme. The bursary should be used to support any extra expenses the individual requires to participate which are not covered by the programme such as, but not exclusive to, digital tools, fees, visas etc. In addition to the bursary fellows will also receive travel and accommodation bursaries to attend the events and shadow experiences.

Deadline: 19 May 2023

More info and apply: https://www.newhorizonsleadership.eu/open-call-nhlp-eu

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/new-horizons-leadership-programme-emerging-contemporary-circus-project-managers-and-producers

Common Stories: Common LAB 2023 (France, Sweden, Egypt, Portugal)

On the Move — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Common Stories are looking for 8 theatre directors, playwrights, choreographers and performance makers to take part in Common LAB 2023, an itinerant 8-week laboratory to experiment with collective and individual devices for knowledge sharing, and the development of artistic research, broadening European narratives.

Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme, Common Stories is a project that brings together performing arts organisations, artists and audiences to address the dynamic notions of identity and diversity in a changing European society. It will organise 3 Common LABs, one for each year of the project, paying particularly close attention to:

Artistic practices and stories that are underrepresented or absent from our institutions. The relevance of diversity in language, aesthetics and representation.
Public space and visibility. How cities’ architecture and urban policies shape what is valued, made visible and invisible.

Common LAB 2023 will take place:

4-17 September 2023 in Bobigny, France (hosted by MC93).
6-20 October 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden (hosted by Riksteatern).
21 October – 4 November 2023 in Cairo, Egypt (hosted by Orient Productions, during the DCAF festival).
5-20 November 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal (hosted by Alkantara, during the Alkantara Festival).

At the LAB, participants will take part in an exchange programme but also have opportunities to research and pitch their own projects.

The programme covers travel and accommodation and offers a stipend of 80€/day.

Applicants should be performing arts artists living and working in Europe, with a good command of English.

Deadline: 3 April 2023

More info and apply: https://www.culturgest.pt/en/whats-on/open-call-common-lab-2023/

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/common-stories-common-lab-2023-france-sweden-egypt-portugal

Anrikningsverket: Visual Artist Residency at Norbergfestival (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:26:53 +0000

Norbergfestival is a 24-year old festival, held on the abandoned iron mine site of Mimerlaven in Norberg, Sweden. The festival presents contemporary music, performances and interdisciplinary works for three days in July and gathers around a thousand visitors yearly. This year’s iteration is planned for 6–8 July 2023.

Since a few years back, the festival has been expanding the programme of visual art presented at the festival site and around the town of Norberg. This year the festival is announcing an open call for an artist in residence to produce a new work presented at the festival.

Apart from producing a work shown at Norbergfestival 2023, the one-month long residency is an opportunity to do research, location-scouting and networking. Visual artists from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. The work can be presented for example as an exhibition or as a performance.

The chosen resident will be provided with:

An artist fee of 30,000 SEK, excl. VAT (~2650 EUR).
Housing during one month (the time span can be divided if needed, in dialogue with the festival staff).
A budget for production while on site.
Possibility to work on artwork on site; for example in workshops, studios, etc.
Help with finding networking opportunities.

Deadline: 17 March 2023

More info and apply: https://anrikningsverket.org/Open-Call-for-visual-artist-in-residency

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/anrikningsverket-visual-artist-residency-norbergfestival-sweden

Call for Contemporary Dance and Performing Arts for Festival HERE (Sweden)

On the Move — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery is a new Creative Europe project created by Central European Dance Theatre (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), HIPP (Croatia), Krakow Dance Theatre (Poland), M Studio (Romania) and Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts (Sweden) to foster local development of the contemporary dance fields. The project is announcing an open call for participation in the festival HERE:2023 organised by Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts and taking place between 6-17 September 2023.

The application is open to professional dancers, choreographers and companies in the fields of contemporary dance and performing arts active in Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery partner countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland and Romania.

Festival HERE: is a biennial international contemporary performing arts festival on the west coast of Sweden, presenting works that pose sincere, straightforward and challenging questions in relation to relevant practices within the field of contemporary performance and dance. The festival is organised by Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts, in collaboration with local and international actors.

In HERE:2023 performances will be presented both indoors and outdoors (site-specific) along with conversations and film screenings. Within this framework, the organisers are looking for performances that offer an innovative and experimental perspective on the contemporary performing arts and dance scene. The festival has a special focus on collaborative works. You can apply with performances either for black box or site-specific work.

The festival will cover the following expenses for participants:

Professional fees (established by the Festival).
Lodging at Vitlycke-CPA.
Per diem.
Transportation.

Deadline: 14 March 2023

More info and apply: https://vitlycke.org/schedule_events/272

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/call-contemporary-dance-and-performing-arts-festival-here-sweden

OpenArt: Call for Mainly Outdoor Artworks (Sweden)

On the Move — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:11:55 +0000

OpenArt is an exhibition that takes place in the city centre of Örebro in Sweden every second summer. Contemporary artworks are displayed outdoors and available for public interaction day and night during the exhibition period. For each edition the festival presents a large number of artists working in a wide variety of art mediums and techniques. The majority of the artworks are sculpture and installations but OpenArt welcome artists working in all disciplines, interested in the intersection between art and the public. The next edition will take place June - September 2024.

OpenArt is primarily an outdoor exhibition, which is promoted in this year’s selection of artworks. Artists who intend to apply to OpenArt 2024 should primarily apply with artwork that can be placed outdoors. There will be an opportunity for applicants to add a portfolio with more ideas or existing artworks if indoor areas arise later in the planning.

As most of the projects exhibited at OpenArt are of temporary character they aim to use material carefully and in a sustainable and cautious way when producing. It is important to have an overall plan for the material used before, during and after the exhibition. For example, can materials be collected for a project and then recycled after the exhibition?

Budget for participating artists:

Artist fee of 10,000 SEK (~900 EUR).
When creating a new artwork, OpenArt provides production support according to an agreed production budget.
OpenArt books and pays for the transport of artworks to and from the exhibition.
OpenArt books and pays for travel and accommodation during installation.
OpenArt covers costs related to the installation period such as permits, cranes, wheel loaders, lifts, electricity and technical staff.
The budget for projects is limited, so it is welcome if the artist can seek external funding for production, travel, accommodation or transport.

Deadline: 28 February 2023

More info and apply: https://openart.se/opencall#DeadlineforOpenCall

Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/openart-call-mainly-outdoor-artworks-sweden

Lund University: Call for Contributions for the Conference ‘Music’s Institution and the (De)colonial’ (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:38:00 +0000

Lund University is inviting contributions for the two-day conference ‘Music’s institution and the (de)colonial’, to be held in Lund, Sweden on 4–5 May 2023. They welcome researchers, artists, and activists whose work explores issues of colonialism, decolonial resistance, and/or institutional decolonisation initiatives in relation to music’s past and present.

The organisers will prioritise in-person presentations, but remote presentations may be accepted in exceptional cases. A budget exists for covering the travel costs of scholars without other sources of funding.

The conference welcomes creative methods, interdisciplinary approaches, and different presentation formats, but invites all contributors to specifically address one of the following three themes:

Musical colonisation.
Music as decolonial resistance.
Dynamics of colonialism in musical institutions today.

See the full call for papers for a fuller explanation of the topics.

Deadline: 14 February 2023

More info and apply: https://www.kultur.lu.se/article/call-for-papers-musics-institution-and-the-decolonial/

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Rejmyre Art Lab: Production Residency on the Theme of ‘Refuging’ (Sweden)

On the Move — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:30:13 +0000

How does a factory town that produces glass become a factory town that produces refuge?

Rejmyre Art Lab invites artists from fine, performing and craft backgrounds, who are engaged with conceptual and contextual practices, to participate in a funded eight-week, production-based residency in Rejmyre, Sweden, in the spring and summer of 2023. Rejmyre has, since 2009, played host to a long-term, place-based, artistic research project with a focus on site-responsive practice.

Rejmyre itself is located amongst the forests and lakes two hours southwest of Stockholm. With a population of approximately 1000, Rejmyre is a small factory town centred around the Reijmyre Glasbruk, a glass factory founded in 1810 and still in operation.

One of the Rejmyre Art Lab’s primary research themes has, since 2018, been refuging: an exploration of how giving/taking refuge, as an act and practice, can be developed and facilitated through multiple artistic interactions and interventions. The theme has been developed by the project’s research leader Daniel Peltz, who, together with artistic director Sissi Westerberg, will introduce the theme and projects developed thus far during the residency.

The residency itself consists of a funded eight week working period, with six weeks on site in Rejmyre:

One week of Ensemble Residency: 24-30 April 2023.
Individual research and production on site in Rejmyre: 1 May - 5 June 2023.
Reflection and post-production, off site: two weeks of work spread out over the summer and autumn of 2023.

Applications are invited from artists, working in any medium, who are interested in engaging their practices in exploring the research topic of ‘refuging’. International and Nordic/Baltic artists receive a participation stipend of 24,000 SEK, material/production stipend up to 12,500 SEK, travel stipend, housing in Rejmyre (individual bedrooms with shared bathroom and shared communal spaces), shared production space in historic early 20th century factory buildings with the possibility of individual (bookable) space, and 1 communal lunch per week.

Deadline: 31 January 2023

More info and apply: https://www.rejmyreartlab.org/residency/production-residency-open-call

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Rum för Dans: Co-production Residency for a Dance Performance (Sweden)

On the Move — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 13:31:38 +0000

If you are a professional dance artist, choreographer and/or dance company that has come quite far in the creation of a new dance piece, this residency is for you! Rum för Dans wants to give this residency to somebody who will be ready to premiere their new work at the end of the two-week period at Kungsbacka theater. Kungsbacka theater is well equipped and you will recieve some technical assistance.

Rum för Dans will become one of your co-producers and the premiere of your piece will be included in the Rum för Dans seasonal programme for autumn 2023.

Included in the residency:

Co-production fee of 150,000 SEK (~13,500 EUR) will be paid to the company after the residency period. The company must be able to send an invoice.
Up to an additional 45,000 SEK (~4000 EUR) can be added to the invoice for living and travel expenses. Copy of receipts or contract must be provided. Kungsbacka only has one hotel, but Gothenburg is just 30 minutes away by train. The commuting trains are frequent between Kungsbacka and Gothenburg.
Access to Kungsbacka theater’s stage 12 x 18 m and existing technical equipment and dance mat.
Via prior agreement, the technical staff at Kungsbacka theater can be of some support during the residency.

Professional dance artists and dance companies can apply to this residency. Both Swedish and international applications are welcomed.

Deadline: 15 January 2023

More info and apply: https://www.danceinfo.fi/ilmoitustaulu/open-call-rum-for-dans-dance-residency-25th-sept-6-th-oct-2023-in-kungsbacka-sweden/

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Trans Europe Halles: Senior Project Manager / Researcher (Sweden)

On the Move — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:41:44 +0000

Trans Europe Halles is looking for a senior project manager / researcher to lead the Creative Europe ‘Cultural Transformation Movement’ project (Jan 2023 - Jan 2027).

Co-financed by the European Commission and led by the network Trans Europe Halles (TEH), The Cultural Transformation Movement Project (CTMP) is a four-year process that aims to diversify artistic production and its destination – starting from within the organisation itself. This will be achieved through generating and implementing strategies and methodologies of cultural management and creation processes developed with/by underrepresented communities (URCs). The project is led by TEH with its four members who are multidisciplinary art centres from Ukraine, Italy, Belgium and Austria. This project researches and examines two dimensions, one within and the other around the partner centres/organisations. It also questions the relationship between just art-making, policymaking, the context, and the resulting art forms.

The Cultural Transformation Movement project (CTMP) is the first project of the Cultural Transformation Movement (CTM). The movement is a larger working group of TEH members who are investing in the topics of social and spatial justice, and who have the ambition to reduce inequalities and inspire the European cultural sector on how to transform the organisations from within, in equal partnership with the under-represented communities around them.

CTMP is a key strategic project for TEH and its success will determine a crucial area of work for the network: social and spatial sustainability.

As the project manager of the Cultural Transformation Movement Project (CTMP), you will:

Be responsible for the successful delivery of the CTMP
Develop and manage a detailed project plan in cooperation with the consortium.
Coordinate the CTMP consortium.
Be responsible for the quality control of all project deliverables submitted by the consortium members and other project stakeholders.
Collaborate with the TEH financial team to develop and submit the required technical and financial reports to the project.
Manage the project expenses and report to the financial manager, as well as coordinate with the project manager and financial managers of the partners.

In addition the you will be expected to:

Coordinate the CTM activities and co-produce public events and workshops with the CTM members.
Develop TEH’s relationship with the academic sector, be updated on the relevant academic literature on topics of social justice, spatial justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and relevant issues.
Understand the issues relevant to underrepresented communities and show a strong commitment to developing their active participation in our network.

This is a four-year full-time position, based in Sweden with flexibility of 50% remote work. Start date is 1 February 2023, and gross salary is 31,250 SEK.

Deadline: 31 December 2022

More info and apply: http://teh.net/we-are-hiring-a-senior-project-manager-researcher/

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