OPEN CALL FOR SHOWS,
PERFORMANCES, MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS
2023 EDITION
The following call, promoted by the Festival In\Visible Cities-Contaminazioni Digitali and by Associazione Quarantasettezeroquattro, in collaboration with CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del FVG and PimOff, is open to single artists, groups, collectives, companies interested in presenting:
a) interdisciplinary creations that emphasize technological and artistic interlanguage dialogue (performance, theatre, dance, new technologies, music, walks, explorations, installations, etc.)
b) installation and/or performance creations in public spaces
The call supports:
a) projects to be developed in residence in two or three steps, hosted by:
– Festival In\Visible cities/Digital contaminations (Turriaco, end of June-early July; Gradisca d’Isonzo, end of August-early September 2023)
– Dialoghi / Residenze delle arti performative a Villa Manin curated by CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del FVG (Codroipo, Udine – June-July 2023)
– PimOff (Milan, indicative period September-December 2023)
b) hospitality of a project that has already debuted in urban or theatrical spaces
Priority will be given to projects that manage to explore 2023 focuses:
a) are innovative in terms of the relationship between performance, multimedia languages and urban or natural spaces through site-specific and community-specific formats;
b) are inspired by the theme “the forms of water” by proposing performances that deal with the topic of water in its various forms (rivers, lakes, seas, glaciers); in its being an essential resource for human life and for the creation of energy; in its being a decisive factor in the life of communities; in its being the bearer of history, traditions, memories; in its centrality in terms of environmental protection of climate change; in its relationships with peoples and territories, environments and landscapes;
c) are inspired by the life and works of Italo Calvino on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.
Participants »
The call is open to artists of all performing arts expressions who use multimedia in their practice. Artists can be of any nationality, resident in Italy or abroad.
Groups of artists are allowed to participate. Participants must be of age at the beginning of the residency/festival.
Main selection criteria »
• Quality level and originality of the proposal;
• Innovativeness of the format regarding the dialogue between expressive and technological languages;
• feasibility of the project in terms of costs, time, technical equipment and logistics;
• ability of the project to address the 2023 focus.
• artistic curriculum;
• potential for development and replication of the project in other contexts.
