Experimentica, live art festival open call

Experimentica is a live art festival in Cardiff that encourages risk, collaboration and exchange between artists and audiences.

The festival commissions and hosts a dynamic programme of live art, performance and interdisciplinary projects and offers a platform for UK and international artists at all stages in their careers, to present experimental work in an open and supportive environment.

For our 2021 festival we will be exploring narratives and alternatives to the status quo; questioning accepted ways of thinking; giving a voice to the underrepresented and challenging existing forms of storytelling – exploring democracy, agency and open authorship.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for artists based in the UK who are engaged in the creation of experimental performance, writing, sound, film and video, dance, theatre or any other live medium.

We are keen to hear from artists who want to participate in discussions around their practice in a supportive and social environment, who want to share ideas, expand understandings and reflect on experiences during the festival.

We welcome proposals from individuals and groups who are excited by the possibility of experimentation and by those who take risks.

You may want to work in a new way that engages with the festival and its wider context whether live, online, in print, through radio or other broadcast means. If you have an idea that you would like to test out; a fully realised work that you would like to show for the first time, or a performance that you have shown before but would like the chance to bring it to new audiences, we would like to hear from you.

This year we plan to present the festival in hybrid form in response to our artists’ and audiences’ needs so we will consider works either suitable for a live, in-venue performance or via other digital means.

WHAT PERFORMER/S WILL RECIEVE

• Each selected project will be given a £1000 fee;
• Travel and accommodation will be paid separately;
• Production advice and support from our programme team;
• Technical advice and support from our in-house team;
• Documentation of your presentation or event;
• Rehearsal space leading up to the festival;
• We can also offer our Zoom webinar platform for rehearsal, development, meetings, and so on. This is a premium account that means that you can host without a time limit.

APPLICATION

If you’re interested in applying, please email the following to festival@chapter.org:

• A completed application form (download it here) OR a video or voice note (no longer than 5 minutes) to include a description of your project or project idea;
• A short biography or links to your website or relevant social media activity. Don’t worry if this is not possible, its useful for us to see but it’s not essential;
• A completed Equal Opportunities monitoring form. (Download it here).

Applications submitted by video or voice note should be accessible via a password-protected platform such as Vimeo. Visual quality, camera and editing skills will not be taken into consideration for filmed submissions.

DEADLINE: 17:00 on Monday 5 July 2021.

For more information please head to EXPERIMENTICA announces more commissions for UK based artists (chapter.org)