EXPIRED

December 12, 2019
(at midday)

EVALUATION

The projects will be selected and evaluated by a commission consisting of:

Alessandro Cattunar (Invisible Cities);
Carla Esperanza Tommasini (Pergine Festival)
Chiara Organtini (Indisciplinarte);
Federica Rocchi (Periferico Festival)
Lisa Gilardino (curatrice e manager delle arti performative);
Michele Losi (Campsirago Residenza/Il Giardino delle Esperidi Festival);
Valentina Kastlunger e Valentina Picariello (Zona K).

SELECTED PROJECTS

The selected projects will be announced from the 20th January 2020 on the Pergine Festival website/social networks. The decision of the jury is irrevocable and unquestionable. Considering the high number of applications, only the selected candidates will be individually contacted.

The winning artists of the 9th edition of the OPEN call are:

NEW PRODUCTION

MMM Collective (IT)

PRESENTATION

Marilyne Grimmer (FR)

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OPEN /// CONTEMPORARY [URBAN] CREATION is addressed to artists (individuals, companies or collectives) operating in the context of national and international contemporary creation for public space. It aims at producing projects which create a dialogue with the urban space and its inhabitants, with the objective of encouraging productive and distributive opportunities through projects and artistic interventions that are able to reinvent / imagine / investigate public space, temporarily transforming it and its relational trajectories. Public space is conceived as a form of time and a research area, a horizon where the spectator can reconnect with the urban, historical, architectural and relational fabric of a specific place.

The call is led and promoted by Pergine Festival with a joint economical support and creative tutoring of Il Giardino delle Esperidi Festival (Campsirago, LC), Indisciplinarte (Terni), Festivals InVisible Cities – Contaminazioni digitali (Gorizia and Friuli Venezia Giulia), Periferico Festival (Modena) e Zona K (Milano).

The call supports:

• a new production realised through a shared process of  tutoring and creative development;
and
• the presentation of projects that have been already produced and presented, which should eventually be re-designed for the urban space and the different contexts of each partner city.

Please read carefully the regulations of the call before submitting an application.

REGULATIONS

1_The call is open to national and international artists focusing their research on public space;

2_ The call OPEN /// CONTEMPORARY [URBAN] CREATION aims to support:

• interdisciplinary creations (performance, theatre, dance, new technologies, music, walks, urban games, explorations, installations, etc.) that are able to reinvent/ re-imagine/explore the public space by temporarily transforming it and its relational trajectories;

• projects or participatory formats that engage public space, local population and/or specific social groups.

Given the nature of the call and the necessary re-adaptation of the project to different local contexts, we ask for flexibility in the design and creative development of the project. Pay attention: theatre, music and dance shows/performance created for traditional theatrical space will not accepted.

3_ The call is divided in two sections: NEW PRODUCTION and PRESENTATION.

NEW PRODUCTION

The support to the new original production provides:

• a financial support of 9.500 € in total (gross, including tax and social security contributions and artistic fee, production costs, specific technical needs, translations and travels);

• tutoring and creative support by the different partners for the development and the promotion of the project between April 2020 and May 2021 (accordingly to the dates of the last presentation);

• a kick-off meeting of 4/5 days together with all the partners in Umbria (Italy) in April 2020, curated by Indisciplinarte (Terni)/ La Mama international within the project C.U.R.A., to delve into the project and plan the production and logistic development for each different location;

• cover of the costs of accommodation (from 5 to 14 days accordingly) to readapt the project before every public presentation, after a clear agreement with each partner depending on the specific needs of the project;

• the participation in a public round table on the themes of creation for public space and a series of research meetings with invited experts curated by Amigdala Collective, based on the nature of the project, during Periferico Festival (indicatively the 2nd weekend in May), covering travel and hospitality costs;

• the coverage of accommodation costs (from 5 to 14 days) for the readjustment of the project before each public presentation, based on the needs of the project, to be agreed with the various partners;

• logistical support (permit requests, local contacts), basic tech support and tech personnel (to be agreed through verification and clear agreements with each hosting partner);

• the presentation of a first study in Friuli Venezia Giulia at InVisible Cities – Contaminazioni digitali between the 4th and the 14th June 2020; the presentation of a preview in Campsirago (LC) at Festival Giardino delle Esperidi between 18 and 28 June 2020; the debut of the project at Pergine Festival roughly around the second weekend of July 2020; the presentation of the project in Milan between September 2020 and May 2021, within the programme of Zona K.

Any other expenses will be covered by the artists. 

PRESENTATION

The support to presentation provides:

• a financial support of 7.500 € in total (gross,including tax and social security contributions and artistic fee, production costs, specific technical needs, eventual translations, transportation and travels) for the presentation of one or more re-run of the project in the programmes of 5 partners:

– Periferico Festival (second week of May 2020) or Verso Sera (June-July 2020);
– Il Giardino delle Esperidi Festival (18th and 28th June 2020);
– InVisible Cities or Contaminazioni digitali (end June – beginning of July 2020);
– Pergine Festival (first half of July 2020);
– Zona K (September 2020 – May 2021).

• coverage of the costs of accommodation (double room) from 3 to 5 nights (to be agreed with each hosting partner accordingly to the specific needs of the project);

• logistical support (permit requests, local contacts), basic tech support and tech personnel for get in-out (to be agreed through verification and clear agreements with each hosting partner).

Any other expenses will be covered by the artists.

4_ In case of complex technical projects, or requests for use of private spaces, or possible collaborations with local groups/associations, the project must guarantee its feasibility and compliance with all current regulations (in particular regarding technical and safety aspects). 

5_ All logistical and technical details (for both types of support) will take place in coordination with the artistic direction, the technical and production management of Pergine Festival, Zona K, InVisible Cities – Contaminazioni digitali, Il Giardino delle Esperidi Festival and Periferico Festival, through a series of meetings / conversations in the period preceding the public presentation of the project.

6_ Depending on their specific characteristics (type, duration, location, accessibility) the projects may be repeated several times on the same day and / or in different days, in agreement with the various organisations.

7_ The new production must always indicate the following: Production Pergine Festival, in co-production with Il Giardino delle Esperidi Festival, InVisible Cities / Contaminazioni digitali, Zona K and with the support of Indisciplinarte and Periferico Festival.

Pergine Festival reserves the right to discuss further, together with the candidate, any aspects of the project not fully explained in the project application.

Given the collaboration between different institutions, in case of request for information and/or clarification, please do not call by telephone; instead, send an email with all requests to open@perginefestival.it by the 10th November 2019. After this date no reply will be given.

KEY WORDS: urban | community | interdisciplinary projects | interactive installations | participatory performance | outdoor spaces | public sphere | new technologies | international call