The Festival Belluard Bollwerk International and the Migros Culture Percentage are looking for artistic projects that are dealing with hope.
At the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century hope seems to occupy centre stage on the political and cultural scene. Though a lot of the time no more than a rhetoric strategy to get people in line on issues like ecological doom, global confusion or political terror, a contemporary understanding of hope might prove to be a useful strategy in constructing a different perspective on our social and artistic attitudes.
Hope in this age is no longer projected upon a distant utopia, a far-away future. We no longer believe in the big ideologies, since we seem to have been sucked up head-over-heels by the all-encompassing musings of capitalism. Instead of dreaming about a bloody revolution, hope situates itself today in the eternal now: in every situation, relation, ethical set-up you commit to.
In other words: hope is about rethinking space and relations, about daring to allow change to happen, however small, in whatever kind of way. A hopeful gesture is one that alters the situation: between me and you, between me and my environment, and in that moment changes both of us.
The Festival Belluard Bollwerk International and the Migros Culture Percentage are looking for projects that could set hope in motion, in the form of experimental set-ups, performance work, challenging practices or wildcard invitations to the city and its inhabitants.
Hope as invention; as movement; as change; as choreography; as daydream; as potential; as revolution; as hospitality; as action; …
The call is open to artists and practitioners from other fields, to Fribourg residents and people from other places, to individuals or groups.
Selected proposals will be realised as a part of the Belluard Festival 2011.
The projects can take place in one of the festival venues, on another location in Fribourg or in the public space.
Projects will be selected by a jury of arts practitioners and experts from other fields.
Selected proposals will be further developed during a residency in Fribourg, in collaboration with specialists from different fields.
Rules
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Each project is to be presented on maximum three A4-format pages (including drawings, photo’s, plans, etc), along with a budget proposal and personal details (name, postal and email address, telephone number).
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Applications must be written in English, German or French. (German and French applications should include an English summary of 1000 characters).
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Projects must be sent by October 18th 2010 to Belluard Bollwerk International, Contest 2011, PO Box 214, 1701 Fribourg, Switzerland (postal stamp is proof) or to info
belluard [dot] ch, with as subject ‘CONTEST 2011’. (12 pm Swiss time at the latest)
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The results will be announced latest mid December 2010.
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The jury reserves the right not to comment on its decision.
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The material sent will not be returned.
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For each selected project there will be a minimum artistic budget of 2’500 CHF plus a production budget for the realization of the project and presentation during the Belluard Festival 2011.
Participants have to be available for
- Mentoring in Fribourg by a group of specialists in February 2011 (exact dates tbc).
- A production period in Fribourg in June 2011.
- The presentation of the project during the Belluard Festival 2011, between June 21st and July 4th 2011 (exact dates tbc).
