Open Call: Performing Arts Relay - Århus

The partners of the Performing Arts Relay lab collaboration invite artists from the performing arts field in Denmark, Norway and Canada to work and explore together in a four-day artistic laboratory. We invite artists to propose an idea for an experiment, a question or a field of investigation on the theme Language//Landscape. The purpose of the lab is to explore, discover and exchange methods and practice with other participants, not to produce or develop a specific project. The lab work will be structured around the selected artists' proposals and facilitated by the organising partners. The lab is preceded by a short pre-lab process online for all participants.

We prioritize applicants who live and work in Northern Norway.

Resources

Each artist receives a fee of 10,000 NOK, along with coverage for travel, accommodation, and per diems.

Schedule Relay Aarhus 2025:

03 June: 17:00-19:00 (online)

Pre- lab process: talks online and some tasks

29 Sep: Travel til Aarhus

30 sep: Lab where participants create, research and exchange methods and questions in a frame facilitated and documented by the Relay Partners

01 oct: Lab

02 oct: Lab

03 oct: Lab

04 oct: Travel home

The lab work will be designed around the proposals from the selected artists and will be facilitated by the organizing partners. The lab is preceded by a short online pre-lab process for the selected participants. For this lab, we will select one artists from Denmark, two from Norway and one from Canada. Please note: You do not have to be an experienced lab-participant to participate.

How to apply

Use this form to apply: Application from

Deadline: 11.04.2025

If you want to discuss an idea before applying, please don't hesitate to contact either Anita Bjørkli: anita@davvi.org or Barbara Simonsen: barbara@teaterseachange.dk

Facilitators:

Barbara Simonsen, Seachange Lab (DK).

Brian Quirt, Nightswimming (CAN).

Bruce Barton, School of Creative and Performing Arts (CAN).

Anita Bjørkli, Davvi - Centre for Performing Arts (NO).

The Performing Arts Relay partners share a passion for artistic research and lab work for performing arts professionals. We believe that artistic research is a necessity, not a luxury, and essential for artists to continue to grow and develop, throughout their careers. As project partners we are dedicated to providing solid framework for lab work to take place, and we believe that the labs we create—combining practice and reflection in a professionally facilitated and structured framework, are an important contribution to expanding the horizons, knowledge and skills of the participating artists as well as our own.

Performing Arts Relay 2024-2026 is a series of 3 artistic research labs, each hosted by one of the Relay partners in Bodø, Toronto and Aarhus. In each lab, artists from all 3 countries come together to explore, exchange and reflect, and to qualify their artistic practice. A different group of artists participates in each lab. The hosting partners facilitate and structure the lab work through questions, themes, and both individual and collaborative tasks, fostering a deeper awareness of artistic methods and practices. The focus of the labs is the variety of the 3 countries' languages and (inner and outer) geographies, including the Arctic regions, as reflected in the work of the participating artists. The thematic starting point of the work is Language//Landscape, a broad theme that can be interpreted in multiple ways by the participating artists, and they are invited to map their artistic routes together, as they explore their own and each other's work practice.

Performing Arts Relay 2024-2026 is supported by Nordic Culture Fund, The Norwegian Barents Secretariat, and Aarhus Municipality.

Apply here