SHAPE+ aims to foster exceptional emerging talent, connecting them to local communities and audiences through collaborative residencies with multiple artistic outcomes, commissioned artworks, as well as one-off presentations and performances. Combining an open call and a curatorial selection, the participating festivals and venues will select a roster of artists to support each year.
The artists chosen for SHAPE+ must be willing to choose greener forms of travel when such choice is possible, and are expected to participate either in residencies that include artistic collaboration or one-off performances and presentations as well as publicity activities, educational events and artist meet-ups.
Open call
Artists can see more detailed eligibility criteria in the application form.
Deadline: March 31, 2023 23:59 CET
Apply here
During its second year, the platform will welcome two new member organizations, expanding its list of partner festivals and venues to 15.
So far, the members are:
- MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
- Construction Festival/Kultura Medialna, Dnipro, UA
- CTM Festival/Disk, Berlin, DE
- INTONAL/INKONST, Malmö, SE
- Les Siestes Électroniques/Association Rotation, Toulouse, FR
- musikprotokoll/Österreichischer Rundfunk, Graz, AT
- Rokolectiv Festival/Asociatia Rokolectiv, Bucharest, RO
- schiev/Productions Associées asbl, Brussels, BE
- Skanu Mežs, Riga, LV
- SONICA Festival/Museum of Transitory Art, Ljubljana, SI
- Terraforma/Threes Productions, Milan, IT
- UH Fest/Ultrasound Foundation, Budapest, HU
- Unsound/Fundacja Tone, Krakow, PL
Support for Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine having passed a one-year mark very recently, SHAPE+ would like to encourage its partners and audience to resist becoming jaded by news about Russia’s invasion of this sovereign country – our help and support is needed as strongly as ever. See this resource, prepared by the European Commission to find out how you can donate and help.