BIRCA eco Matter is a joint residency of two weeks for six international performing artists, who seek to create new solo, shared and collaborative performance works.
BIRCA eco Matter is taking place on Bornholm/Denmark from 28 April to 11 May 2025 and is led by Susanne Danig/BIRCA in collaboration with Danish performance maker Tora Balslev who will facilitate a joint workshop at the beginning of the residency.
The residency addresses interconnectivity through the ecology of environment, of social justice, of spirit and intellectual dimensions. By embracing the natural surroundings of BIRCA the residency wants to create a vision for an regenerative future that nourishes intersection, communication, generosity and sharing as modes of being and creating.
Applicants can work on their own projects/practice at the same time as they are expected to enter into a dialogue with the other performing artists and remain open to the possibility of co-creation. The residency is creating a space for co-creation and exchange, where the aim is create a space for care, trust and safety with room for exchanging experiences of being a performing artist.
The residency welcomes queer and BIPOC artists and is open for kids and caretakers joining.
There will be communal dining every day and collective meal planning and cooking. The project ends with a public work-in-process presentation.
Accommodation and food expenses will be covered and the residency will reimburse up to 300 EUR/2,200DK in travel expenses and pay a fee of 1,340 EUR/10,000 DK.
