SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the European Union, announces a new open call for artist submissions for its next working period: 15 July 2024 – 14 July 2025.
SHAPE+ aims to boost the careers of European artists through collaborative residencies, commissioned artworks and performances. SHAPE+ artists will be invited to festivals and venues in Europe and beyond, as well as networking and career development events. Combining an open call and a curatorial selection, the participating festivals and venues select a roster of artists to support each year.
The members are:
- MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
- Construction Festival, Dnipro, UA
- CTM Festival, Berlin, DE
- INTONAL, Malmö, SE
- Les Siestes Électroniques, Toulouse, FR
- musikprotokoll/Österreichischer Rundfunk, Graz, AT
- Rokolectiv Festival, Bucharest, RO
- schiev, Brussels, BE
- Skanu Mežs, Riga, LV
- SONICA Festival, Ljubljana, SI
- Terraforma, Milan, IT
- UH Fest, Budapest, HU
- Unsound, Krakow, PL
- OUT.FEST, Barreiro, PT
- Mutant Radio, Tbilisi, GE
SHAPE+ artists will take part in the annual two-day Artist Meet-up, they will be promoted through weekly interviews and social media as well the activities and work (music, album or track premieres) through the media partners (NTS Radio, Resonance FM, Wire magazine, etc.).
The artists chosen for SHAPE+ should be committed to greener forms of travel when such choice is possible and are expected to participate in collaborative residencies and one-off performances and presentations as well as publicity activities, educational events and artist meet-ups.
