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Split Calling Festival 2024 for Contemporary Circus and Outdoor Art (Croatia)

A person in a narrow street with at least 8 baskets balanced on her head, with people watching.
Photo: Damira Kalajžić, courtesy Cirkus Kolektiv.

Split Calling (festival of contemporary circus and outdoor art) is calling for applications for this year’s edition of the festival. All regional artists and collectives of contemporary circus and outdoor art are invited to apply with their work. The call is intended for regional artists from Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo.

The two-day format of the festival, which is conceived as a synergy of performing arts and other artistic disciplines referring to the performance space in general, will be held 4–5 October 2024, in specific public areas of the city of Split.

Works of various formats are acceptable: show, performance, exhibition, performative walk, installation, spatial intervention, and more. Split Calling especially encourages the submission of works designed for the specific context of the festival, but works created earlier are also acceptable. Projects that possess the qualities of innovation, originality, critical reflection, reflexivity, engagement and interdisciplinary cooperation will be especially valued during the selection.

Outdoor art is a term that refers to works of art from a wide range of disciplines that are performed outdoors. Unlike the classic concepts of street art and street theatre, it includes all performing, visual, participatory and similar disciplines and formats that are performed outdoors. So, in addition to the wider genre definition of the works, there is also a wider scope of types of performance locations; it is not only about the street and urban environments, but also includes the natural environment, brownfield areas, and more.

The selected artist or collectives will receive a fee in the amount of 400 EUR. In addition, accommodation, food and travel expenses are covered.

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