The Goethe-Institut is launching a project to support choreographic creations in the Arabic speaking countries. It proposes to select ten artists from and based in the Arabic speaking countries. Each artist will be creating a choreographic project centred on notions of autonomy and body politics. The Goethe-Institut provides financial support for the productions and accompanies artists from conception to implementation.
Over the past years, globalisation and technology have increased our mobility and accelerated our life. The pace with which we had to address communication, tasks and life in general had escalated dramatically. Faced with a sudden, un|controlled break in our interaction with the world, an end to our mobility, our life decelerated. A new sobriety, a consciousness for time itself, and perhaps even its value made a palpable difference in our lives.
This deceleration, like all other historical developments, is felt very differently from group to group. In fact, for many, the deceleration only highlighted the constraints under which they lived even more. Already confined to small spaces of freedom, the lack of mobility put into full shape the un|controlled gestures that already curtailed freedom in their daily lives and artistic expressions.
Goethe-Institut are inviting artists to present their projects that surround the topic of deceleration and reflect upon other topics that arise since the pandemic started. Un|Controlled II is a project of investigation and research on the power of the body language, the power to imagine new futures, to move and transform our current selves and possibly others.
Alongside mentoring and networking, selected participants will meet physically two times and will have time during these residencies to develop their creative processes and exchange with other artists from the region. Travel and accommodation costs during the two working periods will be funded by the Goethe-Institut. Besides that there will be an online Kick off Workshop as well as other virtual meetings. The Goethe-Institut will award a grant (€2000) to each selected artist to produce the performance.
Applications are open to citizens from and based in: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
