OPEN CALL: In the Field 2021
For its second edition, In the Field is focusing on transregional networking. The application is open to participants who live in Vienna as well as in an extended geographical radius around the city, regardless of provincial or national borders.
The Wiener Festwochen represent a forum for multidisciplinary works that is international in scope yet firmly anchored in the city. The festival is ideally suited for a collaborative, many-voiced reflection on contemporary artistic practices. Daily meetings and agenda items are drawn up and staged in co-operation with brut Wien, a leading production space for Vienna’s independent performing arts scene, and mentored by Vienna-based artist Stefanie Sourial.
The focus of the discussions within the group, with the mentor and the invited artists, will be on the artistic positions on show at the festival. Another aspect will consist of discussing the issues raised by a festival as ‘exceptional setting’. What new contexts of meaning does such a concentration of artistic works open up? What spaces can these temporary communities create?
Through these exchanges with the artistic and organisational teams of the Wiener Festwochen and brut Wien, In the Field offers a practical insight into the structures and working methods of the cultural and festival sector.
Details
Time frame: 15 May to 30 May 2021
The talks will be held in English.
Mentor: Stefanie Sourial (performance artist & lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) Programme Coordinator: Eva Wolfesberger (associate curator, brut Wien)
The In the Field programme is free of charge for scholarship recipients and includes the tickets for the selected performances at the Wiener Festwochen. For ten participants who are not resident in Vienna, the scholarship also includes accommodation in single rooms at our partner hotel THE STUDENT HOTEL and expenses for travel to and from Vienna by train, up to a total amount of EUR 200.
The programme is aimed at students from a wide range of disciplines and at aspriring artists and cultural workers with an interest in the performing arts and festival practices. 15 places will be awarded to applicants resident in Vienna. 10 places will be assigned to applicants from the extended region, including the federal provinces and neighbouring countries. (Guideline: applicants ordinarily resident within a 300 km airline radius around Vienna)
Application
- Application deadline: 14 February 2021
- Documents: A short CV and a motivational letter stating the reasons why participation in the In the Field programme is relevant to or enriching for your research, education or practice, plus a description of the perspective you are able to contribute to the group discussions. (approx. 2,000 characters, in German or English)
- Documents to be emailed as PDFs to inthefield@festwochen.at
- Notifications will be sent out as of 22 February 2021
If you have any questions, please contact:
Diana Costa, INTHEFIELD@FESTWOCHEN.AT
brut all over Vienna
brut nordwest
accessible
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)
Meeting point: Gasthaus Hansy at Praterstern
accessible
Heinestraße 42 , 1020 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern) / S-Bahn: S1, S2, S3, S4, S7 (Praterstern) / Tram: 5 (Praterstern)
brut at Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien
accessible
Freyung 8, 1010 Vienna
Subway: U1 (Stephansplatz), U2 (Schottentor), U3 (Herrengasse) / Tram: 1, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 (Schottentor) / Bus: 1A, 2A (Herrengasse U), 3A (Renngasse)
Rote Bar at Volkstheater
accessible
Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Vienna
Subway: U3 (Volkstheater) / Tram: 49 (Volkstheater) / Bus: 48A (Volkstheater)
brut at Sportplatz 1210
accessible
Jedlersdorfer Platz 25, 1210 Vienna
Subway U6 (Florisdorf) / S-Bahn: S1, S2, S3, S4, S7 (Floridsdorf) / Tram: 30, 31 (Brünner Straße / Hanreitergasse) / Bus: 30A, 32A (Toni Fritsch Weg)
studio brut
not accessible
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
brut nordwest – rehearsal space
not accessible
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna