Eligibility

This residency is for visual artists with a focus on performative practices, an exhibition/publication record, who have completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or equivalent experience and recognition from their peers.

Number of Participants

Collaborative groups of no more than two people are welcome to apply.

Deadline

February 06, 2019 14:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

March 29, 2019 12:00 UTC

Duration

June 04, 2019 - July 06, 2019

Costs

• CA$65.00 application fee
• CA$1,946.00 program fee

Facilities

Gallery, Individual Studio, Installation Space, Shared Studio

Housing

Private Room, Shared Room

Meals

Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Public Programs

Mentors, Open Studios, Performances, Workshops

Disciplines

Performance Art, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

Overview Imagine this residency as a hive of inventors, continuously searching for ways to make each other laugh and permuting every facet of reality. Performance artists, dancers, escapees from the theatre, experimental comedians, abstract clowns, and visual artists who have way too much energy for their own good — we invite you to this hive to exaggerate life to its fullest! Led by Michael Portnoy and Kira Nova, Behaviour Swarm will explore a series of different modules to continuously fracture your sense of self; behaviour, speech, ideas, your relation to your body, others, objects, and your environment. We’ll use theatre, dance, and performance techniques to develop your tools for inventiveness, high-level nonsense, slapstick, presence, expressivity, and intuition. Participants will form a company of sorts — a collective organism functioning at times perfectly as a group while growing strength in their own individual work.