Application deadline February 10th, 2025
Decisions by March 17th, 2025
Applications: https://forms.gle/Ude4NAea9Z42emoi7
New Performance Turku Biennale announces a call for proposals for Showcase for performance artists based outside Finland to perform as part of New Performance Turku Biennale, organized in Finland in September 2025.
New Performance Turku Biennale is a unique festival showcasing the current streams and phenomena in performance art in Turku, Finland. The second Biennale in 2025 will continue the work done during the 10-year history of the renowned New Performance Turku Festival (2012–2021) and the first Biennale in 2023, developing the means of production and audiences in the field of performance art. The Biennale programme includes both residencies and process-based collaborations between practitioners and local venues and agencies. The programme presents site-specific, participatory, solo and group performances. In addition to the performances, the programme includes International Visiting Curators’ Programme, lectures by artists and curators, thematic seminars and parties.
Although the main aim of the Biennale is to enable long working processes and to develop more sustainable models of work production, this still does not suit the way some performance artists work, as their performances are more lightly structured or situational. We also want to enable these kinds of performance practices to appear as part of the Biennale programme by organising an international open call for proposals that would allow new artists, perhaps previously unknown to the Biennale team, to be invited to participate in the programme. The open call allows new artists to be presented and new voices and perspectives to be included in the programme.
Five artists will be selected for the International Showcase. We are looking for solo performance art works that are light in terms of production and technical requirements. The five artists selected for the programme will perform their work during Showcase evening at the various spaces at the Manilla Culture Factory on Saturday 6 September 2025. More information about the venue: https://www.manillantehdas.fi/in-english
Applications
The application language is English. To apply for the programme, please submit an application using the application form including your biography, information about your performance (synopsis and technical requirements), CV and 2-5 photos of your previous work. Please fill in the application form by 23:59 (UTC+2) on 10 February. Late applications will not be considered.
A shortlist of candidates will be invited for interviews, which will take place on 6-7 March 2025 as Zoom interviews. Invitations to the interviews will be sent out on 3rd March. The selection will be made by Leena Kela, curator of the New Performance Turku Biennale, and Salla Karvonen, executive producer.