“Moving to change” Open call for Artists and Cultural Professionals from Performing Arts

What is moving to change?

“Moving to change” (MTC) stems from Corte Ospitale ‘s experience in developing innovative processes in the relationship between artists and communities. As a residency center, they believe that art residencies can be places for practical innovation, spaces where, through the creative process, it’s possible to cross territories and create generative change. With this project, they want to go a step further, treasuring the place they inhabit: an ancient hospice for pilgrims from the 16th century, located in Rubiera (Italy), a town of 15 thousand inhabitants. Through a month-long residency the artists will share their practices, get to know each other and build a lasting bond with the inhabitants. The dialogue between artists and inhabitants will be designed in an intercultural and intergenerational perspective to tell, through performing arts, a place perceived as a cultural heritage and to find a new sense of belonging, new perspectives and mindsets.

What they Offer?

• Corte Ospitale is a residence center located in Rubiera, a town between Reggio Emilia and Modena in the heart of Emilia Romagna (Italy). It’s a 16th century monumental complex, that was once a place of rest, care and refreshment for pilgrims traveling along the Via Emilia. Since 2000, after careful restoration, it has been used as a cultural center by the Municipality of Rubiera. Inside the Ospitale there are now four rehearsal rooms, a guesthouse with about seventy beds and a fully equipped kitchen.
• These are the conditions guaranteed for each selected A&CPs:
  • board and lodging will be provided by Corte Ospitale: each participant will have a single room with private bathroom and a shared kitchen will be made available.
  • Each participant will receive a mobility grant as follows: 25 euros per day for each day of residency + a travel grant between 350 and 700 euros (the exact amount will be agreed with the structure depending on the distance km from the place of residency and the sustainability of the trip). Payments will be made in three tranches: before, during and after the residency project.
  • If applicable top ups are provided for specific situations (green mobility, family, visa expenses, disability). Top-ups will be agreed upon individually with the host once selected.
  • A mentoring program will be provided.
• Mentoring
  • Two mentors are planned for the project:
    • one figure is part of the host team and will follow the entire creative process, creating connections between hosted A&CPs and the communities involved in the project and acting as a linguistic and cultural mediator. This is Silvia Ferrari, a curator and professional facilitator, founder of mooncult (www.mooncult.it/en), a project that deals nationally and internationally with participation and co-design in the cultural sphere.
    • another figure involved as a mentor will be an external figure, a senior curator with diverse experience in curatorial and performance field (Annalisa Sacchi, Director of the Master’s Degree Course in Theater and Performing Arts, Iuav University of Venice). This figure will be involved as a trainer in the first part of the residency.

Who can apply?

• Expected to host 3 artists and 2 cultural professionals working in the performing arts.
  • For Artists
    • They are looking for:
      • 1 senior artist, a performing arts artist expert in participatory processes with artists-communities
      • 2 junior artists, under 30 performing arts artists interested in acquiring new tools in the relationship with communities
  • The call is aimed at individual artists from the performing arts, not collectives or companies. Each artist is asked to participate with their own creative process, not with a ready-made show.
  • For Cultural Professionals
    • They are looking for:
      • 1 performing arts senior cultural professional, a performing arts curator experienced in participatory processes with artists-communities
      • 1 performing arts cultural professional junior under 30 interested in acquiring new tools in the relationship with communities
      • To be considered eligible, both artists and cultural professionals must meet these criteria:
        • Aged 18 +
        • Active in the performing arts sector
      • Legal Residents in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries, except Italy:
        • Albania, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, and Ukraine.
        • Including the Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions of the European Union: Overseas Countries and Territories: Greenland (Denmark), French Polynesia (France), New Caledonia (France), Saint Barthelemy (France), St. Pierre and Miquelon (France), Wallis and Futuna Islands (France), Aruba (The Netherlands), Bonaire (The Netherlands), Curaçao (The Netherlands), Saba (The Netherlands), Sint Maarten (The Netherlands) and Sint Eustatius (The Netherlands).
        • Outermost regions: French Guiana (France), Guadeloupe (France), Martinique (France), Mayotte (France), Reunion Island (France), Saint-Martin (France), Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain).

For more information, visit la Corte Ospitale.