Deadline: 31 August 2024
Sandbox Collective invites applications for the Gender Bender festival held annualy in Bangalore, India to showcase new works of art that re-examine and re-imagine the spectrum that is gender.
What started as a platform to display the works of the grantees has, over the last nine years, grown into a much needed and recognised space for important conversations that aim to contribute to the constantly evolving understanding of gender and its implications – including the need for intersectionality, with artists and audiences alike. The festival showcases works created by the grantees, and also includes curated performances, panel discussions, exhibitions and workshops.
Funding Information
- The Gender Bender 2024 grant includes a maximum grant amount of INR 75,000 towards the creation of the work, awarded at the discretion of the panel with due reference to your proposal and budget. A stipulated amount will be available towards travel and accommodation costs. Selected projects will be presented in Bangalore between November 27-30, 2024.
Who can apply?
- They invite applications from individuals and collectives working in the arts to create new and original work around the idea of gender. You are encouraged to approach this theme in a critical way, in relation to your own perspective. The artistic contributions can take any form of expression across different media – from dance to drawing, photography to pottery, mixed media to mime, and everything in between, so long as it is new work that can be presented, performed, screened, or exhibited to an audience.
- The proposed projects should not have already had a public showcase/performance.
- Former Gender Bender grantees are not eligible to apply.
- Applications from marginalised and underserved communities are encouraged.
For more information, visit Sandbox Collective.
