“Performance Week” Program for Local and International Artists
Section
Deadline Date
June 1, 2025
Donor Agency
YARAT Contemporary Art Space
Grant Size
Not Available
The YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites local and international artists to take part in “Performance Week”, a special program within the exhibition Once a Sea, which explores the ecological, emotional, and cultural imprints of the Caspian Sea.
Fields
- Performance
- Time -based media (video, sound and digital technologies)
- Text
- Participatory Interactive Practices
Benefits
- Present their work during Performance Week at YARAT Contemporary Art Space, as part of the Once a Sea exhibition program.
- Participate in a preparatory workshop and receive mentorship from the guest curator and YARAT’s curatorial team.
- Receive logistical support, including rehearsal space, basic materials, technical equipment, and on-site assistance.
- Have their transportation, accommodation, and per diems fully covered by YARAT.
- Be featured on YARAT’s media platforms – social media, website, and press.
- Gain valuable professional networking opportunities with artists from different countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- This open call invites artists to engage with the Caspian Sea not as a distant backdrop, but as a living, shifting material full of history, emotion, and potential.
- They are looking for thoughtful, critical, and poetic perspectives on the Caspian's current fragmented state and its erased, tense, or possible futures.
For more information, visit YARAT Contemporary Art Space.
