An Art Incubator for contemporary European non-institutionalised and independent theatre www.makeamoveproject.eu Impressum

Title Print Make a Move – An Art Incubator for It-graf contemporary European non-institutionalised Kovinska ul. 11A, 10090, Table of and independent theatre • www.it-graf.hr • [email protected] Author Ivana Peranić Place and year of the issue , 2019. Contents / Texts by Ivana Peranić Barbara Rovere ISBN 978-953-8274-05-3 Armando Rotondi Valentina Temussi “This project has been funded with support from 00. Foreword / 02 Daria Lavrennikov the European Commission. This publication Máiréad Ní Chróinín reflects the views only of the author, and the Lia Codrina Contiu Commission cannot be held responsible for 01. About the Project / 04 any use which may be made of the information 1.1. Partners, Associates and Funders / 06 Editors contained therein.” 1.2. Project Timeline, Outputs and Target Groups / 08 Ivana Peranić Marta Pupić-Bakrač “This publication has been funded with support from the Kultura nova Foundation. This 02. Barcelona Meeting / 10 Language editor publication reflects the views only of the author, Máiréad Ní Chróinín and do not necessarily express the views of the 2.1. Target Group Needs Identification Report / 12 Kultura nova Foundation.” Layout and design 03. Art Incubator / 14 Ana Somek 3.1. ‘Digital Practices’ / 20 • MERAKI Ltd. 3.2. ‘Site-specific Theatre Practices and Audiences’ / 22 Publishers 3.3. ‘Inside Out – Positioning non-institutionalised theatre practices in Creative laboratory of Contemporary Theatre, KRILA, Kvaternikova 4, 51000 Rijeka, a critical journalistic and business context’ / 36 • www.krila.org • [email protected] 04. Action Research Methodology / 38 Foreword Agency (EACEA) approved co-financing of the communication and dissemination activities project. As small cultural operators, we have and enable exploitation of the project content already achieved a lot - still, there are many for policy making and cultural management challenges ahead of us. purposes, outside of immediate project partnership and beyond the duration of the Make a Move is primarily a capacity building project. Because, to be an independent artist/ project, but at the same time it aims to shine a organisation nowadays is a valuable political and new light on the contemporary European non- artistic statement which needs to be heard! institutionalised and independent theatre sector. Make a Move project came about organically. independent artist in the field of contemporary 02 03 It seeks to do this by creating a new awareness Ivana Peranić A group of independent movement based theatre, I lacked the conditions and resources around the artistic and audience development Make a Move Project Leader European artists attempted to collaborate and to fully focus on my artistic creation. I often relevance of this sector, which throughout Artistic Director of the Creative Laboratory 00.develop an international theatre production. wondered - what if the conditions were more the history has been an important carrier of of Contemporary Theatre Regardless of all our efforts and commitments, supportive, how would that effect my artistic contemporaneity, innovation and exploration. it was clear to us that we lacked the capacities work? The majority of the existing ‘repertoire-system’, and strong financial and political support and text-based institutionalised theatre has not recognition needed to successfully develop In moving onward with Make a Move, we were evolved in synchronicity with audiences an international project. That was the crucial lucky to meet Barbara Rovere, an extraordinary and the social and technological context. moment when the Make a Move project was Slovenian cultural manager, who believed in our On the other hand, numerous progressive born, as an intermediate project between where vision and fully supported us during the process art forms of contemporary theatre practices we as an arts sector are now and where we of project development and application writing remain marginalised within the world of non- would like to be in the near future. We decided for the Creative Europe Programme Call with institutionalised theatre practitioners and small to take action to affect change in the ability her expertise, sensitivity and intuitive approach. independent cultural operators who lack the of the non-institutionalised and independent During that process we were additionally capacities and resources to scale their activities theatre sector to evolve and ultimately bring encouraged and strengthened with new and bring them to a wide audiences. theatre closer to the contemporary society. partners who applied to our Call for Partners and with whom we finalised development of the In collaboration with higher educational The decision to create the Make a Move project. We were thrilled and honoured when institutions the project applies action research project resonated with me personally: As an the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive methodology which will feed into the project’s

Foreword Foreword Photo Credit / Nicole Pschetz About the Project

The Make a Move project will execute and theatre productions that will be presented as 04 05 test an innovative Art Incubator program, work-in-progress to audiences in three project designed particularly for non-institutionalised partners’ countries. The project will identify The project title ‘Make a Move’ was inspired by 01.theatre practitioners and small independent at least 5 new cooperation opportunities and a graffiti which we saw on a wall during a city cultural operators primarily from the field of initiate applications to sources of funding walk on occasion of the third Rijeka workshop in contemporary movement-based theatre with producing a target of theatre productions for October 2017. the first group of10 full-time participants display at European Capital of Culture occasions and 30 auditing participants from 8 European in Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland). countries (Austria, Croatia, Ireland, France, and Workinglifebalance Ltd. (Graz, Austria). Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain) who will have The initiator and leader of the project is The Make a Move project has been developed the opportunity to develop their artistic and an arts organisation Creative Laboratory of under the European Capital of Culture professional skills and grow their production Contemporary Theatre KRILA from Rijeka. The programme - Rijeka 2020: Port of Diversity, Capital of Culture Galway 2020, the Galway City proposals through co-creation processes in main partners of the project are the Galway project “Unreal Cities”. The project has been co- Council, the Irish Arts Council, the Ajuntament de collaboration with international group of artists. Theater Festival (Ireland), the Institute of Arts funded by the Creative Europe Programme of Sitges and the French Institute Barcelona. The Art Incubator will be implemented in 2019 Barcelona (Spaing), the University of Arts Targu- the European Union, RIJEKA 2020 LLC, Ministry in three cities: Galway (April / May), Rijeka Mures (Romania). The associate partners are of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Kultura MAKE A MOVE is part of the wider project (September) and Targu-Mures (December). ACTS (Oslo, Norway), MOVEO (Barcelona, ​​Spain) nova Foundation, City of Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski “Unreal Cities”, developed under the European The project will produce to various stages of 88 (Montpellier, France), Poulpe Electrique kotar County, Austrian Cultural Forum Zagreb Capital of Culture programme - Rijeka 2020: development at least 10 new contemporary (Arcueil, France), ToTum TeaTre (Barcelona, ​​Spain) and Embassy of Spain in Zagreb, the European Port of Diversity, Kitchen flagship.

About the project About the project Associates 5. ACTS – laboratory for performance 6. MOVEO – Centro de formación practices, Oslo, Norway y creación – Bacelona, Spain | W https://actspractices.org | F @Actslab | W https://www.moveo.cat/ | F @centro.moveo Partners, | I @cia_moveo_barcelona 7. PLATFORM 88 – Montpellier, France | W www.platform88.com/ 5. ACTS - | F @CompagniePlatform88 Associates laboratory for | I @platform88_theatre | T @platform88 performance practices 8. POULPE ELECTRIQUE – Arcueil, France | W http://poulpeelectrique.net/en/home/ and Funders | F @poulpe.electrique 9. TOTUM TEATRE – Barcelona, Spain Partners 2. Galway | W http://totumteatre.com/?lang=en 1. Creative Laboratory of Contemporary Theatre | F @totum teatre 1.1.Theatre KRILA – Rijeka, Croatia Festival W www.krila.org | F @krila.laboratory | I @krila.ri 10. WORKINGLIFEBALANCE LTD. – Graz, Austria | W www.workinglifebalanceltd.wordpress.com/ 2. Galway Theatre Festival – Galway, Ireland | F @workinglifebalance W http://galwaytheatrefestival.com/ 4. The University of | F @galwaytheatrefestival Funders Arts Târgu-Mureș | I @galway_theatre_festival 8. POULPE EACEA – Creative Europe | T @GwayTheatreFest ELECTRIQUE Rijeka 2020 LLC (Rijeka 2020 – European 10. Workinglifebalance Ltd. Capital of Culture) 3. Institute of the Arts Barcelona – Sitges, Spain Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia | W www.iabarcelona.com Kultura nova Foundation 1. Creative City of Rijeka | F @instituteoftheartsbarcelona 7. PLATFORM 88 | I @iabarcelona | T @iabarcelona Laboratory of Primorje - Gorski kotar County Contemporary Austrian Cultural Forum Zagreb 4. The University of Arts Târgu-Mureș, Theatre Embassy of Spain in Zagreb – Târgu-Mureș, Romania KRILA Galway 2020 – ECoC 3. Institute of the 6. MOVEO - Centro de | W http://www.uat.ro/en.html | F @uatmures Arts Council of Ireland Arts Barcelona formación y creación 9. TOTUM TEATRE Galway City Council Ajuntament de Sitges Institut français de Barcelona

About the project About the project Project Timeline, Outputs and Target Groups

• Independent theatre makers, be • Policy makers in the field of culture • Non-institutionalised theater practitioners • Researchers in the it individual artists or collectives • Researchers in the field of theatre studies • Researchers in the field of theatre studies field of theatre studies Target • Policy makers in the field of culture • Policy makers in the Groups (companies), in the field of • International theatre and performing arts producers contemporary movement-based • European theatre associations at the European • General Audience field of culture 1.2 theatre practices and national levels • Media • Theatre research associations • Media Lab 3. ‘Inside Out – Positioning non-institutionalised theatre Kick-Off Meeting Open Call Barcelona Lab 1. Lab 2. Handbook Final Partners practices in a critical journalistic in Rijeka Meeting ‘Digital Practices’ ‘Site-specific Theatre Launch Event Meeting in Rijeka Name Practices and Audiences’ and business context’

18th – 20th 30th November – 19th– 21st 25th April–4th 10th–19th 09th–18th February 2020 18th –20th Date & October 2018 30th December 2018 February 2019 May 2019 September 2019 December 2019 Targu-Mures, February 2020 Location Rijeka, Croatia All EU Countries Sitges, Spain Galway, Ireland Rijeka, Croatia Targu-Mures, Romania Romania Rijeka, Croatia

• Individual Artists Applications: 127 • The Art Incubator curriculum • 10 full-time participants from at least 5 Handbook on non-institutionalised Outputs • Collectives Applications: 42 • Target Group Needs Report Creative Europe programme countries theatre practices, supporting • Total number of Artists applied: 226 • 30 auditing participants business and audience • Website visits: 2475 • 10 work-in-progress public performances development topics that will • Call downloads from the • 5 new cooperation project ideas identified highlight the solutions to many website: 430 and elaborated of the challenges of the sector. • Audience reach on • Evaluation Methodology, Interim Evaluation Facebook: 58 334 Reports, Final evaluation reports, academic publications

About the project About the project Photo Credit / Institute of the Arts Barcelona Barcelona Meeting

11 The Barcelona Meeting was organised and discussion on the target group needs identified hosted by the Institute of the Arts Barcelona in the research and to inform and support the on the 19th, 20th and 21st February 2019. The development of the co-creation lab curriculum 02.event was an opportunity for academic and of the three Art Incubators that will be held in professional exchange between the project Galway, Rijeka and Targu Mures. partners, associate partners and collaborators, as well as with external stakeholders from the 3. Organizational meeting about the practical local, national and international context. finalization of the strategies and the curricula/ programmes to be delivered in Rijeka, Targu The main topics of the Barcelona Meeting were: Mures and Galway.

1. Symposium with the presentation of the desk Together with the operative section, the research ‘Target group needs identification Barcelona Meeting was characterised also by report’. the high profile of keynote-speakers and guests. The opening day foresaw the participation 2. Roundtables in plenum with the discussion of Andrew Sherlock (Liverpool John Moores of the data delivered in the symposium and University), Anna Sica (University of Palermo) discussion of forthcoming strategies. Specific and Josette Feral (Nouvelle Sorbonne and roundtables have been delivered on the President of the European Association for the topics: (1) Artistic excellence in the field of Study of Performing Arts). Other guest speakers Non-institutionalised and Independent Theatre included Mal Pelo Company from Catalonia, Practice; (2) Business Model and (3) Audience Trevor Carlson of the Merce Cunningham Trust Development. The aim of the roundtables and others. has been to enable an open and democratic Barcelona Meeting Photo Credit / Institute of the Arts Barcelona Target Group Needs Identification 12 13

and proposed the topics: Business, Artistic The central challenge of the Target Group 2.1Excellence and Audience Development. Needs Identification Research has been Report to concisely define the transient notion of Since October 2018, the IAB expert researchers independent and non - institutionalized The purpose of the target group needs Armando Rotondi, Valentina Temussi and Daria contemporary European theatre. The mapping identification and elaboration was to inform Lavrennikov, in collaboration with the project process has been set up acknowledging the Part II - mapping of the international the capacity building exercises envisaged for partners and the project steering committee, diversity of past and present performing arts environment with specific selection lists, execution during the Galway, Rijeka and Targu- have been engaged in enhancing the currently manifestations in the countries, cultures, and art in order to facilitate the work of fundraising and Mures labs and to centre on the following available knowledge on the target group needs. dedicated bodies and institutions, that make up partnership. These lists include: theatre festivals, topics: (1) Artistic Excellence; (2) Business Europe today. companies, funding institutions and others. Model and (3) Audience Development. Their research has been composed of a theoretical part and a mapping of festivals, In terms of structure the research work has One of the central demands for artists and The project steering committee members – markets, funding institutions and potential been divided into two main parts: collectives working in independent theatre non - institutionalized theatre practitioners from partner companies. The research aim has today is to amplify the field of dialogue both 5 European countries (Croatia, France, Norway, evolved into a useful and approachable guide Part I - the theoretical framework related to in the artistic part of their work, the process Austria, Spain) – sketched out the target group not only for the Make a Move partners and non-institutionalised and independent theatre, of creation and performance, and in the needs during the three Make a Move project associates, but also for the whole target group looking at the three main mentioned aspects/ organizational part, the relationship with development workshops which took place in that is contemporary European independent priorities: Artistic Excellence, Business Model institutions, curators and scholars of partnering Rijeka (December 2016, June and October 2017) theatre makers. and Audience Development. artistic fields.

Barcelona Meeting Barcelona Meeting Photo Credit / Off-Beat Photography Art 03.Incubator The pilot execution of the Art Incubator will 14 15 take place in three consecutive sessions in Galway (Ireland), Rijeka (Croatia) and Targu – Mures (Romania) during the course of 2019. The duration of each Art Incubator session will be 10 Each Art Incubator session will be conducted days. The envisaged number of participants is 10 under a specific topic that is linked both with the full-time individual artists or collectives that will curriculum, the specific location and the agenda attend all three labs. For each session, another of each European Culture Capital and illustrates 10 participants will be selected as auditing a key element of the non-institutionalised participants from the local/regional non- theatre agenda and identity: institutionalised theatre practitioner community. The incubator is aimed at all independent Each session will follow the same structure. 1. Digital Practices, Galway, Ireland / theatre makers, be it individual artists Currently the project partners envisage that the 25th April – 04th May 2019 The Make a Move project will improve capacities or collectives (companies), in the field of education and training programme will include of over 40 Art Incubator participants to work contemporary movement-based theatre basic elements (1) artistic excellence, (2) 2. Site-specific theatre and audience outreach, transnationally, improving professional skills, practices. We are using the terms “non- business skills and (3) audience development. Rijeka, Croatia / 10th – 19th September 2019 peer learning, education and training, to improve institutionalised” or “independent” theatre to Each session foresees a co-creation laboratory their career opportunities to work transnationally refer to practices that take place outside and to enable immediate implementation of newly 3. InsideOut – Positioning non-institutionalised and internationally and to access new markets, beyond established institutions or repertory acquired skills while benefiting from the theatre practices in a critical journalistic and creating network possibilities, building theatres. However, we are aware that this realm interaction and networking with peers, mentors, business context, Targu-Mures, Romania / partnerships and contacts, reaching new and of theatre can only be adequately understood international audiences and representatives of 9th – 18th December 2019 wider audiences. and precisely named in the context of each the respective European Capitals of Culture. individual European country or region. Each co-creation lab will culminate in work-in- progress showings. Art Incubator Art Incubator Resident Artists and Collectives Anne Corté James Riordan Paris, France Galway, Ireland www.annecorte.games www.brutheatre.com

From 03.130th November until 30th December I would like to grow as an artist and to develop my 16 17 2018 we ran an Open Call for participation in practice. the “Make a Move” Art Incubator. We received 127 applications from individual artists and 42 This would be brilliant platform for networking and applications from collectives (with 99 individual information share which is huge part of successful artists) - a total of 226 independent theatre artist life today. artists who expressed their interest to be a part Rodrigo Pardo Dmitri Rekatchevski of the Make a Move Art Incubator! The quality I want to make strong, collaborative, funded Marseille, France Paris, France was very strong and therefore competition was European work. www.rodrigopardo.com vracollective.com/fr/oeuvres/iam4mime very high, so the final selection was extremely difficult. The Selection Panel met on 20th The exchange of artistic practice is essential for February 2019 in Sitges (Barcelona) and selected me. the 10 resident artists and collectives who will participate in the Make a Move Art Incubator. I feel that "Make a Move" is a place for me to reflect on my artistic vision, and meet, network, Examples of the applicants' motivations share with others to create a bigger, inclusive, (excerpts from the applications): courageous vision for where culture is going.

I hope to take my work to the next level and place Make a Move would allow me to up-skill, it in a European context. introduce me to potential European collaborators, give me time and space to learn, take risks, Deise Nunes explore without pressure of a finished product. Julianna Bloodgood Wroclaw, Poland Oslo, Norway juliannabloodgood.wixsite.com www.actspractices.org

Art Incubator Art Incubator Sébastien Loesener Janaina Tupan Oscar Valsecchi Sanna Karolina Toivanen Montpellier, France Montpellier, France Barcelona, Spain Barcelona, Spain www.compagnieplatform88.com www.compagnieplatform88.com www. totumteatre.com www. totumteatre.com

Yucef Zraiby Barcelona, Spain 18 19 www. totumteatre.com

Nicole Pschetz Arcueil, France www.poulpeelectrique.net/en/home

Johannes Lederhaas Eva Maria Hofer Miguel Bonneville da Rocha Pereira Maria Gil Graz, Austria Graz, Austria Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal www.workinglifebalanceltd.wordpress.com www.workinglifebalanceltd.wordpress.com www.teatrodosilencio.pt www.teatrodosilencio.pt

Art Incubator Art Incubator technologies; and Esteban Moreno, a sound designer and coder, who looked at binaural sound.

The juxtaposition of the unique rural landscape ‘Digital Practices’ of the island with the digital technologies worked very well, from both a social and creative perspective. In their feedback artists remarked that they enjoyed being in the ‘bubble’ on the island with other artists, and the landscape prompted some very interesting scratch projects, including a 360 video that placed the viewer inside a ship-wreck; a piece that combined the distant view of someone 3.1 in a far away field with very intimate personal The Galway Art Incubator on ‘Digital Practices’ for audience development and engagement. 20 21 audio through headphones; and an outdoor Photo Credit / Béatrice Lemoine took place from April 25th - May 4th 2019 in Social media experts LORG Media gave a celebration of physical movement through the Galway City and in Áras Éanna Arts Centre out hands-on workshop on creating video content narrow, stone-walled lanes of the island. on Inis Oirr, an island off the coast of County for social media using mobile phones. Blog Galway. It brought the group of 10 selected expert Darragh Doyle gave a workshop on In total, the artists created over 10 scratch between international artists and local residential artists together with 10 local artists: why blogging can be useful for artists, and on pieces, some of which were then presented at artists, and also that it gave the artists a new Anja Kersten, Eileen McClory, Sorcha Ní Chróinín, how to blog. The 10 residential artists later put a public showing in Galway City on May 3rd. understanding of how they could work with Cathal McGuire, Liza Cox, Gráinne O’Carroll, these skills into practice through the blogs The public showing (with an invited audience) digital technologies in their practice. The Conor Geoghegan, John Rogers, Sandra they created for the ‘Make a Move’ website to took place at the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, high quality of the scratch works produced in Gonzalés Bandera, and Orlaith Ní Chearra. document the art incubator. Theatre and Performance in the National such a short time was commented on by the University of Galway. 10 audience members researchers. It is also notable that the participants The first main area of focus for the ‘Digital The Art Incubator then moved to Inis Oirr, an joined the artists, who demonstrated some indicated in their questionnaires that they found Practices’ Art Incubator was to provide the island off the West coast of Galway, where the of their 360 video pieces, which were for one the experts very generous and helpful. 10 selected international artists the time and residential artists and local artists began an audience member at a time, and an outdoor opportunity to learn about each other and each intensive 6 days of work, exploring new digital group piece, which brought audience and The Art Incubator was led by GTF Project Manager other’s work, and to exchange practices and technologies and creating and presenting performers together through running and Dr. Máiréad Ní Chróinín, and the Artistic Director project ideas. To achieve this, the art incubator scratch projects. The artists received instruction movement. of ‘Make a Move’ Ivana Peranic. The Art Incubator began with 2 half-days of presentations and and support from a number of experts: Niall was documented and assessed by three sharings from the international artists. Campion and Karl Caulfied, from the company The assessment by the researchers from researchers: Lorand Janos (IAB) and Lia Contiu VRAI, who looked at 360 video; Tom O’Dea and IAB and UAT showed that, overall, the art and Traian Pencuic (UAT), and it was evaluated as In the afternoon of the first two days the art Brian Kenny, from the company Lightspace, incubator was a success, in that it succeeded in part of a wider project evaluation by the project incubator also introduced artists to digital who looked at digital mapping and interactive generating productive creative collaborations evaluators Darko Lukic and Cristina da Milano.

Art Incubator Art Incubator in both modules in accordance with more format of work-in-progress presentation on 17th audience-centric perspective, within small September 2019. cultural organisations and among independent artists, addressing relations between artists The proposed locations are some of Rijeka's and audiences in the context of site-specific valuable cultural heritage sites: Rijeka Lab – ‘Site- performances. This approach looks at audience development as multifaceted strategy that Natural environment: Mills alongside the river includes different aspects of any cultural Rječina work/organisation: marketing, promotion, Public spaces: shop windows, old shopping mall Specific Theatre programming, education and digital. rooftop (Robna kuća RI) and surrounding streets Historical building: Teatro Fenice - Opera Artistic Module The Artistic Module of Rijeka Lab is based on Invited artistic collaborators co-creation methodology and is divided in two Since 2016 - in the frame of the project Unreal 3.2 distinctive parts: Cities - Branco and Giacomin have been Practices and 22 23 developing together with MAM Artistic Director The first part (11th-14th Sep): aims at Ivana Peranic, a co-creation methodology called interacting with specific sites and creating an Reflective Bodies, which investigates sensorial artistic expression from it as: methodology of ways to engage with the landscape and how the Audiences’ work, performative works, sketches, proposals or thinking and reflecting is done through the body. what we have not envisaged yet. The aim of their participation in Rijeka Lab is to put in practice Reflective Bodies methodology in After the realisation of “Galway Lab - Digital “Rijeka Lab - Site-specific Theatre Practices Based on what the sites can offer as creative a natural environment in a site-specific context Practices” in April/May 2019 in Galway hosted and Audiences” is hosted in Rijeka from 10th impulses the resident artists will be divided as well as further developing a common way to by Galway Theatre Festival and facilitated by to 19th September 2019 by the Creative into groups according to the locations affinities work that can be transmitted to others. local digital media professionals where a wide Laboratory of Contemporary Theatre KRILA or other artistic choices. Everyone will get a range of topics in the field of digital practices and it is comprised of two modules: Artistic historical, architectural and social information Ivana Golob will be giving historical, social and were explored, we are pleased to present the and Business Module. The Artistic Module about the sites by a historian. Supportive architectural inputs on the sites with the intend “Rijeka Lab - Site-specific Theatre Practices will focus on the exchange of different professionals will be integrated in each group as to spark the imagination and inspire the artists in and Audiences” as part of the project MAKE contemporary performance practices and needed it and as possible. their artistic creations. The information has also A MOVE - An Art Incubator for contemporary approaches within the context of site-specific the purpose of offering a grounded knowledge European non-institutionalised and independent theatre. The Business Module will expand The second part (15th-17th Sep): aims at of the sites to the artists as a site-specific theatre (MaM). MaM is part of the wider project the fundraising focus topic initiated during further developing the ideas into artistic works strategy of work, based on learning about the “Unreal Cities”, developed under the European the Galway Lab session. However, the Rijeka led by resident artists and in collaboration with place one visits and works on. This approach Capital of Culture programme - Rijeka 2020: Port Lab will switch the perspective from the ten local and regional artists selected by the wishes to provide the artists with contextual of Diversity, Kitchen flagship. supply to the demand side. The element of public Call in June/July 2019. Those artistic tools, so one can relate to a place not only from Audience Development will be interwoven works will be shared with local audience in the the present, but also with historical references,

Art Incubator Art Incubator Photo credit / Nicole Pschetz aiming for a wider understanding and respect for depending on their level of interest in applying to the place. the Creative Europe program.

Musician(s), light and sound technicians and The grant management element will be led possible other professionals will be on disposal by Adam Jeanes (UK), Senior Relationship to artists during the co-creation Lab. Manager of Arts Council England with an extensive knowledge and experience in financial Business Module coordination of international cooperation projects The Business Module participants will work on in the scope of the Creative Europe program. He developing an effective and competitive grant will summarise the EU's financial framework and proposal and learn about the financial and demonstrate how project managers and their managerial challenges of managing a project partners can design, effectively manage and grant. The objective of the Business module report to the grant authority. is to identify at least 5 follow-up cooperation projects among the Make a Move Art Incubator Both experts will be available for individual participants. consultations to those participants who have 24 identified a project idea and would like to Participants from more than 9 European develop it into a grant proposal. countries (Austria, France, Croatia, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Spain) Artistic work developed during Rijeka Lab will participate by exchanging their experiences has the potential to be further developed and and knowledge in fundraising and financial presented inside Rijeka 2020 the European management. Capital of Culture programme. Those possibilities and further developments will be discussed here The work in the scope of the module consists of from the business point of view. two components, one focusing on pre-grant and the other on post-grant activities. Audience Development element will be interwoven in both Artistic and Business Module. The fundraising element will be led by Barbara Through facilitated talks participants will have Rovere (Slovenia), an experienced professional an opportunity to share their views on how they with an excellent track-record in securing understand, approach and experience audiences project grant financing from the Creative in their artistic practice: (1) Levels of Engaging Europe program. Participants will learn about with the Audiences (2) Challenges of managing the principles of project design and effective audiences in non-conventional theatre spaces. grant writing. For the purpose of the latter, the participants will be divided into groups,

Art Incubator experience as a producer, consultant and trainer in channeling a perceptual communication in both the funded and commercial sectors and between her and the viewer, while working has led trans-national projects in Europe and with site-specific approaches. Branco’s works East Asia working with a wide range of dance, are mostly designed as long durational theatre, music and visual artists. His previous performances. Lab in Rijeka – Experts roles include Project Director for Intercult Productions, based in Stockholm, Sweden and Branco gives workshops and lecture Assistant Director at Visiting Arts (British Council, performances. She is also a poet and gardener, and Collaborators London). In the 1990s he presented festivals of currently attending the Master in Performance Muslim, migrant and refugee culture and toured program at Norwegian Theatre Academy, where World Music bands. He has worked with large- she is researching her artistic practices from an scale outdoor music festival events in the UK ecological and Anthropocene perspectives. including The Green Man Festival and The Big Chill. Monica Giacomin – Movement Educator, 3.2.1 Therapist and a Movement Artist / Italy / UK Experts 26 27 Artistic Collaborators Monica Giacomin is a Movement Educator, Facilitator and Artist whose practice reflects an Barbara Rovere and Adam Jeanes Fernanda Branco and Monica Giacomin ongoing enquiry on human movement as an essentially species defining trait. Central to Barbara Rovere – Cultural Manager and her pedagogy is the enabling of a process grant writer / Slovenia of self-discovery through non-stylised and Barbara is a cultural manager and grant improvisational movement practices which aims writer. Her focus is on EU centralised funding Barbara will join the international group of artists to uncover the mover’s innate creative programmes, e.g. Horizon 2020 - SME at each of the incubators, helping them to possibilities, refine his/her movement skills, Instrument Phase 1&2, Culture/Creative Europe, refine their project ideas and to develop project support the reconnecting to an embodied sense Fundamental Rights and Citizenship/Europe for funding applications. of self and better integrate humans within their Citizens, Progress and others. She demonstrates natural environment. a 100% success rate in grant applications to the Adam Jeanes – Senior Relationship Manager Culture/Creative Europe programme for the of Arts Council England / UK She runs a busy Movement practice in London, time period 2008 – 2018. Adam Jeanes is Senior Relationship Manager for regularly collaborates with Centro Teatrale di Music at the Arts Council England, the national Fernanda Branco – Performer working in Ricerca (), and has facilitated and co- She holds a MA degree in European Politics public funding and development agency for the natural environments / Brazil /Norway created projects that demonstrate an awareness and Administration from the College d’Europe arts, museums and culture in England, where he Fernanda Branco is a performer from Brazil, for sustainable movement practices as part in Bruges, Belgium, and is currently pursuing funds a wide range of artists and organisations based in Norway since 2006. Co-relations of their methodology and support a holistic a PhD degree in Business Administration and classical music and opera, jazz, hip-hop, grime, between presence, simple actions, images approach to the creative process. Most recently Management at the University of Primorska in garage, folk, world music and contemporary with metaphors and poetic aesthetics are has participated in environmental site-specific Koper, Slovenia. music in London. He has 25 years of international the foundation of Branco’s work. Interested projects (Free to Move, London, 2017; Contact

Art Incubator Art Incubator Nature, Italy, 2016; Tra Terra e Cielo, Italy 2016) children) and by Kabinet suvremenog plesa a collaborator of the artists’ platform Performans Marketing communications at the Faculty of and video dance projects (Pitch, Malta, 2017). Rijeka (8, 2018 and Next Big Thing, 2019). With Klub Fiskulturnik. She is a co-founder and director Social science in Ljubljana, she started working Kabinet’s Next Big Thing he performed at Dani of the arts organisation Creative Laboratory of as a production coordinator on the shooting of Enver Krivac suvremenog plesa Zagreb and at Monoplay Contemporary Theatre KRILA (Rijeka). Throughout Disney’s feature film “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince festival in , both in 2019. her long artistic and educational practice she Caspian” (2008) which was shot in Slovenia. From has collaborated with various local, national and that point on, she realized that the everchanging He is a co-author and producer in Rijeka’s long international performance artists and educators, dynamic of the film production is what she was lasting musical collective Japanski Premijeri. and participated at numerous festivals both in always looking for. Before moving back to her He is also collaborating as a graphic artist with Croatia (Rijeka, , Zagreb, Zadar, , ) hometown Rijeka, she produced numerous TV Rijeka’s recording artists My Buddy Moose and and abroad (Rome, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, commercials for major Croatian and foreign with many others as a lyricist. Warszawa, London, Chuncheon, Smederevo). She brands and corporations, while working for the is a member of the Croatian Dancers Association production house Pakt media Zagreb. and Croatian Centre for Drama Education. Since 2011 she is working as freelance location Artistic Director manager for Croatian and Slovenian service productions and was part of the production team Ivana Peranić 28 29 Professional Collaborators on projects for EuropaCorp, Canal+; Atlantique Enver Krivac – Musician / Croatia Productions, RAI, Rowboat film, Amazon and Nina Majcan Šprajc and Ivana Enver Krivac (1976.) is multimedia artist from Netflix. Golob Mihić Rijeka, Croatia. He is active in the fields of literature, comic-books, music and video. His Ivana Golob Mihić – Art Historian / Croatia award-winning short stories collection ‘Ništa Ivana Golob Mihić has finished her MSc degree za pisati kući o’ (‘Nothing to write home about’, course in Art History and Informatics. During her 2012) got on a short list for the European studies, she became interested in local history Literary Award in 2015. He is also the author of and art, with the emphasis on industrial heritage several other books and comic books. An active and mediation of art. She participated in two member of Rijeka’s unformal literary society Ri- internship programs, in Peggy Guggenheim Lit and a teacher of creative writing with CeKaPe Venice and in the Gallery Kortil (Department of organization from Zagreb. Culture, City of Rijeka). She is currently engaged Ivana Peranić – Artistic Director / Croatia in two projects: Centre for Industrial Heritage Working as a composer and producer, he scored Born 1975. in Rijeka. Theatre maker, performer, (University of Rijeka) and Benčić Youth Council plays, pieces and performances by author Tea choreographer and educator. She graduated (Musagetes, Canada). She is active in giving Tulić (Albumče, 2014), documentarian Maša (2000-2003) and post graduated (2004-2007) Nina Majcan Šprajc – Location Manager / expert tours about the history, culture, industry Drndić (Waiting Point, 2013), art group PoMoDoRi at the International School of Corporeal Mime, Croatia and art in the city of Rijeka. She is an active (Hartera in Progress, 2011 and Fenice in Progress, London and gained Bachelors degree at the Nina Majcan Šprajc is a freelance location member of the Association Pro Torpedo and 2012), art organization Krila (Carte Blanche, 2012, Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka University (1999). manager specialized in managing locations for Association of Art Historians Rijeka. Susreti u Kortilu, 2017, Pod pozornicom, 2017- In London she was a member of the renowned feature films and commercials in Primorsko- 2018, Misaona tijela, 2018 and several plays for theatre company Theatre de l'Ange Fou and then goranska and county. Soon after graduating

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& Regional Artists Maja Kovač Iva Korbar 3.2.2 Zagreb Zagreb In June/July 2019 Creative Laboratory of 15th-19th. They will participate in the second 30 31 Contemporary Theatre KRILA held and open call part of the co-creation lab, developing new for applications from artists from Croatia, Bosnia skills in site-specific practices, working with the and Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia to join the international artists on project ideas, creating Site-specific Theatre Practices and Audiences works-in-progress and participating in the co-creation lab. reflection and communication activities of the project. Nika Korenjak Frane Meden Uroš Mladenović The local and regional artists will join the Zagreb / Ljubljana Pula Novi Sad international group of artists from September The 10 artists who were selected from this open call are:

Sendi Bakotić Andrea Crnković Maja Kalafatić Kristina Paunovski Miljena Vučković Rijeka Rijeka Beograd / Ljubljana Rijeka Novi Sad

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Host / Creative Laboratory of Contemporary 3.2.3 Theatre KRILA 32 33 Monday, Sep16th 2019 - Tuesday, 17th 2019 Location / Teatro Fenice - Opera / Artistic Module / Part 2 mills along the Rječina river - Žakalj 10th–19th September 2019, Rijeka, Croatia and Matetićev / Robna kuća RI rooftop / • Facilitated talk and sharing: “Challenges the shop windows of Varteks mall of managing audiences in non-conventional at St. Barbara's Square Tuesday, Sep 10th 2019 theatre spaces” The “Site-specific theatre practices and • Rehearsing Work in Progress Presentation audiences” Art Incubator is made possible with • Public Presentation on Sep 17th and Feedback • General Introduction • Group work on locations: exploring ideas the additional co-funding of: • Official Launching and sharing practices Sharing with the Audience • Walking tour of Rijeka City • Sharing the process and testing ideas with RIJEKA 2020 LLC, Ministry of Culture of the • Reflection the whole group on locations Wednesday, Sep 18th 2019 - Thursday, Republic of Croatia, Kultura nova Foundation, • Welcome Dinner • Reflections and Blogging Sep 19th 2019 City of Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski kotar County, Business Module Austrian Cultural Forum Zagreb and Embassy of Wednesday, Sep 10th 2019 - Saturday, Sunday, Sep 15th 2019 Spain in Zagreb. Sep 14th 2019 • Project Design Artistic Module / Part 1 • Half a Day Off • Group work: (1) Grant Writing (2) Grant The “Site-specific theatre practices and • Meeting Local and Regional Artists Management and Post-grant activities audiences” Art Incubator is made possible with the additional support of the following partners • Body Work • Planning the Creative Work • Individual Consultations that enable us to work in their locations: • Facilitated talk and sharing: "Levels of • Reflection • Reflections Engaging with the Audiences” • Final Evaluation led by internal evaluators Privredna banka Zagreb, PBZ Nekretnine, (UAT) Rijekakino d.o.o., Robna kuća Ri • Farewell Dinner

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Art Incubator Art Incubator ‘Inside Out –

This Art Incubator Session is dedicated to the topics of communication, business and Positioning non- fundraising skills.

Many times artists find it difficult to talk about their work, which sometimes results in interviews or performance presentations filled with 3.3 platitudes. Considering this, it may be difficult institutionalised 36 37 for independent theatre makers or collectives to promote their artistic work, to gain finances and further to market the performance for the theatre practices audiences. Therefore the Art Incubator session is dedicated to presenting a multi-perspective approach to talking about the artistic product, considering in a critical ways of ‘translating’ the artistic universe into words, using some tools from the area of theatre criticism, journalism or aesthetics.

The Aim of the session is to develop the journalistic and participants’ skills of communication about their artistic products, promoting their performances on the market and creating a relationship with their potential and existing audience.

business context’ At the same time product ‘storytelling’ will be considered from the point of view of many different audiences and assessed from the business and management perspective, 9th–18th December, 2019, Targu-Mures, Romania accompanied with tips and tricks from cultural management professionals. Photo credits / Cristina Gânj, for the Art Incubator University of Arts in Târgu-Mureș These learnings and recommendations will also theatre practices and audiences’ Art Incubator form part of the project’s final report. are: Lia Contiu (UAT), Anda Cadariu (UAT) and Alessandra Troncone (IAB). The researchers attended the ‘Digital Practices’ Art Incubator are: Lia Contiu (UAT), Traian Penciuc Besides internal researchers and evaluators, the Action (UAT) and Lorand Janos (IAB / Choreoscope). project involves two renowned external expert The researchers attending the ‘Site-specific collaborators to evaluate the Art Incubator program as well as the project that are Cristina Da Milano and Darko Lukić. Research Leading researchers Lia Codrina Conțiu, Traian Penciuc and Anda Cadariu / University of Arts Târgu-Mureş, Târgu-Mureş, Romania

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The implementation of project activities follows The findings of the Action Research wll also the action research methodology, a recognised will feed into the project communication and qualitative research approach, used "to study dissemination activity especially in creating a system and concurrently to collaborate with and publishing a special Handbook on non- members of the system in changing it in what institutionalised theatre practices and supporting is together regarded as a desirable direction” business and audience development topics. (Glimore, Krantz and Ramirez, 1986). The Handbook will feature artists participating Guest researchers External evaluators in the Art incubator and illustrate the challenges Project Partners will implement the action and impact on non-institutionalised theatre Loránd János and Alessandra Troncone Darko Lukić / Ph. D., Theater scholar research methodology by instituting a reflection practitioners. Institute of the Arts Barcelona / and author; Cristina Da Milano / and evaluation module with the participating Choreoscope, Sitges, Spain President of ECCOM artists, instructors and project partners at the In keeping with the project’s commitment to end of each Art Incubator session. During each ‘action research’ methodology the researchers reflection and evaluation module, the participants will evaluate the incubator using artist will convey their impressions on the effectiveness questionnaires, focus groups and observation. of the session following a questionnaire designed From this they will develop learnings and by the researchers. The evaluation activities will recommendations for the subsequent two art take place at each Art Incubator execution and incubators which will be held as part of ‘Make a the findings will be presented to project partners Move’. following each co-creation lab execution.

Action Research Methodology Action Research Methodology Partners

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