Request for Proposals: Arts Projects (Research/Practice) | Deadline: September 29, 2023 (CLOSED)
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
invites proposals for Arts Projects (Research/Practice)
under Project 560
Application Deadline: Friday, September 29, 2023
Click here to read the call in Kannada.
Turn Bangalore into a stage, a canvas, a notebook or a digital courtyard!
Tap into its varied voices, spaces, histories, memories, aspirations, and expressions.
What does it mean to be a Bangalorean? How does the city prompt artistic imaginations? What are the strengths and challenges of Bangalore for an artist or a creative researcher? If Bangalore is on your mind, then this call is for you.
John Xaviers speaks about
Arts Projects (Research/Practice) under the Project 560 programme
IFA seeks to implement Arts Projects (Research/Practice) on Bangalore that critically engage with the city's pasts, presents, and futures. Collaborative projects that bring together artists and scholars are also encouraged. Outcomes of the projects could variously include performances, exhibitions, installations, films, research papers/monographs or interdisciplinary works. The presentation of these outcomes must be public and in physical format, with virtual elements in part, if necessary. (We do not encourage only virtual presentations.)
Duration of the project: Up to 12 months
Budget: Up to a maximum of Rs 4 lakh
You can request for an honorarium not exceeding 35% of the proposed budget.
Deadline: September 29, 2023
Who can send project proposals?
Arts practitioners and researchers/scholars can apply. As practitioners, you could be writers, poets, performing/ performance artists, visual artists, filmmakers, new media, and digital artists, or practitioners engaged in interdisciplinary work. Applicants must be based in Bangalore and the project has to be undertaken in Bangalore.
Who is eligible?
You are eligible to apply only if you are an Indian citizen. Your collaborators too must be Indian citizens. For details, please click here.
How to send project proposals?
Send us a proposal with details of:
- Your existing research or arts practice and your critical artistic or research concerns about Bangalore
- Details of the project
- Collaborators, if any, and the nature of these collaborations
- Detailed timeline and budget
- Supporting materials such as writings, photographs, audio/video recordings of earlier work
- An updated biodata including your postal address, telephone numbers, and e-mail address
If you wish to discuss project ideas before sending your proposal or have queries regarding the same, please write to john@indiaifa.org before Se
You can write your proposal in any Indian language, including English.
Please note that incomplete proposals and those where applicants do not fall within the eligibility criteria will be disregarded.
Selection Process:
Shortlisted proposals will be evaluated by an external selection panel. Shortlisted applicants must be available for a discussion with the panel during evaluation. Project selections will be announced in November 2023. The decision by IFA on project selections will be final.
All selected projects will be implemented by IFA.
Please note that IFA is committed to creating a safe environment that supports, respects, and protects everyone, including children. The applicant must be aligned with this and must uphold it at all times.
About Project 560:
Project 560 is an IFA initiative for Bangalore. Taking its name from the first three digits of Bangalore's pincode, Project 560 proposes to encourage artists, scholars, institutions and neighbourhoods to engage creatively and critically with the city. In doing so, it aims to provide citizens with a kaleidoscopic experience of exploring the city that would enable them to reimagine the city and their relationship with it in novel ways.
Namma 560. Namma Project. Namma Pincode.
The Project 560 programme is made possible with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment Fund and BNP Paribas India.