PROJECT 560: Call for Curated Artistic Engagements | Deadline Extended: July 03, 2020 (CLOSED)
We turn to the arts when we are joyful; we turn to the arts when we grieve. And in times of uncertainty and despair, we turn to arts again for sustaining our hopes. The arts enable us to forge solidarities, make sense of the present, and come together to imagine collective futures. This is especially true of now when the Coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt and alter our lives. More here, than ever anywhere else, the arts must remind us of the human capacity to endure, re-imagine and create. We at IFA thus continue to support projects across our programmes. We realise that during these times projects will need fresh modes of thinking, creating and presenting the arts, as well as new imaginations of engagement with audiences and communities. We encourage and welcome such enquiries and explorations, within the mandate of our programmes. We hope that we will emerge more resilient and compassionate from this global crisis.
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
invites proposals for Curated Artistic Engagements
under Project 560
Deadline Extended: Friday, July 03, 2020
Click here to read the call in Kannada!
A group of environmentalists narrates stories of the city's ecology with games at local parks
A research organisation transforms their data on working women into poetry sessions
An arts space curates monthly showcases with works and stories of street vendors
A dance school takes to the streets to reimagine the city's diverse transport routes
A theatre group builds conversations between multiple languages spoken in the city
A collective of lawyers in collaboration with immigrant workers and musicians create a series
of musical discussions on the idea of home and belonging
Create your own kaleidoscope of Bangalore with these grants. Engage with the multiple narratives that shape the city; bring its past, present, and future in conversation with each other; uncover connections between concerns and ideas that are seemingly disparate. Make a creative and discursive space where arts, activism, science, ecology, education, urbanisation, technology, languages, and communities can speak together in multiple voices.
We invite proposals for Curated Artistic Engagements that reflect upon, ask questions of, and/or offer multiple imaginations of the city. Engagements could include storytelling, music, performances, installations, exhibitions, workshops, mapping exercises, hackathons, play sessions, lecture-demonstrations, public discussions and other such activities, that would offer new perspectives, foreground unheard voices, and to encourage people reimagine the city through the arts and culture.
Duration of the project: 8-10 activities have to take place at regular intervals over 12 months starting September 2020
Budget: Maximum of Rs 6 lakh.
Who can apply:
- A registered non-profit organisation with a base in Bangalore and working in the arts
- A registered non-profit organisation working on any Bangalore related issue in collaboration with an arts organisation or individual artists
- An individual on behalf of a registered non-profit organisation working towards artistic outcomes
How to apply:
Send us a proposal with details of:
- Your organisation and the work you have done so far
- The curatorial idea, work plan, and the kinds of people and spaces you want to engage with
- Timeline and budget
Additionally, please include:
The Trust deed or memorandum of association; list of current trustees; certificate of registration under section 12A of the Income Tax Act 1961; certificate of exemption under section 80G; audited statement of accounts and annual reports for the previous three years (or as many you have); certificate of registration under the FCRA act (if you are in possession of it).
You may choose to write your proposal in any Indian language, including English.
You can call us or write to us, before you send us your final proposal. Your final proposal, either in hard copy or soft copy should reach us on or before Friday, July 03, 2020. All supporting materials accompanying proposals that come as soft copies must be sent as links and not as attachments.
Selection Process:
Shortlisted applicants will be evaluated by an external panel. The shortlisted applicants will be informed and should be available to speak with the panel for a detailed discussion. Two grants will be announced in August 2020. The decision by IFA on the grants will be final.
For any queries/clarifications regarding your proposal, and for submission of proposal in soft copy, please write to John Xaviers, Programme Officer at john@indiaifa.org
Please send your final proposals in hard copy to:
'Project 560, 2020: Curated Artistic Engagements'
India Foundation for the Arts
'Apurva', Ground floor, No 259
4th cross, Raj Mahal Vilas, 2nd stage, 2nd block
Bangalore - 560 094
Phone: 080-23414681/82/83
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.