Call for Applications: SensoryScapes Performance Art Residency

About the Open Call

The SensoryScapes Performance Art residency aims to empower performance practitioners by offering space, resources, and growth opportunities. Collaboratively spearheaded by Studio 88 Artist Residency and the talented Artistic Director Chaiwat Lochotinant of the Base Box Theatre and Len Yai Performance Project by Chiang Mai Design Week, this residency emphasizes both local and international collaboration, fostering creative exchange and experimentation within Chiang Mai’s rich cultural landscape. During the residency, artists will explore various mediums including directing, movement, music, light, sound, visuals, storytelling, and technology. Through masterclasses, workshops, and open studios, participants will be encouraged to push boundaries and challenge conventions. Collaboration between local and international artists is encouraged, fostering the exchange of ideas and constructive feedback. Key components include experimentation, exchange, knowledge sharing, workshops to share skills/techniques, sharing sessions, and presentations of existing artwork. The residency will culminate in public events, including performances and exhibitions, grounded in rigorous research and experimentation. Artists may propose to rehearse and showcase existing work, develop existing projects, create a new body of (solo-) work, or engage in collaborative work with local artists.

What is Offered

Time and space to develop new and/or existing work, engaging discussions with fellow artists and curators, studio visits, workshops, public sharing sessions, access to the vibrant artistic and cultural landscape of Studio 88, artist profile promotion on website and social media, networking opportunities, basic research assistance, administrative support on-site, private accommodation in a self-contained bungalow, private working space in the bungalow and shared studio space, basic equipment and technical support. Showcase includes rehearsal studio/space, basic equipment/technical support, showcase venues (project-based), and promotion of the public event.

Requirements

Artists from all disciplines are encouraged to participate. Proposals are invited for projects that blend design principles with performing arts, such as Design Thinking for Performance, Set Design, Costume Design, Projection Mapping, Interactive Performance Installations, Sound Design, Collaborative Performance, Experimental Stage Productions, Digital Choreography, Environmental Performance Design, Integration of art, design, and technology (including AR/VR), Literary Arts (poetry, prose, spoken word), Sound & Music, Film & Multimedia, Visual Arts, and Cross-disciplinaries. For collaborative work with local artists, a minimum 4-6 weeks residency is required.

How to Apply

To apply, please complete the online application form and provide the following supporting documents: CV, 100-word biographical note, 250-word statement outlining why you would like to participate in the programme and the work you propose to develop, and indication of preferred residency period (3-6 weeks).