Request for Proposals: Productions | Deadline: June 09, 2023 (CLOSED)
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites applications for
Productions
Under its Arts Practice programme
Application Deadline: July 05, 2024
The Arts Practice programme seeks to implement projects where artists expand their present range of practices in new directions. These could question accepted conventions, push new frontiers in content, form and medium, explore new modes of engagement with space, audience and communities, foregrounding a spirit of experimentation.
Productions:
Artists might arrive at a point in their own artistic journeys when they want to revisit/reimagine their practice by challenging received frameworks and/or by exploring fresh possibilities of creating as well as presenting artistic work. Such a quest could manifest as productions that embody a spirit of enquiry and experimentation.
Under the Arts Practice programme, we invite proposals for Productions that emerge from such a quest for creative explorations. The proposals may encompass various forms such as performance, sound, visual arts, digital creations, literature, or interdisciplinary work that combine these elements. We encourage Production proposals that extend beyond documentary or fictional film production, and welcome proposals for theatre, dance, and music performances, installations, exhibitions, publications like books or zines, moving image presentations, games, digital artworks, and any other innovative forms yet to be conceived.
Duration of the project: Up to 18 months
Budget: Up to a maximum of Rs 5,00,000/- (You can request for an honorarium not exceeding 35% of the proposed budget)
Deadline for Applications: July 05, 2024
Who can send project proposals?
The programme invites proposals from practitioners working within as well as across all disciplines. These could include:
- Performing artists working in music, sound, text, dance, movement, theatre, puppetry, storytelling, magic, circus and other performance arts
- Visual artists working across all forms including film (documentary and fiction), animation, photography, installation, new media, Artificial Intelligence, robotics, interactive arts, gaming, painting, sculpture, printmaking, comic book, graphic narrative, artist book and other visual arts
- Curators, especially those working outside of the gallery context
- Poets, novelists, playwrights working with literary arts
- Practitioners engaged in interdisciplinary work
Eligibility:
You are eligible to send project proposals if you are an Indian national. Your collaborators too must be Indian nationals. For details please click here.
Submission Guidelines:
Send us your CV (with address, phone number and email ID) and a proposal describing:
- Your existing arts practice, concerns and interests as a practitioner
- Details of the Production you want to create and the reason why
- Detailed timeline and budget
- Examples of earlier work
Proposal Submissions:
- You can write your proposal in any Indian language including English. IFA encourages projects in Indian languages other than English.
- To discuss project ideas/queries before sending your proposal, please write to mridupankhi@indiaifa.org before June 21, 2024.
- Your final proposal, along with all supporting materials, should be submitted online in a single email not exceeding 25 MB to mridupankhi@indiaifa.org on or before Friday, July 05, 2024.
Please note that incomplete proposals and those where applicants do not fall within the eligibility criteria will be disregarded.
Selection Process:
The shortlisted proposals will be evaluated by an external panel and applicants will be required to present their project ideas to the panel. Projects selected for implementation will be announced in September 2024.
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.