Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The Goethe-Institut is pleased to announce the Re function Programme to encourage performers and theatre-makers to imagine projects that will explore the movement and tension between material, technique, and function.
Refunction is a performance series by Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi inspired by one of the core principles of Bertolt Brecht’s theatre – Umfunktionierung (functioning), in which the composition of new work is in the movement and tension between material, technique, and function.
They are excited to support works that challenge and propose rituals, modes, and mediums of performance in the present contexts.
Guidelines and Criteria
- Applications are open to German and Indian citizens living and working in India.
- The project may be in any Indian language including English, or German.
- In the case of digital projects, the final work can be recorded and does not necessarily have to be performed or shared with a live audience
- Proposals for the dissemination or performance of existing physical/digital performances are not eligible. If you are adapting an existing work for another medium please do outline how and why.
- The work cannot be a film or audio recording of an existing performance by the individual or group
- The projects must be realized by September 2022. Projects will be assigned performance dates between September and December 2022.
- Three projects will be selected by an independent jury. Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan will offer the selected projects the following:
- A grant of INR 75000 towards the realization of the project.
- Hosting of the final performances at Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, or, in the case of digital work, on the website of the Goethe- Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan alongside any other platforms that the artist chooses.
Note:This year Refunction invites artists and groups to submit proposals for both physical (offline) and digital (online) performance projects. The programme continues to encourage performers and theatre makers to imagine projects that will explore the movement and tension between material, technique and function. They are excited to support works that challenge and propose rituals, modes and mediums of performance in the present contexts.
For more information, visit https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/kul/art/ref/cre.html#i7505596