INTERCAL is a series of themed events organized by La Comédie, Centre dramatique National de Reims, in collaboration with Echos Electrik, exploring existing and yet-to-be-invented links between theater and multimedia.
Shows, installations, performances, experiments… INTERCAL is dedicated to the emergence and promotion of new hybrid and unconventional creations.
The INTERCAL WHITE CARD
Throughout the season, INTERCAL organizes research sessions that give rise to a « carte blanche » program, a veritable laboratory for encounters and experimentation, inviting artists from the fields of theater, sound, visual arts and new technologies to experiment with common paths.
CONFIGURATION
– Research residency for the 2024-2025 season: for 2 artists from different disciplines who wish to work together on experimental artistic research between theater and multimedia.
– Format: 15-day residency, divided into periods of 3X5 days. Periods of residency are proposed by the artists and approved by the Comédie team. The residency schedule must not exceed late spring 2025.
– Payment: remuneration for residency time (€1880 gross per artist for all
residencies|declaration procedures to be agreed) and payment for travel (3 round trips),
accommodation and meals throughout the period.
– Support: the host team will be supported by an INTERCAL program advisor, and technical equipment will be defined according to the research project.
– Benefits of residency:
– Have time to initiate or develop an artistic research project.
– Compose a sketch for a show, installation or performance.
– Test a configuration, an immersive audio/video device on stage.
– Candidates’ commitment:
– Be available in person for research time
– Share the research with the public in a format to be agreed
– Propose a final research report in spring 2025
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
– Artistic pairing of theater and multimedia
– Creations already performed or in production are not eligible.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
During the residency period, time is set aside for sharing the research process with the public. A final presentation of the results will take place at the end of the final residency period (spring 2025), open to the public.
APPLICATION FORM
– A presentation of the artistic duo
– A note of intent on the research project to be tested
– A provisional calendar of possible residency periods between October 2024 and June 2025
– Links to presentations of completed projects
SCHEDULE
Application deadline: May 26, 2024 at midnight
To be sent by e-mail only to y.martin@lacomediedereims.fr
Application file in PDF format named as follows: NAME_TITLE PROJECT_AP_INT_2025
FILE SELECTION
The applications received will be examined by the INTERCAL committee.
An interview in Reims will be held for shortlisted projects during the week of June 17, 2024, for a final response at the end of June/beginning of July 2024.