Co-organized by the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney, the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), and Australia's Critical Path, the "2022-2024 Taiwan and Australia Choreography Exchange Program (2022-2024臺澳舞蹈創作交流計畫)" is open to creators from Taiwan with a background in choreography or digital technology. This program will accept proposals from now through April 18, 2022.
This three-year exchange program aims to raise the international visibility of Taiwanese artists and encourage co-creation and collaboration between Taiwanese and Australian digital technology-based artists and choreographers. Participating Taiwanese and Australian artists will receive one-to-three-year support for their collaborative projects. Multiple experiments in technology-based art and the performing arts are anticipated to be conducted through the integration of diverse resources and the assistance of the artists to explore the possibilities of body art, helping the development of cross-disciplinary technology-based art in Taiwan and Australia.
Artists can apply to participate in either the "Digital Enchantment Lab (數位創作拓展實驗室)" or the "Choreographic Expansion Lab (編舞創作拓展實驗室)." Those who are selected may have the opportunity to take part in the second phase "Physical Futures Digital Exchange Residences (實體未來數位交流駐村)."
The Digital Enchantment Lab is a one-week workshop focusing on choreography. It is open to dancers with attempts to use digital tools in their works. Providing an environment for creation and experimentation and led by well-known new media artist Linda DEMENT from Australia, the workshop is to assist participants in better integrating digital tools into their choreographic creations, as well as in familiarizing themselves with data sovereignty, cultural sensitivity, and the unique context of digital technologies.
Another one-week workshop, the choreographic Expansion Lab is catered toward digital creators with dance collaborative experiences or experiences in the incorporation or use of choreography in their digital creations. With an environment conducive to creation and experimentation and led by internationally renowned choreographer Eisa JOCSON of the Philippines, the workshop is expected to help participants enhance their choreographic vocabulary, become better able to integrate dance into their works, and develop a more forward-looking creative vision.
Artists who complete a first-phase lab project, the organizer and guest facilitators will jointly select participants for second-phase residencies. This year, a two-week residency will be implemented online with selected Australian artists. Artists can use what they have learned and the creative content they have developed during the above-mentioned labs to share their experiences and exchanges with artists in the other discipline.
Applications can be submitted at https://opencall.clab.org.tw. Only online applications will be accepted.