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ITINERANT

Performance Art Festival NYC

Call for Artists: Deadline - April 29th Midnight

ITINERANT, the annual Performance Art Festival NYC, invites artists to submit works for consideration in its 8th edition to take place at various venues in the five boroughs in New York City from May 17th to 25th. This year’s festival will focus on works that explore, treat, and propose new alternatives to binary constructions regarding gender, nationality, identity, religion and/or ideological structures. Departing from the current socio / politico / economic transformations around the globe, and the questioning of habitual norms on race / gender / sexuality / origin and reproduction, ITINERANT encourages artists to send their proposals for consideration in the 2018 edition of the festival by midnight, April 29th.

Artists working in contemporary performance art, visual performance art, transmedia performance (sound, video and emerging technologies), movement based performative practices, and video performance are encouraged to apply. The festival will take place at various venues in the five boroughs in New York City. Artist considering to apply don’t have to specify a particular location, and are not required to participate in all hosting institutions. ITINERANT's selection committee will select and coordinate schedules according to the program's vision, nature of proposed performance(s) and the space.

GUIDELINES:

* Online Deadline is Monday, April 29th, Midnight.

* Performances can be up to 30 minutes in duration.

* Durational performances can be 2-3 hours minimum.

* Artists or collectives can submit up to 2 new works for consideration.

* Single or collaborative projects are accepted.

SUBMISSION MATERIALS:

* Complete the Application Form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScS67cnbfIZBowy7mpMEB3VjPHvucoZ...

* Include up to 5 images (JPG Format) + Image List (Title, year, and credits of the image) through the online Application Form.

* Processing Fee: $15.00 PAYPAL contribution fee helps cover some of the administrative costs of the festival.

To help facilitate the selection process, please follow guidelines carefully by including all requested information. Selected artists will be contacted through email.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:

ITINERANT was created in 2010 by interdisciplinary artist Hector Canonge. The initiative was a small platform for Contemporary Performance Art, and had its origins in the monthly series A-Lab Forum that Canonge organized at Crossing Art Gallery in Flushing, Queens. Following the growing interest in Live Art, and the need to present performance programs in the borough, ITINERANT was launched in 2011 under the auspices of QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development. In 2012, ITINERANT was recognized by the City of New York as the first Performance Art festival taking place in the five boroughs (Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island) that make the metropolitan region.

Following the large scale venture in NYC, Canonge journeyed through Europe and Latin America creating, in 2013, the Spanish edition of the festival and calling it Encuentro ITINERANTe with public presentations in various cities in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2015 the festival featured 30 artists from over ten countries with presentations at the Queens Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Momenta Art, Glasshouse ArtLifeLab. The Atrium of PS 69 in Jackson Heights hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. Public Interventions took place at 37th Rd. Pedestrian Plaza, and at Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle Plaza, Roosevelt Avenue and 83rd Street.

The latest edition of the festival took place in 2017 with the participation of local, national and international artists whose works were featured at the Queens Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, and the performance art venues: The Last Frontier, Grace Exhibition Space, and Panoply Performance Laboratory. The festival’s closing event was marked by public performances at the historical landmark of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, site of the 1939 and 1969 World’s Fairs.

Please note that as an independent artist-run initiative, ITINERANT is not able to pay honorarium, reimburse the cost of travel and/or accommodations or any related expenses. However, the festival provides “capital-intrincic value” by giving artists unparalleled visibility and exposure by fostering the production and presentation of works in important venues in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

ITINERANT Web: www.hectorcanonge.net/itinerant

ITINERANT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itinerantpaf

ITINERANT Contact: itinerant.paf@gmail.com