Goethe-Institut: Traveling Festival ‘Dealing in Distance’ for Southeast Asian and Diasporic Artists

On the Move; Deutschland; Hybrid; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Goethe-Institut invites Southeast Asian and diaspora artists to submit works for its mini festival ‘Dealing in Distance’. Selected artists may receive production costs and potentially airfare for participation, focusing on the Southeast Asian diaspora experience in Germany.

Leistungen

Production cost of up to 1,000 EUR

Airfare for significant contributors

Qualifikationen

• Open to Southeast Asian diaspora artists and curators.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• All art disciplines are welcomed.

Aufgaben

• Submit existing artistic contributions on Southeast Asian diaspora themes.
• Engagement with contemporary cultural practices is encouraged.

Kenntnisse

Artistic merit

Originality

Understanding of diaspora themes

Jobbeschreibung

Goethe-Institut: Traveling Festival ‘Dealing in Distance’ for Southeast Asian and Diasporic Artists

Hybrid mobility

Open for: Individuals / Organisations & Collectives Artists Cross-disciplinary

‘Dealing in Distance’ is a collaborative approach inviting Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian diaspora artists and their works to learn, unlearn, and relearn about the praxis of diasporic and migration in Germany, especially in the Southeast Asian context.

Goethe-Institut invites Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian diaspora artists, curators, and cultural practitioners based in Germany or Southeast Asia to apply with their contribution for the mini festival ‘Dealing in Distance’. This open call aims at submissions of existing artistic contributions that deal explicitly with the topic of the Southeast Asian diaspora in Germany. Innovative approaches, artistic merit, adherence to the theme, and originality are important criteria for selection in addition to overall presentation and implementation feasibility and complexity. The Goethe-Institut particularly welcomes an engagement with contemporary practices that refer to symbolic elements of the culture of origin and organically connect to the question of identity in distance.

The diasporic festival targets a broad, art-interested audience in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam at the end of 2025/early 2026 for two-five days.

Attendance during the festival is not necessary, but possible for one person, with a significant contribution to the festival (e.g. participation in the public programme).

They are looking for applications from:

• Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian diaspora artists that are based in Germany or Southeast Asia
• Individuals, duos, and groups with age 18 or older
• All art disciplines, genres, and media, including but not limited to visuals, performance, films, music, photography, media art and art project

The participants will receive the following:

• Production cost of up to 1,000 EUR, including artist fees and shipping costs
• Airfare only for selected artists with significant contribution to the festival