The 23rd Emergency will take place on Saturday 30 September 2023 in its seventh home, Contact, Manchester — combining daytime durational, installation, intervention, and limited capacity work; followed by an evening of short (max 20 min) show-type pieces of work, works-in-progress, or extracts of longer works.
The event’s objectives are to be
• a free to access public micro-festival and open submission platform;
• an opportunity for artists to meet, show, and peer review work;
• a selection event for a number of small Works Ahead commissions to be produced by hÅb.
Artists working in Live Art, contemporary performance, time-based media, and interdisciplinary arts are now invited to submit proposals. Work can be in any relevant artform/medium, though some live presence is desirable.
Spaces available (please see pdf document below)
Contact is a big multi-space building which has recently undergone a major capital expansion and refurbishment.
• Spaces available include a theatre, a black box studio, a multi-purpose events space, a large + smaller rehearsal rooms, a meeting room, a café-bar, various landings + alcoves.
• For daytime work: Bar, First Floor Foyer, Meetings Room, Space 1 Lobby, Space 3, Space 4, and possibly Space 0.
• For evening work: Space 1, Space 2, Space 0. All evening show-type works have a maximum duration of 20 mins per piece.
The Spaces Information in the pdf below outlines the main rooms, but there may be other small areas – which we might put work in.
If you are looking for a type of space not listed, please select “Other – public” or “Other – private” and describe the kind of space you want and we’ll see if anything fits!
Please note
Emergency 23 will offer an honorarium of £200 per piece selected, to cover fees/expenses.
For artists coming from beyond Greater Manchester we may be able to offer an additional discretionary contribution to travel.
Selection process + criteria
• Final selection will be by a panel from hÅb + Contact on the basis of suitability to artistic parameters and technical + logistical feasibility.
• Deadline for proposals – Friday 4 August 2023, 5pm
• Selected artists will be notified BY Friday 1 September.
• There will be a technical meeting either in person at Contact or remotely by video call on Saturday 16 September.
• Emergency 23 takes place on Saturday 30 September 2023, Noon-10pm (exact event times tbc).
How to apply
• All applicants must complete the online proposal form at https://forms.gle/hXGY1DyYXbYobm1e7
• All proposals uploaded will be acknowledged by automated email. If you have trouble with the form, please contact us. If you do not receive an acknowledgement you must contact us as it indicates a problem with receipt.
• We would also be grateful if you would complete an online monitoring form at https://forms.gle/45kj7w8yo7dd5UVw6
Download full details + Spaces Information from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18XF7303LYsNKjvzVJP-cexnwC1g2y5cy or download the pdf below.
The event’s objectives are to be
• a free to access public micro-festival and open submission platform;
• an opportunity for artists to meet, show, and peer review work;
• a selection event for a number of small Works Ahead commissions to be produced by hÅb.
Artists working in Live Art, contemporary performance, time-based media, and interdisciplinary arts are now invited to submit proposals. Work can be in any relevant artform/medium, though some live presence is desirable.
Spaces available (please see pdf document below)
Contact is a big multi-space building which has recently undergone a major capital expansion and refurbishment.
• Spaces available include a theatre, a black box studio, a multi-purpose events space, a large + smaller rehearsal rooms, a meeting room, a café-bar, various landings + alcoves.
• For daytime work: Bar, First Floor Foyer, Meetings Room, Space 1 Lobby, Space 3, Space 4, and possibly Space 0.
• For evening work: Space 1, Space 2, Space 0. All evening show-type works have a maximum duration of 20 mins per piece.
The Spaces Information in the pdf below outlines the main rooms, but there may be other small areas – which we might put work in.
If you are looking for a type of space not listed, please select “Other – public” or “Other – private” and describe the kind of space you want and we’ll see if anything fits!
Please note
Emergency 23 will offer an honorarium of £200 per piece selected, to cover fees/expenses.
For artists coming from beyond Greater Manchester we may be able to offer an additional discretionary contribution to travel.
For proposals needing a higher level of budget, or additional access costs, please talk to us via emergency@habmcr.org; before applying.
If you want to discuss your proposal with me, you can book a Monday morning Zoom session with me here: https://wordofwarning.org/hab/advice/
Selection process + criteria
• Final selection will be by a panel from hÅb + Contact on the basis of suitability to artistic parameters and technical + logistical feasibility.
• Deadline for proposals – Friday 4 August 2023, 5pm
• Selected artists will be notified BY Friday 1 September.
• There will be a technical meeting either in person at Contact or remotely by video call on Saturday 16 September.
• Emergency 23 takes place on Saturday 30 September 2023, Noon-10pm (exact event times tbc).
How to apply
• All applicants must complete the online proposal form at https://forms.gle/hXGY1DyYXbYobm1e7
• All proposals uploaded will be acknowledged by automated email. If you have trouble with the form, please contact us. If you do not receive an acknowledgement you must contact us as it indicates a problem with receipt.
• We would also be grateful if you would complete an online monitoring form at https://forms.gle/45kj7w8yo7dd5UVw6
Download full details + Spaces Information from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18XF7303LYsNKjvzVJP-cexnwC1g2y5cy or download the pdf below.