Gone in 20 Minutes (Gi20) was developed last year as a new initiative for the outdoor arts sector.
Gi20 addresses a real problem in the outdoor arts sector: the lack of showcasing opportunities for small and medium scale outdoor arts projects.
This national showcase gives UK based artists working in the outdoor arts sector the opportunity to develop new small-medium scale projects. Gi20 will also nurture emerging companies and established artists from a range of art forms (circus, theatre, dance or visual arts) who are interested in creating work for the outdoors for the first time.
Gi20 offers all these artists the mentoring support and development funding to realise their ideas.
Gi20 provides an environment for artists to learn from experienced leaders in the field, the opportunity to present their work in front of UK programmers and mentoring and production support in order to develop successful touring projects.
Branded as 'Gone in 20 Minutes,' the project gives audiences and professionals the sense that this is a quick hit, a taster, an opportunity to try out new work in front of sympathetic and educated outdoor arts audiences and interested professionals.
This national showcase 'double header' will support 10 artists/companies to present new projects and compete for a jury and audience cash prize in order to develop the work further. The work will be showcased to a national audience in both London and Stockton. The London showcase takes place as part of Watch this Space Festival on 7th-8th July and will also be a feature of Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) programme on 4th-5th August.
The programme aims to invest in the development of new, small to medium scale work and create showcasing opportunities that lead to attracting interest, partners and investment.
After a competitive selection process, a £2,000 development budget will be awarded to each of the 10 companies/artists chosen. Accommodation (where needed) and reasonable travel expenses will be provided for each of the showcase Festivals.
Each company will give two performances over the course of each day at both of the Festivals and are in competition for two cash prizes of £1,000 and an additional booking:
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- A Gi20 Jury prize awarded by a panel of outdoor arts professionals.
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- A Gi20 Audience Prize where the winner will have received the highest public vote from audiences from both events
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- A guaranteed booking at Watch this Space Festival, National Theatre on 8th & 9th September and London Pleasure Gardens (dates TBC).
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The 10 companies will benefit from the exposure of the high profile Watch This Space Festival at the National Theatre, during a particularly busy summer. SIRF, celebrating its 25th year in 2012, already has an excellent national and international reputation and regularly attracts international programmers.
This initiative will compliment other strategic projects in the sector such as Without Walls and Mintfest but unlike these projects, Gi20 has an emphasis on emerging artists and companies, as well as attracting those outside the sector to create work for the outdoors. Gi20 also compliments other programmes aimed at new and emerging artists such as Emerge and Escalator.
Our definition of small-medium scale work is:
• A touring company of six or less
• Work that is appropriate for an audience of between 1-600 people
• Set or Structures that are feasible for easy touring and transportation
Our definition of new is:
• Work that has only been presented as a work in progress a maximum of three times
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