Aiming at encouraging the networking and the cultural extroversion of Greek artists in the European cultural scene, Eleusis 2021 shares the open call of METROPOLIS, the leading Nordic platform for site-specific, cross-disciplinary performance and art organized every year by the Copenhagen International Theatre (Københavns Internationale Teater), a partner of Eleusis 2021.
The Copenhagen International Theatre launched the Metropolis as a biennale in 2007. After five successful editions with some 75 productions for a public of more than 250,000, the Copenhagen International Theatre is now programming Metropolis as an annual international season of site-specific work from April to October. It’s an annual curated platform presenting 5-10 site-specific projects and a programme of residencies, workshops and the Nordic Urban Lab.
Among the artists and the cultural institutions they have already worked with as part of Metropolis are:
Architects of Air (UK), Back to Back Theatre (AU), Berlin (BE), Blast Theory (UK), Builders Association (US), Bureau Detours (DK), Compagnie 9.81 (FR), Circo de Madrugada (FR/BR), Dries Verhoeven (NL), Enrique Vargas (ES), Ex Nihilo (FR), Fix & Foxy (DK), hello!earth (DK), Ici-même (FR), Invisible Playground (DE), Jay Pather (ZA), Karl Van Welden (BE), Karoline H. Larsen (DK), Kitt Johnson (DK), Kumulus (FR), Le G. Bistaki (FR), Lieux Publics (FR), Lotte van den Berg (NL), Mariano Pensotti (AR), Numen/For Use (AT), Plastique Fantastique (DE), Rimini Protokoll (DE), Signa (DK), Station House Opera (UK), Steen & Hejlesen (DK), Willi Dorner (AT), ZimmerFrei (IT).
For the platform METROPOLIS, art is an essential part of the notion of a dynamic and democratic public realm, where diversity and constructive dialogue is kept alive. The work we present is contemporary, innovative, performative, often interdisciplinary, sometimes participatory and always connected with the city – as a collection of sites and situations, as existing and possible narratives/issues, as interconnecting communities.
Metropolis explores the city – physically and metaphysically. We mainly use non-cultural spaces, and we try to expand the notion of public in the city by locating projects in unknown, unresolved, unused spaces, and also by challenging the use of public realm in contemporary urban society. By playing with fictive scenarios and real situations. Restaging of the everyday.
The deadline for the open call is on 15th January 2017. For 2017, they are focusing on existing works or works produced for 2017, which can be adapted to specific sites and contexts. For 2018, we are also open to proposals for coproduction and co-commissioning and to develop concepts and ideas.
For further information, visit the website of Københavns Internationale Teater (KIT).
