Are you ready to imagine the Singapore Theatre canon in your own unique way?
The Vault: Lite is the exploratory arm of The Vault, aimed at the creation of contemporary responses to works from the Singapore theatre canon. The residency focuses on the process of the response, with an emphasis on experimenting and ideating genre, form and content. It will culminate in a series of concept sharing sessions at key milestones with fellow artists-in-residence and the public.
The Vault: Lite is looking for projects that:
- Respond to any text-based work from the Singapore Theatre canon
- Respond to the given theme
- Display innovative approaches to interpreting the selected canonical text
Selected artists-in-residence can look forward to the following:
- A public mid-point sharing in Week 4 where the selected artists can expect to discuss and share about their progress and some approaches they have adopted
- A public sharing at the end of the residency which could take the form of a lecture or a creative presentation, but must demonstrate:
- The project’s premise
- The project’s discoveries
- A creative direction
- Opportunities for documentation, artist reflection and social media features
- A stipend of $500 each
The Vault: Lite Residency is now accepting applications!
- This inaugural residency will run from 3 January to 28 February 2021.
- 3-5 artists will be selected from the open call.
- It will be conducted in a hybrid format, comprising physical and digital elements.
- The theme for this open call is “A Whole New World?”
But is it new, or normal? Perhaps the pandemic has hastened a digital revolution. Perhaps it has also exposed in its wake the cracks of our society. But the shift to the digital been long in the making and the underbelly of our problems have always been lurking in the shadows.
How have we faced “new normals” that came before, or imagined a brand new future for ourselves? How has our society dealt with crises and turning points? How have they surfaced in our Singapore Theatre History?
How can we face a whole new world now?
To Apply:
– Application Period: 9 Nov to 29 Nov 2020 –
Interested artists should submit their application request to residence@centre42.sg by 29 November 2020 (2359). Proposals should articulate the following:
- Choice of play from Singapore Theatre canon
- A research question that responds to the selected play
- How the research question and play relate to the theme
Selected applicants will be informed latest by 18 December 2020.
Have more questions?
Come join us on 17 November 2020 at 8pm for a Question and Answer session to learn more about past Vault projects and how you can imagine your own in The Vault: Lite. This informal session is facilitated by the Centre 42 team and held on Zoom. Register your interest at https://forms.gle/dL3HLCoGQW1zgYpk6.