The Asian Culture Complex

Asian Arts Theatre

Project Development Initiative

The Office for Hub City of Asian Culture has been mandated by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, to present the Project Development Initiative to develop programming for Asian Arts Theatre and to build collaborative relationship with wide range of national and international artists. 

The Asian Arts Theatre will be a main facility of the Asian Culture Complex (ACC) which is scheduled to complete in 2014 in Gwangju, Korea. Other major facilities in ACC include Cultural Promotion Agency, Asian Culture Information Agency, Cultural Exchange Agency and Children Culture Agency.

ACC seeks to contribute to the transformative environment by gaining exposure to new ideas and exploring various artistic and cultural tendencies. Through ruminating cultural values and discovering collaborative work of progressive artists, its aim is to stimulate the significance and development of contemporary performing arts with a special emphasis on Asian culture to achieve aesthetic excellence.

Asian Arts Theatre is open to proposals from ideas to all phases of a project which are contemporary performing art-based works that reflect or embody Asian values, cultures and issues. The selected outstanding projects will be given an award to develop their work. Also, these projects have possibility of commission to complete their work and premier at the Asian Arts Theatre.

Office for Hub City of Asian Culture in Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Hosted by Office for Hub City of Asian Culture in Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Organized by METAA Co., Ltd. and Korea Association of Performing Arts Producers

Application outline

Eligibility requirement

-  Artists, producers and presenters working in Asia

-  International collaborative projects leaded by Asian Artist

-  For non-Asian based projects: works with Asian subjects or collaborating with Asian Artists will be eligible

Project requirement

-  Eligible projects must not have premiered anywhere in the world

-  Works should be performing art-based and can be collaborated with various art forms  

Examples of forms including but not limited to:

1.  Works with contemporary Asian subject

2.  Works with Asian traditional form interpreted into contemporary form

3.  Collaborative work between various art forms and contemporary performing art

4.  Community-based work for Gwangju region

Submission documents

-  Copy of online registration form (1 copy)

* Please register online from May 3 10:00 – May 7 18:00, print the completed form, affix your signature and send it along with the rest of the submission documents

You can find the registration form at ACC website: 17cct.pa.go.kr/english/AAT2010

-  Project idea and development plan (5 copies)

The Project idea and development plan should describe the project content, production development schedule and budget plan in detail as well as main artists’ information.

There is no standardized form.

-  Co-sketch and pitch session plan (5 copies)

The co-sketch and pitch session will take place in Gwangju within 2 days for the selected artist to show the project development process the artist has undergone from the day of the announcement.

There is no standardized form, but it should include the following information:

* Number of participants required for the co-sketch and pitch session and their biography, and co-sketch and pitch session schedule. Please mention if there’s any request. 

-  PDF or Word file of project idea and development plan & co-sketch and pitch session plan saved on a CD.

-  Promotional packages including biography and press/photographs/DVDs of previous projects.

Please send the aforementioned submission documents to:

       Project Development Initiative

       METAA Co., Ltd.

    4^th Fl. IlseokB/D,

       25-1, Dongsung-dong,

       Jongno-gu, Seoul

       Korea

       110-809

For further information

Contact: Chloe Eunsil Lee

Email: esl@metaa.net

Tel: 82-2-3673-4594

Application instruction

-  Co-sketch and pitch session will be open to representatives of Asian Arts Theatre and invited guests.

-  The selected work will be presented according to the submitted co-sketch and pitch session plan. If the artist would like to make a change to the plan, prior negotiation with the organizing committee is possible.

-  The selected artist can propose different types of co-sketch and pitch session including but not limited to showcase or forum format.

-  The Asian Arts Theatre will provide venue and technical support for the co-sketch and pitch session in addition to the airfare, local transportation, meals and accommodation for the artist. Other necessary requests from the artist will be negotiated.

Condition

-  Three projects will be selected and each will be given an award of KRW 20,000,000 (approx. USD 17,000 Gross) to develop their work.

-  ACC may request the selected work to be commissioned to premier at the Asian Arts Theatre.

* The number of selected project might vary according to the advisory panels.

Application period

-  Official announcement of Project Development Initiative: March 2, 2010 on ACC website.

-  Online registration period: May 3 10:00 – May 7 18:00, 2010

-  Deadline for the submission documents: May 14 18:00, 2010 by arrival date

-  Announcement: June 21, 2010

-  Co-sketch and pitch session: 2 days during September, 2010

                (Dates will be finalized after the announcement)

-  ACCwebsite: 17cct.pa.go.kr/english/AAT2010

Crediting requirement

-  The selected artist must clearly acknowledge support from ACC in their programs and related promotional materials including publications and websites.

Additional information

-  ACC has the right to premier the work at the Asian Arts Theatre in case ACC requests the artist to complete their work to be commissioned. Further details will be negotiated and agreed upon by both parties.

-  ACC may request additional documents from the artist.

-  If the submitted documents are found to be containing false information, the artist will be disqualified.

-  All applications are reviewed by the advisory panels. Applicants will be notified of the result in June 21, 2010.