The Asian Culture Complex
Asian Arts Theatre
2011 Project Development Initiative

Asian Arts Theatre at the Asian Culture Complex is delighted to present 2nd year of Project
Development Initiative to continue to build collaborative relationship with wide range of national
and international artists, and to prepare an artistic and creative environment for the ACC’s
opening in 2014 and its succeeding paths.

Asian Arts Theatre pursues to provide an environment for artists to be more creative in
contemporary art forms and to enrich their ideas through utilizing tremendous cultural resources
of Asia. It seeks to contribute to the transformative environment by gaining exposure to new
ideas, and various artistic and cultural expressions. Through ruminating cultural values and
discovering collaborative works 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.

The 1st Project Development Initiative in 2010 received 71 proposals from 13 countries which have
been evaluated by panels comprised of 15 distinguished professionals in various artistic disciplines.
Three selected projects received financial support and were invited to Gwangju to share their
project development process through collaborative workshop with their partners and to further
develop their project at the co-sketch and pitch session. This year, two of these projects have
been given further financial support to premier their work during the co-sketch and pitch session
from August 28th to September 3rd, 2011.

Asian Arts Theatre is accepting 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 a financial support to develop their work further
and to participate in the co-sketch and pitch session. 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 requirement

Eligibility requirement
- Artists, producers and presenters working in Asia
- International collaborative projects led by Asian artist
- For non-Asian based projects: works with Asian subjects or collaborating with Asian artists are
eligible

Project requirement
- Eligible projects must not have premiered anywhere in the world
- Proposals from ideas to all phases of a project are eligible
- Works should be performing art-based and can be collaborated with various art forms

Examples of context including:
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 arts
4. Community-based work for Gwangju region
5. Works that consider the unique characters of Asian Arts Theatre’s Multi-functional Grand
Performance Hall
(For more information on Grand Performance Hall, please refer to the website)

Submission documents
- Copy of online registration form (1 copy)
Please register online from April 25 10:00 – May 13 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 http://17cct.pa.go.kr/eng/AAT2011/
- Project idea and development plan (1 copy)
The Project idea and development plan should describe the project content and production
development schedule in detail as well as all collaborating artists’ biography and budget
plan. Additionally submit a synopsis if you are in the phase where the synopsis is completed.
There is no standardized form.
- Co-sketch and pitch session plan (1 copy)
The co-sketch and pitch session will take place in Gwangju from August 28 to September 3,
2011 for the selected artist to share the project development process the artist has
undergone. Please indicate the available period if the applicant is occupied during the
period mentioned above due to performance schedule. This session can be used as a part
of a process to further develop the project through collaborative workshop with their
partners and the artist can propose various types including but not limited to production
pitch session, showcase, workshop and forum etc. to form a session.
There is no standardized form, but it should include the following information:
* Number of participants required for the session, participating artists’ biography, and
session content and schedule. Please mention if there’re any requests.
- Promotional package including press/photographs of previous works.
- Three video clips (60 – 90 sec. in length) and one unedited full shot performance video (15
min. in length) of works which best represent you as an artist. These should be in avi/mpeg file
saved on CD.
- Complete submission documents in Microsoft Word file saved on CD.

Please send the aforementioned submission documents to:
Project Development Initiative
5th Fl. 94-1 Seongbuk-dong,
Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea
136-823
For further information
Contact: Chloe Eunsil Lee
Email: esl@metaa.net
Tel: 82-2-764-6547

Co-sketch and pitch session
- The purpose of this session is to provide an environment for the selected artists to further
develop their project and to share it with the community through open and closed programs.
- Artists are recommended to include the following programs when planning the session:
* Showcase and/or project presentation for proposals which are in the production
development stage of a project
* Idea presentation and/or scenario reading for proposals which are in the beginning stage of
a project
- The submitted session plan will be negotiated with the organizing committee prior to the
session.
- 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 a financial support of KRW 20,000,000
(approx. USD 17,500 Gross) to further develop their work.
- The Asian Culture Complex may request the selected work to be commissioned to premier at
Asian Arts Theatre with further funding and partnership.
* The number of selected project and the amount for the financial support might vary according
to the evaluation panel.

Application period
- Online registration period: April 25 10:00 – May 13 18:00, 2011
- Deadline for the submission documents: May 13 18:00, 2011 by arrival date
- Announcement: June 22, 2011
- Co-sketch and pitch session: August 28 to September 3, 2011
- Project Development Initiative website: http://17cct.pa.go.kr/eng/AAT2011/

Crediting requirement
- The selected artist must clearly acknowledge support from the Asian Culture Complex in their
programs and related promotional materials including publications and websites.

Additional information
- In the event ACC decides to give commission to further develop the work, ACC shall have the
right to premiere the work at Asian Arts Theatre. Further details will be negotiated and agreed
upon by both parties.
- Selected artists shall develop their project, prepare co-sketch and pitch session, and attend all
open programs during co-sketch and pitch session
- ACC may request additional documents from the applicant.
- If the submitted documents are found to be containing false information, applicant will be
disqualified.
- All applications are reviewed by the evaluation panel. Applicants will be notified of the result in
June 22, 2011.

 reference site - http://17cct.webzine.pa.go.kr/AAT2011/eng/