Deadline: July 24, 2019.

Are you a daring artist or storyteller working in a digital medium and living in Africa or the UK?

Are you open to collaborating with other artists/storytellers?

Do you want a chance to see your collaborative work shown across Africa, the UK and extensively online?

ColabNowNow will select 11 digital artists from Africa and the UK to develop cutting edge digital artworks through collaborative artmaking and storytelling. Applicants will apply with proposed projects which will then be developed with artistic and technical facilitators. Together they will create a collaborative exhibition to be launched on 11 October 2019 at the opening of the Maputo Fast Forward festival.

ColabNowNow has been developed by the British Council as a space for the leading minds in digital art in Africa and the UK to connect, collaborate and learn from each other in a safe, supportive and enabling environment. Do you think you have what it takes?

ELIGIBILITY

• Artists can include, but are not limited to: visual/graphic artists, architects, technical artists, programmers/coders, music/sound artists, performers and animators.

• Storytellers can include, but are not limited to: writers, photographers, filmmakers, videographers, bloggers and vloggers.

• Applications are open to artists and storytellers working in digital media who are aged 18-35.
• You must live in and have a valid passport from one of the eligible countries.
• You must be available to travel to Johannesburg 3-8 September, and Maputo 2-12 October – including travel time before and after said dates. Full attendance is required.
• Previous selected ColabNowNow creatives are not eligible to apply.

 

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES

East Africa: Ethiopia | Kenya | Rwanda | South Sudan | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda

West Africa: Ghana | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone

Southern Africa: Botswana | Malawi | Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Zambia | Zimbabwe

North Africa: Algeria | Egypt | Morocco | Tunisia

United Kingdom: England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales

 

BENEFITS

• Creatives will receive artistic and technical support from two facilitators, who will work with the creatives to develop complex collaborative works in both their conceptual and technical forms.

• All travel, accommodation, meals and VISA costs are covered by the British Council.

• Artists will be paid a fee of 500 GBP for their participation.

• A technical and installation budget is available for the collective use of the ColabNowNow team.

 

OFFICIAL LINK

 

Click here to apply