live works free school of performance

The 12th edition of the LIVE WORKS Free school of Performance at Centrale Fies is dedicated to the practical and theoretical exploration of the boundaries of performance art.

The open call LIVE WORKS includes creative residency periods for the selected projects. LIVEWORKS sees performance as a workspace, and as an instrument and cultural exercise. Starting from the notion of performance in the visual art practice, the project is unique in its particular attention to hybrid research, underlining the openness and fluidity of performance, its social and political implications, and its level of public understandability.

The production of the performance projects during the residency will be supported by diverse types of curatorship, from theoretical to technical development, a Free School of Performance with studio visits, critical sessions, and reading groups. During the residency phase, Centrale Fies will provide a production and curatorial staff to assist the artists as they develop the selected projects.

For foreign candidates Centrale Fies will commit to provide a letter of invitation for any application for a grant or mobility fellowship. The participants not belonging to an European state, for which it is requested a Working Visa to participate in an artistic residency in Italy, should promptly proceed with the Visa application. Centrale Fies, once these selected projects will be announced, will send the information to understand the procedure and support the request.