APPLY TO LAST-ING | INDENT LAB 2022
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We often recount the pre- Covid 19 epoch in terms of when we last did something, our responses ranging from the poignant to the despondent. Last hugs. Last salary. Last night out. Last performance. Last food ration. Last touch. Last job. Last hope. From the absence of touch, to the rapid co-option of the body into biometric regimes of state-led surveillance and suppression, the pandemic irretrievably changed how we accessed the body and made sense of it.
Indent is also driven by the other meanings that 'last' or 'lasts' might hold. A 'last' was a medieval-era unit of weight, mass and volume across European maritime communities. A 'last' is also a solid mechanical form in the shape of a human foot, used for shoe design and repair. The 'last', then, can reference time, weight, materiality, sensation, and the process of making. This edition of Indent invites practitioners to consider what 'the last' might open up for them, as temporal, material, sensorial and processual provocation. How do we channel all its meanings, old and new, into our imagination of performance? The 'last' may be the end of something. But might it also form the premise for new forms of making and doing? Beyond its temporal fixities, what allows the intangible to become ‘lasting’? These questions shape Indent's 2022 Lab, which we are inviting applications for.
What is the Indent lab? It is a space of introspection and imagination, of shared thinking. It is run as a four-day hybrid lab, offline in New Delhi and online wherever you are, from 9 - 12 June, 2022. Applicants could be dancers, performers, researchers or practitioners/ artists with an interest in the body and the performative, which are both central to how Indent is formulated. The lab is a space for artists coming from diverse creative practices. Open forum formats will also offer participants a space to propose and workshop experimental ideas that are yet in-the-making with the group of 15 practitioners/thinkers that will gather for the Indent lab. The lab commits to enabling exchange that will help sharpen individual artistic queries and widen approaches in the journey to that last, lasting telos.
Participation on all four days is mandatory. Participants receive a small stipend to allow them to dedicate five hours per day (including a lunch hour) to the lab. While the lab comes together around the thematic focus of Indent 2022, there are no specific outcomes expected of the participants. It is envisioned with the intention of helping practitioners work through questions and moments in their practice.
Who can apply?
Practitioners and thinkers working in/ around performance, visual art, writing, photography, film, music and code.
When and Where?
Date: 9 to 12 June, 2022
Venue: Hybrid – online and offline.
The offline component of the lab will be held in New Delhi. Online on Zoom.
Deadline
Applications for Indent Lab are open until 22 May, 2022. Selected applications will receive confirmation of participation by 31 May, 2022.
Indent originated as a project by Gati Dance Forum. It is supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.