Pro Helvetia Johannesburg launches an open call for the co-creation of new work between musicians based in regions addressed by Pro Helvetia Johannesburg (Southern, East, Central and West Africa) and Switzerland.
The Confluences call looks to enable shared space for collaboration, creation and documentation of new work between musicians who have an existing creative relationship.
The call provides an opportunity to breathe new life into fragments, sketches, first ideas and unrealised synergies and possibilities generated through encounters between artists from these very different worlds over the past years. These may have been in the context of Pro Helvetia supported research trips, residencies and tours or through entirely independent initiatives.
Grants of up to 10,000 CHF are available to support the writing/development process, studio time, as well as mobility and associated expenses specific to each submission.
Applications can be submitted by individual artists, bands, and collectives.
This funding programme is looking for applications from musicians in Switzerland, and the region supported by Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, where there is significant evidence of meaningful and existing collaborative relationship. This call is not seeking to enable new connections and relationships.
Countries within the regions supported by Pro Helvetia Johannesburg:
Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Kenya, Comoros, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Zambia, Sao Tome and Préncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Chad, Uganda, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe.
Projects should be realised between December 2022 and the end of November 2023.
