Skaņu Mežs is a co-coordinator of SHAPE+, A new European platform for innovative music and audiovisual art co-financed by the Creative Europe programme. Running for the next three years, SHAPE+ will foster exceptional emerging talent, connecting them to local communities and audiences through collaborative residencies with multiple artistic outcomes, commissioned artworks, as well as one-off presentations and performances. Combining an open call and a curatorial selection, the platform members will select a roster of artists to support each year.
SHAPE+ currently consists of 15 partners in 15 countries with plans for further expansion, while adopting an interdisciplinary approach and committing to social and environmental awareness.
Current list of partners:
- CTM Festival – Berlin, DE
- Construction Festival – Dnipro, UA
- Intonal Festival / Inkonst – Malmö, SE
- Les siestes électroniques – Toulouse, FR
- MeetFactory – Prague, CZ
- Sonica Festival / MoTA – Museum for Transitory Art – Ljubljana, SI
- musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst – Graz, AT
- Mutant Radio – Tbilisi, GE
- OUT.FEST – Barreiro, PT
- Rokolectiv Festival – Bucharest, RO
- schiev Festival – Brussels, BE
- Skaņu Mežs Festival – Riga, LV
- UH Fest – Budapest, HU
- Terraforma Festival – Milan, IT
- Unsound Festival – Krakow, PL
SHAPE+ is a three-year initiative co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
SHAPE (2014-2022)
SHAPE+ builds upon the previous SHAPE platform, which from 2014 to 2022 supported 336 emerging European artists and presented their work at festivals, events and venues in numerous countries across Europe and beyond. It has also been supported by the Creative Europe programme of the EU.
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- SHAPE+ announces 2023/2024 roster of artists
- SHAPE+ platform announces open call for 2023/2024
- SHAPE+ platform announces 2022 list of artists
- SHAPE platform & Crack Magazine announce online collaboration
- Intonal joins SHAPE platform
- August news from SHAPE platform
- SHAPE platform’s summer showcases and other news
- SHAPE platform’s April showcases and other news
- SHAPE’s closing showcases of 2015 in November
- Special Resonance FM broadcast on Skaņu Mežs festival
- 10 SHAPE showcases in October
- SHAPE Platform brings four showcases in August!
- ICAS Festival Networking Tomorrow’s Art for an Unknown Future
- Apiary Sessions >< SONICA Festival
- First SHAPE activities
- SHAPE – Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe
DISCLAIMER: Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
