Take part in the Watou Arts Festival
What?
For the next edition of the art festival, we aim for a Watou shaped by collectives and collabs, celebrating collaborative creation’s diversity and strength. The theme of this year’s open call, “The Smell of Grass is Changing”, represents the adaptation, transformation and renewal we seek in the arts, inviting reflection on our changing world and its impact on our creative process and interactions.
With this adage, internationally acclaimed artist Koen Vanmechelen, the inspirator behind Patchwwwork, the experimental precursor to the Watou Art Festival, invites artists to engage in a new unique creative journey.
Since 2021, Vanmechelen has initiated Patchwwwork as a research project, organising an in situ ‘artist’ encampment as an immersive experiment and learning process, culminating in this new call. For the next edition, we seek collectives and collabs eager to contribute to Watou’s evolution and transformation, engaging in a journey stimulating both senses and mind.
Application
- Registration is required and must be done via this online form.
- Deadline of registration is 31 May 2024 (12 p.m. – midnight).
- Only after valid registration and affirmative response from the organization will you be able to participate in the next steps: visiting the arts festival during the summer of 2024 and submitting a detailed project proposal afterwards.
- Deadline for submission of a project proposal is 15 November 2024 (12 p.m. – midnight). The proposal must be sent to kunstenfestival@poperinge.be
