Applications Invited for Gender Bender 2020 to showcase works of art around gender

About the Organization:

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. They promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange.

About the Grant:

Gender Bender is the first festival of its kind in India that showcases new works of art around gender, as a concept, discourse, construct, and as art itself. What started out as a grantee showcase festival has, over the last five years, grown into a much needed and recognised space for conversations on gender with artists and audiences alike. The Gender Bender Festival showcases the works created from the grant provided, as well as a set of curated performances, talks, seminars, exhibitions and workshops centered around gender.

Grant Amount: Upto INR 50,000

Eligibility Criteria:

• They invite applications from artists and individuals working inthe field of arts to create new and original work around the idea of gender.
• You are encouraged to approach this theme in a critical way, in relation to your own perspective. The artistic contributions can take any form of expression across different media - from dance to drawing, from photography to pottery, mixed media to mime, and everything in-between, so long as it is new work that can be presented, performed, screened, or exhibited to an audience.
• Former Gender Bender grantees are not eligible to apply.

How to Apply:

Application form can be filled from the online portal

If English is not your preferred language, you could send an application in your language.

Deadline: September 15, 2020

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