The Asian Culture Complex

Asian Arts Theatre

2011 Project Development Initiative

Asian Arts Theatre at the Asian Culture Complex is delighted to present 2nd year of Project

Development Initiative to continue to build collaborative relationship with wide range of national

and international artists, and to prepare an artistic and creative environment for the ACC’s

opening in 2014 and its succeeding paths.

Asian Arts Theatre pursues to provide an environment for artists to be more creative in

contemporary art forms and to enrich their ideas through utilizing tremendous cultural resources

of Asia. It seeks to contribute to the transformative environment by gaining exposure to new

ideas, and various artistic and cultural expressions. Through ruminating cultural values and

discovering collaborative works of progressive artists, its aim is to stimulate the significance and

development of contemporary performing arts with a special emphasis on Asian culture to

achieve aesthetic excellence.

The 1st Project Development Initiative in 2010 received 71 proposals from 13 countries which have

been evaluated by panels comprised of 15 distinguished professionals in various artistic disciplines.

Three selected projects received financial support and were invited to Gwangju to share their

project development process through collaborative workshop with their partners and to further

develop their project at the co-sketch and pitch session. This year, two of these projects have

been given further financial support to premier their work during the co-sketch and pitch session

from August 28th to September 3rd, 2011.

Asian Arts Theatre is accepting proposals from ideas to all phases of a project which are

contemporary performing art-based works that reflect or embody Asian values, cultures and issues.

The selected outstanding projects will be given a financial support to develop their work further

and to participate in the co-sketch and pitch session. Also, these projects have possibility of

commission to complete their work and premier at the Asian Arts Theatre.

Office for Hub City of Asian Culture in Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Hosted by Office for Hub City of Asian Culture in Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Organized by METAA Co., Ltd. and Korea Association of Performing Arts Producers

Application requirement


Eligibility requirement

- Artists, producers and presenters working in Asia

- International collaborative projects led by Asian artist

- For non-Asian based projects: works with Asian subjects or collaborating with Asian artists are

eligible



Project requirement

- Eligible projects must not have premiered anywhere in the world

- Proposals from ideas to all phases of a project are eligible

- Works should be performing art-based and can be collaborated with various art forms



Examples of context including:

1. Works with contemporary Asian subject

2. Works with Asian traditional form interpreted into contemporary form

3. Collaborative work between various art forms and contemporary performing arts

4. Community-based work for Gwangju region

5. Works that consider the unique characters of Asian Arts Theatre’s Multi-functional Grand

Performance Hall

(For more information on Grand Performance Hall, please refer to the website)



Submission documents

- Copy of online registration form (1 copy)

Please register online from April 25 10:00 – May 13 18:00, print the completed form, affix

your signature and send it along with the rest of the submission documents.

You can find the registration form at http://www.cct.go.kr/eng/AAT2011/

- Project idea and development plan (1 copy)

The Project idea and development plan should describe the project content and production

development schedule in detail as well as all collaborating artists’ biography and budget

plan. Additionally submit a synopsis if you are in the phase where the synopsis is completed.

There is no standardized form.

- Co-sketch and pitch session plan (1 copy)

The co-sketch and pitch session will take place in Gwangju from August 28 to September 3,

2011 for the selected artist to share the project development process the artist has

undergone. Please indicate the available period if the applicant is occupied during the

period mentioned above due to performance schedule. This session can be used as a part

of a process to further develop the project through collaborative workshop with their

partners and the artist can propose various types including but not limited to production

pitch session, showcase, workshop and forum etc. to form a session.

There is no standardized form, but it should include the following information:

* Number of participants required for the session, participating artists’ biography, and

session content and schedule. Please mention if there’re any requests.

- Promotional package including press/photographs of previous works.

- Three video clips (60 – 90 sec. in length) and one unedited full shot performance video (15

min. in length) of works which best represent you as an artist. These should be in avi/mpeg file

saved on CD.

- Complete submission documents in Microsoft Word file saved on CD.



Please send the aforementioned submission documents to:

Project Development Initiative

5th Fl. 94-1 Seongbuk-dong,

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea

136-823

For further information

Contact: Chloe Eunsil Lee

Email: esl@metaa.net

Tel: 82-2-764-6547



Co-sketch and pitch session

- The purpose of this session is to provide an environment for the selected artists to further

develop their project and to share it with the community through open and closed programs.

- Artists are recommended to include the following programs when planning the session:

* Showcase and/or project presentation for proposals which are in the production

development stage of a project

* Idea presentation and/or scenario reading for proposals which are in the beginning stage of

a project

- The submitted session plan will be negotiated with the organizing committee prior to the

session.

- Asian Arts Theatre will provide venue and technical support for the co-sketch and pitch session

in addition to the airfare, local transportation, meals and accommodation for the artist. Other

necessary requests from the artist will be negotiated.



Condition

- Three projects will be selected and each will be given a financial support of KRW 20,000,000

(approx. USD 17,500 Gross) to further develop their work.

- The Asian Culture Complex may request the selected work to be commissioned to premier at

Asian Arts Theatre with further funding and partnership.

* The number of selected project and the amount for the financial support might vary according

to the evaluation panel.



Application period

- Online registration period: April 25 10:00 – May 13 18:00, 2011

- Deadline for the submission documents: May 13 18:00, 2011 by arrival date

- Announcement: June 22, 2011

- Co-sketch and pitch session: August 28 to September 3, 2011

- Project Development Initiative website: http://www.cct.go.kr/eng/AAT2011/



Crediting requirement

- The selected artist must clearly acknowledge support from the Asian Culture Complex in their

programs and related promotional materials including publications and websites.



Additional information

- In the event ACC decides to give commission to further develop the work, ACC shall have the

right to premiere the work at Asian Arts Theatre. Further details will be negotiated and agreed

upon by both parties.

- Selected artists shall develop their project, prepare co-sketch and pitch session, and attend all

open programs during co-sketch and pitch session

- ACC may request additional documents from the applicant.

- If the submitted documents are found to be containing false information, applicant will be

disqualified.

- All applications are reviewed by the evaluation panel. Applicants will be notified of the result in

June 22, 2011.

 reference site - http://www.cct.go.kr:8888/AAT2011/eng/