2019 marks the third year of Mobility First! For this second open call, we have received a total of 233 applications, comprised of 130 individual applications and 33 organisation applications on behalf of 103 arts practitioners from 37 ASEM countries.
From this pool, we have selected to support a total of 24 artists and cultural professionals who are travelling to 8 countries in Asia and Europe.
These are the selected artists, cultural professionals and arts organisations:
Selected applications from individuals
NAME |
NATIONALITY |
ACTIVITY |
MOBILITY ROUTE |
Simon Zara |
France |
Artist residency |
Strasbourg, France to Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Ana Wojak |
Australia |
Batengan Festival Java |
Gold Coast, Australia to Batu, East Java, Indonesia |
Alisa Berger |
Germany |
Nakanojo arts residency and biennale |
Cologne, Germany to Nakanojo, Japan |
Chung Shih Hoh |
Singapore |
Short-term exploration/ networking trip of new music communities in Germany |
Singapore to Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne, Lübeck, Germany |
Fan Chon Hoo |
Malaysia |
Makassar Biennale 2019 |
George Town, Penang, Malaysia to Makassar, Indonesia |
Janie Gibson |
Australia |
IETM Campus Eleusis 2019 |
Melbourne, Australia to Eleusis, Greece |
Selected applications from organisations
NAME OF ORGANISATION |
ACTIVITY |
COUNTRY WHERE ACTIVITY IS HELD |
SUPPORTED CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS |
New Theatre Institute of Latvia |
“Japan Focus” at the International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Homo Novus 2019 |
Riga, Latvia |
Saki Tanaka (Japan); Akira Takayama (Japan); Tetsuya Umeda (Japan); Keigo Mikajiri (Japan); Takuya Matsumi (Japan) |
Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC) |
SEAFIC Lab: Session #2 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Franz Rodenkirchen (Germany); Youngjeong Oh (Korea) |
Blind Signal |
Blind Signal VTNM – GRMN |
Berlin, Germany |
Hue Trinh Luong (Viet Nam); Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Nghe danh (Viet Nam); Linh Ha Bui (Viet Nam); Nguyen Le Thuy Linh (Viet Nam) |
Bellas Artes Projects Foundation |
ESKWELA: Art Educational Programme |
Makati, Philippines |
Monica Narula (India); Jeebesh Bagchi (India); Shuddhabrata Sengupta (India) |
Society “Party”/Time to Dance |
Time to Dance/”Laiks Dejot 2019”, International Contemporary Dance Festival |
Riga, Latvia |
Xiao Ke (China); Zi Han Zhou (China); Stéphane Noël (Switzerland); Eko Supriyanto (Indonesia) |
To know more about the selected artists, cultural professionals, and arts organisations, we have published the remarks from the Selection Committee here:
Overall Remarks from Selection Committee – Mobility First! 2nd Open Call