2019 marks the third year of Mobility First! For this fourth open call, we have received a total of 390 applications, comprised of 219 individual applications and 49 applications from arts organisations on behalf of 171 arts practitioners from 43 ASEM countries.
From this pool, we have selected to support a total of 27 artists and cultural professionals who are travelling to 14 countries in Asia and Europe.
These are the selected artists, cultural professionals and arts organisations:
Selected applications from individuals
NAME |
NATIONALITY |
ACTIVITY |
MOBILITY ROUTE |
Atsushi Kuwayama |
Japan |
Cinecaravan |
Tokyo, Japan to Manchester, United Kingdom |
Roland Walter |
Germany |
Artists’ residency and workshop series at Lucy Guerin Inc and Bunbury Regional Art Gallery |
Berlin, Germany to Melbourne and Bunbury, Australia |
Tareq Ahmed |
Bangladesh |
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam |
Dhaka, Bangladesh to Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Jennifer Reid |
United Kingdom |
Practice-led research trip: Book project about the weaving songs of Bangladesh and their linkage to the industrial revolution of Lancashire |
Manchester, United Kingdom to Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Md Nuruzzaman Khan |
Bangladesh |
Practice-led research trip: Feature documentary film about the Bangladesh community in Denmark |
Dhaka, Bangladesh to Copenhagen, Denmark |
Franziska Detrez |
Germany |
Artists’ Residency: Auroville Theatre Group – Who sits behind my eyes? |
Frankfurt, Germany to Auroville, Pondicherry, India |
Sabrina Muzi |
Italy |
Artists’ Residency: Wandering Baishizhou |
Bologna, Italy to Baishizhou, Shenzhen, China |
Krish Makhija |
India |
Practice-led research trip: Feature film development of “Ze” |
Mumbai, India to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Virra Larasati |
Indonesia |
Oslo Architecture Triennale (OAT) 2019 |
Jakarta, Indonesia to Oslo, Norway |
Joey Chin |
Singapore |
DEFAULT 19 |
Singapore to Lecce, Italy |
Joakim Pär Stampe |
Sweden |
Macau International Performance Art Festival (MIPAF) & 20th OPEN International Performance Art Festival |
Goethenburg, Sweden to Macau and Guishan Islands, Zhuhai, China |
Selected applications from organisations
NAME OF ORGANISATION |
ACTIVITY |
COUNTRY WHERE ACTIVITY IS HELD |
SUPPORTED CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS |
Asian Film Archive |
SEA of Sadness |
Singapore |
Gertjan Fokke Zuilhof (Netherlands); Khan Nicholas Dela Cruz (Philippines); NursitaMouly Surya (Indonesia) |
Bússola |
“Korean Focus” at LEME Festival |
Ílhavo, Portugal |
Sungtae Jung (Korea); HeeJin Lee (Korea) |
MoT+++ |
Performance Plus 2019 |
Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam |
AliansyahCaniago (Indonesia); Masayuki Miyaji (Japan) |
Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media, University of Westminster |
Animistic Apparatus at Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival |
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, United Kingdom |
Mary Pansanga (United Kingdom); Zarina Muhammad (Singapore); Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysia); Tanatchai Bandasak (Thailand) |
LumiQueer |
Hanoi International Queer Film Week 2019 |
Hanoi, Viet Nam |
Christia Roque (Philippines) |
Cirquons Flex |
Cirquons Flex meets Trimukhi Platform: Workshops in Reunion Island |
Reunion Island, France |
Jean-Frédéric Chevallier (France); Sukla Bar Chevallier (India); DhananjoyHansda (India); SalkhanHansda (India) |
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! 4th Open Call