Proposals are now invited for Hazard MMX
Deadline 6pm Friday 21 May 2010:
Hazard MMX – Saturday 17 July 2010 – Manchester City Centreproduced by hÅb and greenroom in collaboration with the participating artists.
A micro-festival of incidental intervention and sited performance, with a hint of mischief! Chance encounters and random occurrences… cheeky, thought-provoking and sometimes raunchy sprees of eccentricity…
Manchester’s unique micro-festival of all things bizarre and playful returns for its third outing. So far we’ve wrapped Cathedral Gardens in fluttering hazard tape, brought shop dummies to life, circumnavigated the city by canoe and unleashed giant dancing traffic cones… Look out for a flash of yellow and black to see what 2010 will bring…!
To date Hazard has produced two micro-festivals of sited performance and intervention - over 40 artists have taken to the streets of Manchester including:Action Hero, Accidental Collective, Angel Club North, Caution Horses, Richard DeDomenici, Doldrum Theatre, The Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent in the Home, Michael Pinchbeck, Shahram Entekhabi and the vacuum cleaner. For a glimpse of Hazard 07 + 08 see below or follow us @hazardmcr In 2010 we are seeking to do it again – this time incorporating an outbreak of pervasive gaming courtesy of Larkin' About. We are now looking for proposals of work for a daytime event (12-5pm) in Manchester City Centre:- work that intervenes in public spaces in the city centre,
- work that is socially engaged, and/or conceptually motivated,
- work that is low or no-tech and self-sufficient
- we will give bonus points for creative engagement with the idea of hazard - chance, danger, risk, and/or use of yellow and black tape!
In addition to the general call for proposals of work, there are also a number of specific opportunities:
- One small commission/budget for a ‘launch’ event embodying the notion of Hazard and that focuses on and draws attention to the event.
- Ideas for flashmobs or mass gaming interventions.
- Public Screens - this year we would like explore use of the BBC Big Screen on Exchange Square – for a series of short pieces, pre-recorded on mini-dv. This is not a call for high-tech video productions but to think creatively about the performative use of screens - either as a stand-alone or in conjunction with a live intervention. (nb - we will consider use of live camera but this may not be possible with the existing screen technology)
Hazard will be programmed by Tamsin Drury of hÅb and Garfield Allen of greenroom. We will select from proposals from this call and other research, to put together the best possible programme of work for the event. There are no fixed criteria aside from the guidelines above and the feasibility/legality of the ideas for realisation in the public domain.
Honorarium/expenses (£2-300 per piece) available. To be negotiated on an individual basis. Please include outline budget with your proposal.
To submit an idea please download a form below and return to: hazard@habarts.orgDeadline 6pm Friday 21 May 2010.