In 2025, we are delighted to invite theatre and performance creators to develop a new work that will become part of the Jam Factory Art Center repertoire. Applications are welcome from directors, playwrights, interdisciplinary artists, or creative tandems from Ukraine and abroad.
‘After the Devastation’
For this project, we invite artists to reflect on the theme ‘After the Devastation’.
Existing within a ‘horizon of death’, where destruction and loss are ongoing and have become part of a distorted reality, we face a constantly shifting present/future. This reality is inevitably tied to devastation: lost people and territories, severed connections, destroyed non-human beings, ruined ‘things’ and landscapes. Each loss creates a void in the structures of coexistence, mythologies, values, and needs, requiring immediate transformations to adapt. We exist simultaneously in an unending process of ruination and in a state of ‘after’ of destruction, which occurred yesterday, an hour ago or over the past years.
Looking towards an inevitable future, what new mythologies do we need? With whom do we co-create the superorganism that ensures collective survival? How will our relationships within human and non-human communities evolve after the devastation? What will the long-anticipated ‘after’, which begins when the war ends, bring?
We offer
An honorarium for an individual artist or tandem; a production budget; accommodation in Lviv and coverage of travel expenses to/from Lviv; project management; curatorial and communications support.
We expect applicants to have professional experience and at least 3 implemented performances/art projects. For applicants from other countries, we expect fluent proficiency in English (translation will not be provided during the work).
Open call details: OPEN_CALL_AFTER_THE_DEVASTATION_2025.pdf
How to apply
The application submission is open until March 2, 2025. To apply, please:
- Download the application form attached below in .docx format.
- Fill it out in either Ukrainian or English.
- Upload the completed application form in PDF format to the registration form via this link.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
