Culture

ARTEscénicas + digitalidad in Latin America

The education programme in the area of performing arts and new media is intended to connect young artists from Europe and South America and foster cross-disciplinary and new digital production formats in performance and performing arts. Selected young talents from five Latin American countries (Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia) take part in the programme under the leadership of the Goethe-Institut.

Europe, South America

Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Germany

Funding period: 2022-2024

"ARTEscénicas + digitalidad" is an education, mentoring, research and production programme in the field of performing arts and new media. The programme is designed to promote the creative and experimental work of designers, artists, technicians and coders and aims to encourage collaboration through joint initiatives. The idea is to connect young talents and experts from Europe and South America. The programme is led by the Goethe-Institutes in Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia and implemented in close collaboration with Espacio Checoeslovaquia and NAVE in Chile, the Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas in Uruguay and the Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund. It is supported by the Wilo-Foundation.

Teilnehmende des Programms mit einer VR-Brille unter Leitung des Goethe-Instituts in Chile — Participants of the programme under the direction of the Goethe-Institut in Chile. Photo: Goethe-Institut e.V., Munich, Credit: Sebastian Arriagada

18 Teilnehmende aus Chile, Bolivien, Uruguay, Brasilien und Kolumbien besuchen den Wilopark — 18 participants from Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia during a visit to Wilopark in May 2023. Photo: Wilo-Foundation

The Goethe-Institute in Chile also cooperates with the German Academy of Theatre and Digitality, a section of the Theater Dortmund which has been supported by the Wilo-Foundation since its creation in 2018 through interdisciplinary research fellowships funded by the Wilo-Foundation.

The programme consists of three phases that are being implemented in the period 2022 to 2024. The first phase is a phase of support and research where scholarship holders receive expert advice from their mentors. The second phase focuses on the initiation of processes in Germany and the development of projects. During the third phase, the finished productions are presented on international platforms (festivals, theatre stages, trade fairs etc.). The aim of the programme is to promote contemporary stage productions of interdisciplinary groups that use technologies and new media in performing arts. The groups consist of three people (one each from the creative, production and the technical field) who develop a performance project as a live, digital or hybrid format. The most important areas of technical research are lighting, sound, audivisual media and virtual reality.

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Our funding partner

As the globally active cultural institution of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Goethe-Institut e.V., Munich, advocates for understanding between Germany, Europe and the world. Worldwide, it provides information about the cultural and societal diversity of Germany and Europe. 151 individual Goethe-Institutes in 98 countries together with numerous partner institutions form the basis of the global network and contribute to establishing the German language in the educational systems of the host countries. As a registered association the Goethe-Institute operates autonomously on a legally independent basis and is not affiliated to any political party.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forms the global framework for action for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. Our funding commitment also supports these sustainability goals. With this project, we are making a contribution to achieving the following SDGs:

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