rehearsing embodied ecologies: a practice of world-making
Call-out to Artists:
We are in a time of climate catastrophe. A time where the remnants of colonial violence echo and shake the ground beneath us. rehearsing embodied ecologies is an attempt of collecting practices, art, conversations, perspectives, to find common ground. (What I see as a practice of world-making).
We will rehearse in the same way that every day becomes a moment to understand the relationality between the physical environment of Bath Spa and ourselves. We will embody this ecology, as a playground for comonning. Let us experiment in dreaming and thinking together the merging of environments.
** Practically, I am looking to work with artists that can work in a collaborative framework, and whose work speaks to the expansiveness of embodiment, and ecology (in our body-mind, our physical environments, or the blurring of the lines between them). Artists of historically marginalised groups are especially encouraged to apply. **
Curator Kemelo Sehlapelo - photo by Merthe Wolfe
Curated by kemelo nozipho sehlapelo
kemelo nozipho sehlapelo is a South African artist (dancer, choreographer, writer and activist). She holds her Bachelor of Arts in English and anthropology from the University of Pretoria.
kemelo moved to Budapest, Hungary in 2019, where she joined DART Dance Company's student program, completing it in 2020. She continued to work as a freelance dance artist and writer in Budapest until 2022 having worked with local and international artists. Moving to Germany to pursue her MA, kemelo has continued to expand her artistic practice.
Traversing through film, music mixing/DJane-ing, and poetry, she has most recently performed at the Makhanda National Arts Festival in Makhanda, South Africa (alongside collaborator and friend Andres Martinez), Femme Festival in Giessen, Germany, and her work has been shown at the International Theater Frauen Festival in Frankfurt, Germany and Winterfeft festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Her writing has been featured in several art and literature zines.
Kemelo is currently a member of the HATCHED Ensemble cast (choreographer - Mamela Nyamza), has performed for choreographers such as Joana Ferraz (BR) and Tamra Chase (USA), and is a frequent collaborator with Andres Martinez (CR) and Roberta Ceginskaite (IR/LT).
Submission deadline: Friday 11th April 2025 at 23h59 GMT
Media accepted: Performance / installation (incl. sculpture) / film (in specific formats / tbd)
Free submission. All are welcome to apply, of any age, status, and from anywhere in the world.
If selected, we ask Artists for a £22 contribution (like crowdfunding) and/or to give some of their time, as we are all volunteers. Please read our FAQs here to find out more.
See all 20 projects open to submissions on our home page: fringeartsbath.co.uk
To submit your work: please email the Curator rehearsing@fringeartsbath.co.uk including:
NB: please include the exhibition / project name in the email title.
max 200 words about your work and how it fits the call-out (written, audio file, video or another way to suit you).
some images of the work, or links to video / performance work (or existing work if it hasn’t been made yet).
any relevant links, if you have them (though it’s not a requirement and Curators might not have the capacity to visit them all).
of course please include any questions you have.
you might not hear back from Curators until after the deadline, thank you for your patience.
Fringe Arts Bath Festival will take place 23 May to 7 June 2025