Blue Touch Paper: making new collaborations in contemporary culture

The London Sinfonietta is launching a new programme that offers composers and collaborators from arts and science backgrounds to join them in developing ground-breaking new interdisciplinary works.

Blue Touch Paper aims to provide the context and space for composers and collaborators to forge creative partnerships, to instigate and develop multi-disciplinary ideas, and to present new work at major festivals and venues across the UK.

The initiative is aimed at composers and collaborators in the first phase of their professional careers, who have established their own artistic voice and who are committed to the long-term creative career development that this initiative offers. Collaborators are welcome from a broad range of disciplines and can include (amongst other professions) choreographers, visual artists, directors, architects, video artists, scientists and writers.

Successful applicants will be awarded a Jerwood Blue Touch Paper bursary in order to support the development of the new work.

First stage application deadline:

Monday 6 June 2011

There is an open call for submission to be part of the programme.

For more details and to download an application form: http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/project/blue-touch-paper

For more information:

LSLab@londonsinfonietta.org.uk

020 7239 9340

Blue Touch Paper is generously supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.