Flow of Words Artist Callout

Applications for Flow of Words are now closed. Thank you for your interest in making an application.

Participants in a Risky Cities workshop practise creative writing image by Anete Sooda
Participants in a Risky Cities workshop practise creative writing Image by Anete Sooda

ABOUT THE CALLOUT

In September and October 2022, we hosted an artist callout in order to commission five different artists to respond creatively to work written by community groups in recent workshops, and to produce a piece of art based around the themes, stories and ideas found within the material.

We anticipate that responses might include representation from visual arts, theatre, poetry, music and dance but are open to a wide range of forms.

We are looking for any artistic response which has a live performance element and/or would be able to be exhibited live in some way at a sharing. For example, an illustrator might be able to present their work/s and talk about the inspiration and process or a costume designer might choose to exhibit and talk about a costume that they have designed.

We see the callout an opportunity for artists to transform and respond to current narratives of flooding and community voices within the city. The overall focus of Risky Cities is to help build resilience for the future and explore the crucial role that arts, culture and heritage have to play in achieving this.

We are excited to hear imaginative and bold pitches which will help to shape new narratives around flooding in Hull.

The results of this commission will be shared at a free event on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th November 2022 in Hull. We will update this page with more information about booking your free tickets soon.

If you have any questions about the application process please get in touch with Jack Chamberlain, Risky Cities Creative Producer.