Dialogue:
Concept:
Development

Sydhavn Teater wants to actively create a dialog between art and society and challenge conventional ways of thinking about theatre practice. This is done with two development efforts:

1. Establishing an urban dramaturgy with experts and actors from other sectors - such as health, housing, climate and education - that will develop and qualify the meeting between theater and neighborhood.
2. Building a community, meeting place and activities involving artist groups and local citizens, associations and organizations.

In collaboration with the American Hirshhorn Museum and local partners and artists, the Ark will develop a new method to empower young people through art to shape a better future.
The method will be made freely available for use by arts and culture practitioners and for use in other learning spaces and pedagogical practices.

Connecting Dots has received funding for the initiative ‘Kunsten Kalder - Kunstkonsortiet x DI’, which will develop, test and highlight the strategic potential of the intersection between art and business.

ARIEL receives funding for a collaboration with Lím Collective and the Midwife Center, Aalborg University Hospital, on a two-year pilot project to test and develop new methods and collaboration models for interdisciplinary development and curation of contemporary art in the healthcare sector.

Placer Kunsten has received funding to work with the Emergency Department at Herlev Hospital to test and develop concepts that link dance and healthcare theory and practice to reduce trauma in patients and relatives.

Munkeruphus receives funding for institutional development - including creating a laboratory for sustainability in visual and performing arts.

With this development effort, Teater Momentum will create a learning space for the organisation and develop a new method for the theatre to best support different types of artistic processes. By prioritising reflection, preparation, learning environments, dissemination and process facilitation, they will design processes that can break down the classic production hierarchies and phase in a new co-creation across professional groups at the theatre.

Softer receives support for the development of their global network and organisational development to strengthen Softer's ability to act internationally in the conversation about art and tech.

Copenhagen International Theatre receives support for the development of Metropolis Greenhouse with a focus on development and communication, as well as nationwide competence development programmes with local partners.

Copenhagen Contemporary has received funding for organisational development and learning from working with artists with neurodivergence. The exhibition Residential was created in partnership with the British activist artist group Project Art Works, whose 25 years of experience in the field has contributed to Copenhagen Contemporary's development of knowledge and new practices as an art institution, which in turn can help to improve other institutions' knowledge and behaviour in relation to the inclusion of artists with special needs.

BaggårdTeatret has received support for a sustainable development of their organisation and strategy towards moving into the Steel Hall in Svendborg in 2026. With this initiative, BaggårdTeatret will increase their importance as a key player in the regional performing arts with strong local roots.

Sort/Hvid receives funding for organisational work and the establishment of a public laboratory for the development of new performing arts practices, including in the cross-aesthetic field.

Copenhagen Opera Festival will initiate an analysis and dialogue in the performing arts field to uncover precise needs and possible collaborators to support innovative talent in the musical drama genre.

Det Ferösche Compagnioe receives support for the development of its strategic and organisational foundation to optimise the company's artistic potential in the coming years.

Based on the development project Folkets Lykke-Per, Teater Jævn (The Jævn Theater) will create a new methodical, strategic and organizational basis for its practice as a regional theatre and thus contribute to the development of rural areas.

Limfjordsteatret (The Limfjord Theater) further develops the experiences from its Workshop for Performing Arts to strengthen its artistic method and practice.

Juxtapose Art Fair is an art fair for artist-run exhibition spaces and project spaces. Juxtapose receives support for a business development program.

NuQi Dance receives strategic development support to strengthen the platform as an organization to support the professionalization of dance in Nuuk.

Toaspern/Møller have received funding to professionalize their infrastructure as an international company working within different legal and funding structures in Denmark and Germany. The knowledge gained is shared with Udviklingsplatformen for Scenekunst (The Development Platform for Performing Arts).

The Skovgaard Museum in Viborg receives funding to test new communication ideas that can inform the museum's strategic development plans.

PRFRM - Production and dissemination of performing arts has joined forces with the Danish Theatre Associations on a new initiative to strengthen selected theater associations in presenting and communicating narrow performing arts. The initiative benefits both the touring companies, the theater associations and their audiences.

Art Museums of Skagen has received funding for a development initiative aimed at developing youth-to-youth methods in art communication.

With the Diversity Commons initiative, UKK will create an exploratory platform that can strengthen the development of a diversity agenda with a broad coalition of partner institutions, researchers and venues.

As a cross-artistic, international company, Enter Ghost receives support to develop its brand, working method and international strategy.

Theater C:NTACT is supported in a methodological study to develop a new social arts department.

In collaboration with Seismonaut, Teatercentrum and Bikubenfonden, Sjællands Teater (The Zealand Theater) will develop a method to investigate and document the importance of children and young people's encounters with performing arts in Holbæk Municipality.

Kunsthal 44Møen has received support for the development of the institution's strategy, identity, and business plan to establish a sustainable basis for the future work of the art center.

ART 2030 has received support for the development of their work with sustainability with an international ambition.

The performing arts company Sir Grand Lear has received support for the development of a new communication strategy based on a thorough co-creation method.

MØR Collective is an international community of artists who work with socially committed and norm-critical art projects. They receive support for the strategic development of their collective to find the balance between artistic development, production, and the life of a project, as well as a strategy for a sustainable economy. In addition, the collective has time to document their artistic method.

UKK – Organization for Artists, Curators and Art Mediators receives support to initiate an effort to map the access options for art workers with functional impairments in the art environment's institutions, organisations, venues, and meeting places. The effort is led by a working group in UKK as a first phase in the development of partnerships and collaborations across the field.

Augustiana Kunstpark & ​​Kunsthal has received support for the development of a new master plan with a sharper focus on new areas of action, inclusive communication concepts and a future business model.

The Center of Art and Mental Health has received support for development of the center. 

Together with UKK, the Danish Composers' Association (Dansk Komponistforening) has received support for the development of their ambitions for sustainability in the art industry.

Softer Digital Futures:
Softer is a network in the field between tech and art, which works to rewrite narratives that tech is "hard". Through community building, aesthetic practices and feminist strategies, Softer works to make the future of art, design and technology softer.

The concept of Co-existence is the complexity and sensitivity of the subject. With the ambition of four choreographers who come from different cultures and religions and must solve a task together, so that each one of them is respected and represented. Hopefully a joint work is created that tells the story of cohesion, and therefore a very conscious focus on process, dialogue, and feedback is important.

Det lille Teater & Marionet Teatret are faced with a development of their work, which calls for a rethinking not only of the target audience, but also of the stories that are told, how they are told and how they are researched. The development can be improved in 2023, i.e., through the development of the dialogue tool "The Parliament of Things" which is based on the theories of Bruno Latour. The Bikubenfonden supports the organization training in the use of the method and testing it in Tingbjerg, Smedetoften and the neighborhood around Lundtoftegade in Copenhagen.

TOASTER at Husets Teater is an experimental platform for the intersection between theatre, performance and visual art. They receive support for a development financed with the intention of sharpening and renewing Toaster's strategic goals after the organization's first 1.5 years of operation. The effort includes organizational development, investigation of process designs for artistic development and research trips.

The Institute of Interconnected Realities is an artistic project dealing with the concept of decentralized choreography. The institute has received support for a strategic development with a focus on developing vision, sustainable organization and international networks.

Heirloom - Center for Art and Archives has received support for a capacity building process that will ensure future strategic, sustainable development for the center in an international perspective.

Since 2016, Primer has worked to renew relationships between art, technology, entrepreneurship, and research. Primer has been based in the water technology company Aquaporin and from there carried out artistic development processes with many Danish and international partners, including visual artists and curators. Bikubenfonden supports Primer in its transformation from a site-specific organization towards a new type of artist-driven organization. During the development period, Primer is linked to the community Thoravej 29.

Kristoffer Tjalve and Naive Studio receive resources to test a prototype at an annual conference that can be a gathering point for artists and everyone who recognizes and explores the Internet as a creative medium. The prototype is testing form, assumptions, ideas and relevance, and investigate how the conference will be anchored in sustainable partnerships in the future.

Sydhavn Theater has received support for the development of the theatre's organisation, strategy, profile and business model.

Development and testing of a national co-production network for dance and choreography. Bora Bora, Dansehallerne, Teater Momentum, and AABEN DANS have joined forces to establish a national co-production network for dance and choreography. The purpose of the network is to ensure early and substantial support as well as sustainable touring for two productions per year. The test focuses on developing a model for collaborative curation and coordinated co-production.

The exhibition platform Til Vægs - a platform for public art, architecture, and social urban space solutions - has received funding to develop and scale its curatorial practice and methodology that unfolds in specific urban environments and settlements.

Aveny T has received funding to develop and test a model for how potential, relevant partners can be involved in artistic development processes to strengthen artistic quality and sharpen the possibilities for co-production collaborations.