Dialogue:
Concept:
Development
Do you work in the performing and visual arts? On this page you can book a short meeting with one of our development partners.
During the meeting, we can discuss an idea, challenge or potential you have. For example, it could be a development initiative that will create new opportunities for current performing and visual arts, solve a problem in the art field or create change in our society - while at the same time contributing to your own development.
You can get a quick clarification of whether your project is within the Bikuben Foundation's strategy and whether there are opportunities to start a collaboration.
On this page you will find an overview of how you can get in touch with us and what the process for DIALOG:CONCEPT:DEVELOPMENT is.
Our strategic focus is on the development of art institutions, theatres, organizations, companies and curators in the performing and visual arts field who want to collaborate to create change in the field and society, while developing their own practice and organization.
Please note that you cannot apply for funding for the production of artworks, exhibitions and performances. Nor do we engage directly in development processes with individual artists. We support this type of development through our collaboration with institutions such as Art Hub Copenhagen, Udviklingsplatformen for Scenekunst (The Development Platform for the Performing Arts), Skitse (Sketch) and HAUT.
1. DIALOGUE
You can initiate a dialogue if you represent an art institution, a theatre, an organization, a company or are a curator within the performing and/or visual arts field. In addition, your organization must work professionally, be based in Denmark and meet the following criteria:
- have a CVR number
- is in need of development
- have an innovative practice or an idea that has innovative potential
- have an idea you want to test or a challenge you want to solve
- are focused on creating change for the field and/or society
- have the opportunity to commit to sharing the learning and knowledge you gain through your development efforts
- have not previously approached you with the same idea
If your organization meets the criteria, you can start the dialogue and book a meeting here.
At the 20-minute meeting, you will have the opportunity to briefly present your development idea and clarify whether it is relevant for us to receive a concept description from you.
2. CONCEPT
If we see a potential for collaboration at the dialog meeting, we will ask you to submit a concept with more information within 14 days.
In the concept, you provide a brief presentation of the idea, development potential or problem. You submit a concept presentation of up to 2 pages and a budget via our digital platform - with the option to link to visual material, film and audio. The concept must also include a short profile text for your institution or practice, max. 10 lines.
We review the material within two months. We provide written feedback and a rejection or commitment to further development.
3. DEVELOPMENT
Based on the concept and budget, we support your idea. The process includes financial support and can also include feedback from us, experts and physical facilities.
We provide support of up to DKK 500,000 and offer approximately 20 development processes per year.
Who can schedule a dialogue meeting?
Art institutions, theatres, organizations, platforms, partnerships, curators and companies within the performing and/or visual arts field can book a meeting with one of our development partners if you meet the following criteria:
- have a CVR number
- have a need for development
- have an innovative practice or an idea that has innovative potential
- have an idea you want to test or a challenge you want to solve
- has a focus on creating change for the field and/or society
- have the opportunity to commit to sharing the learning and knowledge you gain through your development efforts
- is based in Denmark
- work professionally
- have not previously approached you with the same idea
How do I schedule a meeting?
You can book a dialog meeting here if you meet the criteria.
If there are no more available meeting slots, we encourage you to return to the meeting booking on the last business day of the month, where meeting slots for the upcoming month will be created.
How do I qualify for a development program?
At the initial dialog meeting, we clarify whether it is relevant to receive a concept based on your development idea. If we wish to continue the dialog, you submit a concept with more information for the Bikuben Foundation's advisors to review. We offer approximately 20 development programs annually.
What can a development program include?
Together we can figure out what a development process should focus on and what resources we can bring into play based on the needs and potentials of your organization, partners, the field or society. For example, there will be an opportunity for further sparring on the further development of your idea.
You can also receive financial support for e.g. concept development, communication strategy or to explore your international potential. We can support you with advice, networking or a physical workplace. In addition, we can support feedback events where you present an initiative, idea or problem to a relevant group of professionals, advisors and consultants for further sparring and development.
How long does a development process last?
A development process typically lasts around 3-6 months.
Where do I go if I am a visual or performing artist and want to develop my practice?
We support artistic development through financial support and collaboration with Art Hub Copenhagen, HAUT, Udviklingsplatformen for Scenekunst (Development Platform for the Performing Arts) and Skitse (Sketch) - read more on the websites of the respective organizations.
The Bikuben Foundation does not enter into direct collaboration with individual artists in the performing and visual arts field - for example, on artistic development.
Can I collaborate with the Bikuben Foundation in other ways?
Yes, you can. We work to stimulate political conversations about the importance of art and support knowledge sharing among artists and art institutions, theatres, organizations, curators and companies.
We do this through campaigns, communication, events, reports, networks, method development and much more.
You are always welcome to contact us in this regard. Find a relevant employee here.
Can I get financial support for the production of artworks, exhibitions and performances?
No, not directly through the Bikuben Foundation. We do not support the production of artworks, performances and exhibitions, as our strategic focus is on the development and innovation of institutions and organizations that can also develop the field and society. The exceptions are the Vision Exhibition Award and in connection with long-term partnerships.
Participants in the development programme:
Teater Jævn (The Jævn Theater)
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)
Limfjordsteatret (The Limfjord Theater) further develops the experiences from its Workshop for Performing Arts to strengthen its artistic method and practice.
Juxtapose Art Fair
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
NuQi Dance receives strategic development support to strengthen the platform as an organization to support the professionalization of dance in Nuuk.
Toaspern/Møller
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
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
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
Art Museums of Skagen has received funding for a development initiative aimed at developing youth-to-youth methods in art communication.
UKK – Diversity Commons
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.
Kollektivet (The Collective)
As an interdisciplinary, international company, Kollektivet (The Collective) receives support to develop its brand, working method and international strategy.
Sjællands Teater (The Zealand Theater)
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
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.
Sir Grand Lear
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
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
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
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
The Center of Art and Mental Health has received support for development of the center.
Dansk Komponistforening
Together with UKK, the Danish Composers' Association (Dansk Komponistforening) has received support for the development of their ambitions for sustainability in the art industry.
Co-existence
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
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
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.
Institute of Interconnected Realities
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
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.
Diakron
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.
Naive Studio
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
Sydhavn Theater has received support for the development of the theatre's organisation, strategy, profile and business model.
National touring network
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.
Til Vægs (To the wall)
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.
EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
Foreningen Thoravej 29 (member of the board)
Art Music Denmark (member of the board)
Fonden af 28. februar 1970 (member of the board)
Holbæk Kunsthøjskole (member of the school council)
Teatercentrum (member of the board)
Philea (member of the steering committee)
Art Hub Copenhagen (member of the board)
