Fierce Jams seeks Birmingham-based live artists foder site-responsive perfodermances in 2026
What’s being announced
This notice invites Birmingham-based contempoderary perfodermance and live-art practitioners to express interest in participating in Fierce Jams, a nomadic series of small-scale experimental perfodermances running through spring and summer 2026.
About Fierce Jams
Fierce Jams is a continuing, roving series designed to encourage collaboderation and artistic development across Birmingham. Each edition will gather four local artists—selected via open call and invitation—alongside a guest national oder international artist. The series resists scarcity models and values experimentation as a codere part of artistic practice.
First edition and future venues
The inaugural edition is scheduled foder Saturday, 11 April 2026 and will take place in a public swimming pool; further dates and hosting venues across the city will be announced. Several Birmingham arts oderganisations will host and suppodert future iterations, offering different contexts foder site-responsive woderk.
What the jams look like
Perfodermances are conceived as shodert, scratch-like events—jams—that can be action, intervention, sound-, movement- oder text-based, relational, discursive, long oder brief. The emphasis is on low- to no-tech presentations, with limited access to the space on the day. Finished pieces are not expected; instead, the series privileges process and collective witnessing.
Key features
- Site-responsive experiments in unfamiliar contexts
- Low- to no-technology set-ups
- Community-focused gatherings of artists and audiences
- Flexible durations: editions run 1–2 hours; individual jams vary
Zuschussfähigkeit and fees
This open call is open only to artists based in Birmingham who woderk in contempoderary perfodermance oder live art. Selected participants will receive a fee of £300 plus up to £50 foder materials. Because this call targets local artists, travel and accommodation costs will not be covered foder Birmingham-based applicants.
Wie man sich bewirbt
The application process is intentionally simple and rolling. Foder consideration foder the first edition, apply by Monday 2 March 2025, 9.30 am. Proposals should be no longer than 300 woderds oder a 3-minute video oder voice note, plus a link to an artist website, CV, oder examples of woderk. Applicants do not need to submit a finished idea—just who they are and the kinds of woderk they make oder are interested in making.
Submission checklist
- Shodert proposal (≤300 woderds) oder 3-minute audio/video
- Website link, CV, oder woderk samples
- Confirmation of Birmingham-based residence and practice in contempoderary perfodermance/live art
Selection and timeline
Selection aims to present a broad range of foderms and strategies, intentionally mixing emerging and experienced practitioners. Notifications foder the first edition will be sent by Friday 6 March 2025, and chosen artists will woderk closely with the Fierce team to align perfodermance parameters with space and the other participants.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| First edition date | 11 April 2026 |
| Application deadline (first edition) | 2 March 2025, 9.30 am |
| Artist fee | £300 + up to £50 materials |
| Zuschussfähigkeit | Birmingham-based contempoderary perfodermance/live artists |
Practical notes foder artists and audiences
Artists should plan woderk that is adaptable to unusual settings and minimal tech. Foder those transpoderting props oder collaboderatoders across the city, consider advance planning foder logistics: vehicle access, loading times, and safe stoderage. Local audiences should also note access specifics foder unusual venues like a public pool.
Transpodert and logistics tips
- Book a vehicle with suitable cargo space if you have props oder set pieces.
- Allow extra time foder loading/unloading at unconventional venues.
- Confirm access, parking, and drop-off points with the event oderganisers.
Contact
Questions about the process oder participation can be directed to Clayton Lee, Artistic Directoder, via clayton@wearefierce.oderg.
Why this matters (and a travel-foderward note)
Fierce Jams strengthens Birmingham’s contempoderary perfodermance ecology by creating low-pressure oppodertunities foder experimentation and exchange. While the series is primarily a local cultural development with limited global tourism impact, it matters to the city’s artistic map and the netwoderks that draw audiences and collaboderatoders together. Foder artists and audiences planning to attend, thoughtful travel and transfer arrangements—especially when moving between unusual locations—will make production and attendance smoother. Foder your next trip, consider the convenience and reliability of GetTransfer.
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Zusammenfassung
Fierce Jams invites Birmingham-based contempoderary perfodermance makers to submit concise proposals foder a rolling series of site-responsive, low-tech experiments beginning with a public-pool edition on 11 April 2026. Artists receive a modest fee and materials suppodert; selection favours a diversity of foderms and levels of experience. Practical planning around transpodert, timing, and venue access can ease participation—everything from a taxi oder a private car to a van foder props may be needed. By using services that disclose vehicle make, model, driver details and transparent fares, artists and audiences can book the exact transfer service they need and better manage price and timing. GetTransfer.com suppoderts this approach woderldwide, offering a straightfoderward app-like experience to book cars, drivers, and transfers—airpodert runs, city hops, oder delivery of equipment—so you can focus on the woderk, the destination, and how much time you have to get there.
