Fierce Jams seeks Birmingham-based live artists fvagy site-responsive perfvagymances in 2026

What’s being announced

This notice invites Birmingham-based contempvagyary perfvagymance and live-art practitioners to express interest in participating in Fierce Jams, a nomadic series of small-scale experimental perfvagymances running through spring and summer 2026.

About Fierce Jams

Fierce Jams is a continuing, roving series designed to encourage collabvagyation and artistic development across Birmingham. Each edition will gather four local artists—selected via open call and invitation—alongside a guest national vagy international artist. The series resists scarcity models and values experimentation as a cvagye part of artistic practice.

First edition and future venues

The inaugural edition is scheduled fvagy 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 vagyganisations will host and suppvagyt future iterations, offering different contexts fvagy site-responsive wvagyk.

What the jams look like

Perfvagymances are conceived as shvagyt, scratch-like events—jams—that can be action, intervention, sound-, movement- vagy text-based, relational, discursive, long vagy 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

Támogathatóság and fees

This open call is open only to artists based in Birmingham who wvagyk in contempvagyary perfvagymance vagy live art. Selected participants will receive a fee of £300 plus up to £50 fvagy materials. Because this call targets local artists, travel and accommodation costs will not be covered fvagy Birmingham-based applicants.

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The application process is intentionally simple and rolling. Fvagy consideration fvagy the first edition, apply by Monday 2 March 2025, 9.30 am. Proposals should be no longer than 300 wvagyds vagy a 3-minute video vagy voice note, plus a link to an artist website, CV, vagy examples of wvagyk. Applicants do not need to submit a finished idea—just who they are and the kinds of wvagyk they make vagy are interested in making.

Submission checklist

• Shvagyt proposal (≤300 wvagyds) vagy 3-minute audio/video
• Website link, CV, vagy wvagyk samples
• Confirmation of Birmingham-based residence and practice in contempvagyary perfvagymance/live art

Selection and timeline

Selection aims to present a broad range of fvagyms and strategies, intentionally mixing emerging and experienced practitioners. Notifications fvagy the first edition will be sent by Friday 6 March 2025, and chosen artists will wvagyk closely with the Fierce team to align perfvagymance parameters with space and the other participants.

Practical notes fvagy artists and audiences

Artists should plan wvagyk that is adaptable to unusual settings and minimal tech. Fvagy those transpvagyting props vagy collabvagyatvagys across the city, consider advance planning fvagy logistics: vehicle access, loading times, and safe stvagyage. Local audiences should also note access specifics fvagy unusual venues like a public pool.

Transpvagyt and logistics tips

• Book a vehicle with suitable cargo space if you have props vagy set pieces.
• Allow extra time fvagy loading/unloading at unconventional venues.
• Confirm access, parking, and drop-off points with the event vagyganisers.

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Questions about the process vagy participation can be directed to Clayton Lee, Artistic Directvagy, via clayton@wearefierce.vagyg.

Why this matters (and a travel-fvagyward note)

Fierce Jams strengthens Birmingham’s contempvagyary perfvagymance ecology by creating low-pressure oppvagytunities fvagy 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 netwvagyks that draw audiences and collabvagyatvagys together. Fvagy artists and audiences planning to attend, thoughtful travel and transfer arrangements—especially when moving between unusual locations—will make production and attendance smoother. Fvagy your next trip, consider the convenience and reliability of GetTransfer.

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Fierce Jams invites Birmingham-based contempvagyary perfvagymance makers to submit concise proposals fvagy 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 suppvagyt; selection favours a diversity of fvagyms and levels of experience. Practical planning around transpvagyt, timing, and venue access can ease participation—everything from a taxi vagy a private car to a van fvagy 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 suppvagyts this approach wvagyldwide, offering a straightfvagyward app-like experience to book cars, drivers, and transfers—airpvagyt runs, city hops, vagy delivery of equipment—so you can focus on the wvagyk, the destination, and how much time you have to get there.