Be Part of Punctum's 2017 SEEDPOD LIVE ART Residency Program

Seedpod residencies provide $1000 to artists plus $1000 of in-kind technical, professional and management support and up to one month's free use of a space.

For 2017, one of the Seedpod residencies will be dedicated to a Live Art proposition developed and showcased as a 'performance disruptor' at the Phee Broadway Theatre in Castlemaine and the Engine Room in Bendigo.

Seedpod is situated 1hr 15 mins north of Melbourne in and around the towns of Castlemaine and Bendigo and is led by Live Arts company, Punctum Inc. in association with 'The Capital' - Bendigo's Performing Arts Centre, Workspace Australia - Castlemaine, Creative Victoria, Mount Alexander Shire and Punctum patron Helen Symon.

It provides artists, producers, and audiences with access to regionally based arts professionals, resources, presentation spaces, and opportunities for the investigation, development, and presentation of Live Arts. We share knowledge, networks and assist in the funding, research, development and profiling of experiments in Live Arts. We seek to provide creators with the right conditions to delve into their research and production within a regional context of open critique and honest dialogue with colleagues, technicians, audiences, critics and producers.

We open our gate to works and creators seeking a testing phase to engender dialogue with 'expert audiences' to create the stimulus needed for deepening practice, innovation and 'next steps'.

Each of the 6 Seedpod grants includes:

$1000 for the artist/organisation
$1000 in-kind professional artistic/administration/marketing/technical /box office/review writing and documentation
$3,500 in-kind for the use of one of the construction and presentation studios/sites in Castlemaine or in Bendigo.
Access to low cost accommodation
All successful artists/organisations will be expected to give a public presentation of their exploration.

Proposals close midday on Friday, December 16th 2016.

MORE INFORMATION - www.punctum.com.au/residencies/seedpod

Since Seedpod began, we have worked with over 400 artists whose works seeded with us have earned accolades - most recently Daniel Santangeli (2016 Fringe Festival Award for Best Performance: Blind Spot), Nicola Gunn (two 2016 Green Room Awards for Experimental and Contemporary Performance: Piece For Person and Ghetto Blaster).

In 2016, five Seedpod artists had their works nominated for Green Room Awards in contemporary performing arts categories.

Seedpod Alumni include:
Daniel Santangeli, Kaya Barry, Yuhui Ng-Rodriguez & Kerensa Diball, Emilie Bloom & Nicci Wilks, Michelle Heaven & Mandy Field, Simon Charles, Nicola Gunn, Mish Grigor, Paul Gazzola, Elissa Goodrich & Michael Carmody , Georgia Mill, Katie Sfetkidis, Rosalind Hall, Terence Jaensch, Rockie Stone & Kieran Swann, Lara Thoms, Sabina Maselli & Erkki Veltheim, Amelia Ducker & Sally Lewry, Peter Fraser & Dale Gorfinkel, Eliza Jane Gilchrist & Mark Penzak, Andrew Goodman & Tara Gilbee, Thembi Soddell, Triage Collective, Eamon Sprod, Robert Curgenven, Roarawarfeartata, Paula Van Beek, Malcolm Whittaker, Simon Whetham...and many, many others.