Biennale College Blend call 2026

We are looking for 6 cross-media or multidisciplinary international projects to be developed through the Biennale College – Blend programme. The selected projects should be at the concept stage, rooted in an audiovisual element and incorporate at least two other art forms (such as music, visual arts, dance, theatre, design, or role-playing).

The Call for Projects opens on July 1^st 2027, and will close on  October 19^th 2026 (23:59 CET). It is open to teams composed of an artist and a member of the producing team from all over the world both with aged between 18 and 30 (on the call deadline date).

There is no participation fee. Accommodation is offered for the selected teams; all participants must cover their own travel expenses for the workshop and any related events they are invited to attend.

A Biennale College Blend Award of € 20,000 will be awarded to the most compelling and creatively structured project, with the award potentially presented in the context of La Biennale activities. Selected teams will sign an agreement with La Biennale to confirm their commitment to the entire Biennale College Blend process.

The application consists of a number of written and visual materials, which you will need to submit (see list below). Please spend the time getting the materials together as we won’t consider incomplete applications.

You will have to provide the following materials in English:

a. A project concept for a cross-media or multidisciplinary project rooted in an audiovisual element and at least two other art forms, that fully describes the structure and overall idea of the entire project. (3-5 pages, max 2,000 words or 9,000 characters)

b. An Artist‘s Vision, which can be represented by a mood board or a project-book (few pages of a storyboard, a colour script, a series of drawings or photographs) or by a video (max 3 minutes). It visually complements the written concept, and describes the project through images

c. Links to previous works by the Artist (max 2)

d. Biographies and list of works of the artist and the producer. The list needs to include the following information: all previous works including the title, year, genre and role in the production.

e. Production Company Profile.

f. Video-Pitch Presentation, in English, by the artist and the producer (max 3 minutes)

g. Rights Disclosure with regards to full ownership of rights to the submitted project or, should the rights of third parties be involved, a guarantee that the acquisition of all rights in view of production has been concluded or is currently being negotiated.

h. Confirmation that the project has not been supported already with finance for development or production.

i. List of training courses and events in which the project has circulated already.

j. A written statement confirming that the applicants, if they were to be selected, will participate in the larp (live action role play) at the beginning of the workshop.

Application form