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festival
Centre International
des Musiques Nomades
Chantiers
A CALL FOR MUSICAL PROJECTS 2016/17
HOW TO APPLY
centre internationAL des musiques nomades
17 rue bayard - 38000 Grenoble - France
+ 33 (0)4 76 89 07 16 - www.detoursdebabel.fr
A CALL FOR MUSICAL PROJECTS
Every year, the CIMN (International Centre for Nomad Musics) launches a call
for projects to enable young artists and musicians to carry out their first
musical creation under professionnal conditions.
Once the selection procedure completed, the selected projects will be
supported and presented during the 7th edition of the festival « Les Détours
de Babel » that will take place in Grenoble and the Isère department, From
March 18th to April 8th, 2017.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The jury will focus on the following criteria :
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Music must be the centerpiece of the project whether it is written, improvised,
acoustic, amplified, electroacoustic, or a sound performance, and can be
associated to other artistic forms such as dance, visual arts or multimedia …
The submitted projects must be either original pieces or projects that have
not been performed yet.
The artists or musicians must be in their early professionnal carreer
The project must illustrate in any way the 2017 theme : « Mythes et
légendes »
THE SELECTION PROCEDURE
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In october 2016, the jury will select several projects among the admissible
ones
The deliberations of the jury will be confidential and won’t be communicated
The selected projects will be offered support for production (logistics, service,
technical or artistic support … within the limits of the financial enveloppe set
by the CIMN)
Contract specifications in terms of achievement will be jointly established
before any final agreement.
THE RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
The candidates must take into account the following rules for participation :
« Chantiers » are open to any french or foreign citizens (registration is
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free)
work submitted must be original. The candidate’s submission garantee
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the festival against any possible claim from a third party
the artists may be filmed, recorded or photographed during their perfor• mance.
By subscribing, the artists give their agreement to the use and the broadcast of their image by the CIMN for promotional purpose.
subscribing, the artists agree to present their work in Grenoble within
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the dates set by the festival
• Application implies the artists fully accept the rules.
HOW TO APPLY
The application form must be sent by email in a single download link to the
following eaddress : leschantiers@detoursdebabel.fr no later than september
18th, 2016 at midnight.
Incomplete files or files received after the deadlines won’t be considered.
The artists with a qualified project will received by email a confirmation of their
application.
• The application file must include :
- a note explaining the llink with the theme
- a project description (line up, construction …)
- a short biography of each musician involved in the project
- a description of your needs (recording studio, stage rehearsal, technical
requirements …)
(the completed and signed registration form to be downloaded at
http://www.detoursdebabel.fr/LES-CHANTIERS-APPEL-A-PROJETS)
• a photography of the artist and illustrating the project
• 3 or 4 audio or video samples of previous projects (MP3 or MP4)
relevant documents (maximum 3) about the artists involved (press
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reviews … )
is open on may 29th, 2016 and the form can be downloaded on
• Registration
the festival website : www.detoursdebabel.fr
SCHEDULE
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May 29th, 2016 : registration opening
September 20th, 2016 : registration deadline
October 2016 : selection of candidates by the jury
From november 2016 to march 2017 : implementation of the selected
projects
From march 18th to april 8th, 2017 : public performance of the finalists at
the 7th edition of the festival « Les Détours de Babel »
THE PREVIOUS « CHANTIERS »
• 2011/2012 : Music & Identities
- « Pour votre sécurité » Anthony Maubert
- « Comme accoudées au Zinc » Sébastien Béranger
- « Sans voix » Rémi Godichard & Laurie Rousseville
- « Une oreille diplomatique » Thomas Chablier
- « Travail / Sommeil / Liberté » Györg Projekt
- « Lignes de fuites » Benoit Black, Tomas Bozzato & Emmanuel Fitte-Duval
- « Le confessionor » Pauline Maucort & Julie Beressi
• 2012/2013 : Music & Religion
- « Trou de ver » Grand Sbam
- « Esprit, es-tu là? » Talmest
- « Machaut » Quentin Biardeau
- « Sonus populi, sonus dei » D.Gugelmo
- « L’île verte » Christophe Ratier
• 2013/2014 : Music & Nature
- « Cent plumes de grue » Julia Hanadi Al Abed
- « And they hear, they do not have ears » Ranl Ensemble & Merje Nieminen
- « Abhra » Julien Pontvianne
- « La zone » Loup Uberto
- « Re-cycle » Acousm’acolytes
• 2014/2015 : Music & Exile
• 2015/2016 : Music & Alter-Ego
- « Furiosa » Florian Satche
- Duo Arques / Lemaire
- « Fluctus » Lise Pechenard
- « Mademoiselle A » Sophie Lapierre
- « Armolodium » Benoit Lugué
- « Jazzindia » Tom Ibarra
©studiodesperado.com - Crédit photo : DR
- « Zzzzz#Duo » Yoann Sanson
- « Minuscule faune » Sarah Clénet
- « Emma » Paul Jarret
- « Trou de mémoire » Lison de Ridder & Rafaelle Rinaudo