i-Portunus

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General Information

i-Portunus is a demand-driven mobility scheme that provides financial support and allows direct applications in cultural fields (except for the audio-visual sectors) via a straightforward and flexible process, from either:

Hosts or Individuals

Currently, i-Portunus is implemented by two pilot projects, managed by two consortia of cultural organisations.

One project, headed by the Goethe Institute, has already launched five Calls for Applications in the cultural sectors of Music, Literary Translation, Architecture and Cultural Heritage and funds mobility for individuals.
A second project, headed by the European Cultural Foundation, will be funding cultural mobility via two Calls for Applications for hosts, called i-Portunus Houses.

The results of these two projects, in addition to the first project implemented in 2019, will be reviewed by the European Commission in designing the final form of i-Portunus and its funding parameters, as a permanent action of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027. The first projects in the new programme are planned to start in 2022.

Open Calls

The results of the selected applicants for the following schemes have been published:

Open Call – i-Portunus Houses Round 2
Open Call – i-Portunus Houses Round 1

Open Call – music 1
Open Call – literary translation
Open Call – architecture
Open Call – music 2
Open Call – cultural heritage

News

i-Portunus Stories

It is worth so much to be able to visit the places you are researching about. I would not have the same outcome if this was not possible. So it means a lot for the project.

Emilie Carlen

During this residency I wanted to produce an exhibition around the host city, the city of Skopje, sculptures and a video and I was able to do everything for the end-of-residence exhibition. I was able to get a good visibility of many press articles and interviews.

Paul Gounon

Participating in a masterclass rarely brings spectacular outcomes in terms of new creations or immediate projects. My aim was to learn about voice and electronics and network in this field. It all happened. Working with Valerie Philippin was even better than I expected — apart of being an expert in contemporary voice music, she is also a great person. We worked a lot on interpersonal and artistic interactions. We practised improvisation techniques every day and it was a cherry on top of the whole experience. I also got a chance to work with a contemporary music super star singer, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, who explained me a lot about contemporary vocal techniques and preparations for studying new scores.I met many people and was informed about some contacts in Berlin that I will follow as soon as my July holidays are over. I am very curious to meet the local artists and work on my aim project about the climate change and environment.

Olga Siemienczuk