OPEN CALL: DET TURKISE TELT IS SEEKING CREATIVE AND AMBITIOUS CURATORS FOR A NEW CURATION GROUP

Do you want to build and experiment with concerts that widen horizons, pushing for new landscapes for live music in Denmark? Do you want to be a part of an initiative that assembles cross-artistic concert spaces, and create stronger musicAL experiences for artists and audiences? We are now seeking curators for a new ‘turkis’ curaTION group.

MORE MUSIC, MORE STAGES

Det turkise telt strives to explore new possibilities for Roots&Hybrid music in Denmark. With more than 11 years of experience as a successful and popular festival- and concert organiser, we will this year be launching a new mobile concert initiative. The goal is to position modern folk music in experimental and cross-artistic/cross-cultural frameworks. As a part of this initiative, we are establishing the organisation’s first curation group, with a special focus on innovating, challenging and qualifying the musical space.

ABOUT THE CURATION GROUP

As a member of our curation group, you will be a part of a cross-artistic group with other musically and culturally engaged people. In unison you will challenge and develop the way we think, communicate and orchestrate live music. The curator group will consist of 6 people, whose tasks are to assemble 10 concerts annually, where each concert should present a new act in a new venue (the concerts will vary in size, from intimate events for 60 guests to larger productions with 300 guests). 

The group’s tasks are three-fold, consisting of: two booking-workshops annually, one annual seminar, and active concert participation at least two rounds per member. The workload will include preparation and presence for the two dreamshops and the seminar, plus some process designing and preparation, a month prior to each concert production.

You get:

• A 5,000 DKK payment

• Resources to experiment and try new ideas and methods 

• A community and space to dive into some of the current cultural debates

• Ideal possibilities to further develop your skills as a curator, generate ideas and execute these in the creative cultural life

ABOUT YOU 

We are looking for people who are:

• interested in music and live experiences in general, preferably who resonate with our Roots&Hybrid profile.

• team-minded and focused on community-based work, while also capable of challenging structural habits and pushing forward new ideas. 

• confident in executing the Dreamshop’s visions and ideas in concrete events, and want to be a part of the team creating the physical spaces for the concerts. 

Additionally, it is a bonus if you

• have an established network in the culture industry and already actively work cross-artistically.

• are conscious about structural and culturally political themes, associated with the music and culture scene, although, it is not a requirement that you are active in the ongoing cultural debates. 

We encourage people to apply, who have their core competencies in the musical world, as well as people who work within other artistic fields on a daily basis.

The majority of the curation group members will be appointed by det turkise telts daily management. We are expecting to find 1 to 2 members through this Open Call.

Below you can see a couple of pictures from our pilot-autumn, where we hosted four concerts and produces a live session
(Photos: Kasper Heden Andersen, Mr Gadget, Impuls Film)

PRACTICAL INFO

You must be able to be engaged in the group until the end of 2021, where we will evaluate the year and look ahead to the possibilities of 2022. The group work with Dreamshops and seminars will be located physically in Aarhus. The concerts will take place in Aarhus and all of the Middle Jutland region. 

You can apply for a place in the curator group by sending an application to forening@detturkisetelt.dk no later than Friday the 12th of March. The application can be a motivational text application with an attached CV, or designed in whichever format you wish (e.g. video, moodboard, etc). We will fill the position(s) as soon as possible hereafter.

Questions regarding the Open Call can be directed to the representative of det turkise telts daily management, Thomas Beyer, by e-mail thomas@detturkisetelt.dk or by phone +45 60210811.

We look forward to hearing from you!