UP - Performance in Perspective

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UP - Performance in Perspective

Artistic research group of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
https://mailchi.mp/d0c2c0a63692/upletter

UP - Performance in Perspective explores the perspective of, and perspectives on, the performing artist, within the broad field of performing arts: music, drama, dance, performance art, and related (inter/trans)disciplines. In doing so, we connect with, reflect on, and critically relate to the cultural, economic, historical, political, and social contexts within which art unfolds. For the 2024-26

policy period, we are formulating two rather broad research lines with several priorities. These lines build on the achievements of the previous policy period, but also identify new trends and areas of research. The first research line, "Re-sourcing", starts from gaps in mainstream Western art practices and repertoires, and lacunas in mainstream historical narratives. We examine historical performance practice, non-Western art forms, non-classical traditions, and non-dominant perspectives within the performing arts. The second research line, "Catalysts for innovation", centers around change and innovation in the performing arts, in the present, future, and past. We explore the relationship between the performer and performance contexts and conditions, particularly regarding curatorial and technological developments. With UP, we advance two basic principles functioning as common threads and touchstones:
1) We want to develop a multi-voiced discourse, stimulate a democratic functioning, and create inclusive art, by giving a voice and agency to a diversity of (under-documented, under-represented, under-exposed, oppressed,...) groups and individuals.
2) In doing so, we want to install appropriate attention to aspects of care, focusing on workable work, mental health, social stability and economic sustainability.

01/09/2026

Today is the last day to register for our 8th UPday!

25/08/2026

Back on track after the holidays!

UP candidates: please be aware that the application procedure has been changed. We now work with a two-phase selection process: an internal selection based on expressions of interest, and a final submission for the independent commission.

Deadline first round: 21st of September (research projects) and 10th of November (doctoral projects).

Deadline second round: 1st of December (research projects) and 1st of March (doctoral projects).

https://www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-research-proposal
https://www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-phd-proposal-0

Proposals and templates in EN and NL.

13/07/2026

The FORUM+ editorial board launches a call for contributions

Deadline: 15 January 2027

Solidarity as a form of imagination: Artistic research between the personal, the political, and the communal

This dossier features submissions in which artistic research invites alternative ways of collaborating, coexisting, and imagining – contributing to broader political and societal transformations. The dossier starts from the idea that collectivity is a practice of mutual support, shared responsibil...

06/07/2026

Our new UPletter is out and about!

In this edition, we look back on the past year’s highlights and share some exciting news about what’s ahead. It has been a busy and rewarding year. We have been working on our new project Early Music, our chair Kobe was awarded an FWO postdoctoral fellowship, and our group members have produced ...

03/07/2026

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01/07/2026

Tonight and tomorrow!

Two concerts led by our PhD researcher Arturos Moscoso:

01/07/2026

Our PhD researcher Miriana Faieta held an 80-minute laboratory titled "Between Song and Speech: The Mother Tongue as Musical and Epistemic Practice" on June 24 during the SAR Conference in Galway.

She is currently at the Convocation III symposium of practice sharing in Vienna, organised by the SAR SIG Language-based artistic research group, where she will give a performance.

Conceived and co-organised by Emma Cocker, Alexander Damianisch, Cordula Daus and Lena Séraphin, this Society of Artistic Research Special Interest Group (SAR SIG) provides contexts for coming together via the exchange of language-based research. The intent is to support developments in the field o...

26/06/2026

In 2027, UP and Orpheus Institute organise an Early Music Laboratory, open to junior researchers and independent artists. Applications from composers, musicologists, artists and scholars from other disciplines are also encouraged.
Open call:
https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/news/artistic-heterodoxies
Deadline: October 22, 206.

Early music was once a subcultural movement – irreverent and experimental. Over time, much of that energy has been absorbed and smoothed over by the…

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