PAB OPEN - VILLA TERMINUS - BERGEN - NORWAY
March 31st - to 3 rd of April.
PAB is looking for performances from regional, national & international artists. The festival PAB OPEN 2022 will take place in the historical building Villa Terminus in Bergen, Norway from March 31st to April 3rd. The artists will be able to interact with the unique site spanning through the main living rooms, kitchen, library, an exclusive garden and the 18 hotel rooms. This is the 5th time PAB organizes PAB OPEN. The festival holds a low-threshold offer that allows the artists to explore and test new performative expressions. We want to provide a broad approach where artists with different backgrounds and expressions can evolve and create work.
More information for the festival: PAB OPEN 2022
Documentation and texts from previous PAB OPEN festivals:
PAB OPEN FESTIVAL 2019 - Grand Hotel Terminus
PAB OPEN FESTIVAL 2017 - Vaskerelven 8
PAB OPEN FESTIVAL 2015 - Old prison of Bergen
PAB OPEN FESTIVAL 2013 - Old prison of Bergen
What does PAB offer:
We have the opportunity to offer 1 night accommodation at the hotel, breakfast, light lunch and a celebratory dinner for participating artists at the festival on Saturday, as well as a seminar on the topic of contemporary Performance Art on Friday, networking opportunities, and professional documentation of your performance. The artists will both live and perform in the hotel room they are allocated. PAB will be able to offer a small fee of 1000 NOK (around 97 EUR) at the present time. We are applying for funding to be able to offer more. PAB encourages artists to apply for individual travel and project grants. PAB will provide an invitation if needed for applications.
About - Hotel Villa Terminus:
Built in 1769, the historically protected building previously housed a poorhouse, refugee center, eldercare home and student housing until in 2016 this late baroque building opened as a hotel.
Here is more information about: Villa Terminus
Registration form & instructions
Performance art festival - PAB OPEN - 2022
We are seeking performances with a duration minimum 30 minutes, up to maximum 3 hours for durational performances. Applicants are encouraged to focus on durational performances with a minimum duration of 30 minutes, which can be performed on multiple days. It is possible to apply with a solo or duo performance.
Due to the amount of performances occurring at the same time, please let us know if you wish to use audio or similar elements in your performance. Knowledge of this helps us to fit it into the program without disturbing other performances. We can unfortunately not offer any technical support or equipment. We kindly ask all artists to be self-reliant due to the size of the event.
Traditionally PAB OPEN has been a festival without curation where everyone who applied has been invited to participate. This time applications are evaluated continuously as there is a limited number of hotel rooms and common rooms available. The committee will make a selection assessed continuously based on local and visiting artists.