Photo: Kobie Nel - Performance: Didde Borup Larsen & Frida Retz

Information to participating artists
PAB OPEN 2024
4th – 6th of October 2024
The historic Hotel Villa Terminus - Bergen - Norway

Dear artists, Welcome to the sixth edition of the PAB OPEN 2024 festival.

We are proud to present the confirmed artists for PAB Open 2024:
Aor Nopawan Sirivejkul, Mongkol Plienbangchang, Lola Bezemer, Gaby Bila-Günther, Analía Beltrán I Janés, Viktoria Yankova, Franzisca Siegrist, Susanne Irene Fjørtoft, Marte Dahl, Alexandre Guimarães Dos Santos,  Eivind Reierstad, Marija Griniuk, Marta Bosowska, Kjartan Andersen, Sayeh Nejatiankazemi, Rikki Winde, Carol Stampone, Sangría Valentino, Henna Nerg, Alexandra Vargas, Lizlot Frydenlund, Rune Kringstad, Greig Burgoyne, Kurt Johannessen, Bronagh Lawson, Thomas Wells, Ollie Hermansson, Siobhán Mullen

We are looking forward to meeting you all and to experiencing the unique atmosphere you will be contributing to during the festival, as you present your variuos performance art projects in the historical Hotel Villa Terminus.

Meeting point
Where: Bergen Assembly Address: Halfdan Kierulfsgate 4
When: Friday October 4th - 10:00-11:00 AM
Hope all artists will come to Bergen Assembly also if you are later then 11:00 AM
We will have the seminar here from 11 to 16:30 and give information about the check in at this meeting point.
(We will not have Check in before 16:30 at dining room in Villa Terminus)

Locations:

Bergen Assembly - Address: Halfdan Kierulfsgate 4
Bergen Assembly is the meeting point Friday October 4. Bergen Assembly will be the location for the seminar, dinner friday/saturday/sunday - lunch Saturday/sunday and artists will get information about check in at Hotel Villa Terminus at Bergen Assembly.

Hotel Villa Terminus - Address: Zander Kaaes gate 6
We will not have access to Hotel Villa Terminus until after the seminar 16:30. In Hotel Villa Terminus artists will sleep and have performances in the hotel room you are allocated in. The breakfast and performance program is at Hotel Villa Terminus. Check in will be after the seminar 16:30 in the dining room at Villa Terminus.

Check in: Check in will be from 16:30 .You will need to sign contract before you get the key card. More information will come.

Contact information - questions
pabopenbergen@gmail.com 00479340088 (coordinator PAB open Mia Øquist)
All questions about performance, time schedule, seminar, the hotel, your stay, accommodation should be sent to pabopenbergen@gmail.com. Do not contact the hotel, the coordinator will answer the questions.

Self-reliant due to size of the event:
The rooms in the hotel are small, therefore it is recommended not to use amplification of sounds. 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.

Hotel rules
- You will check in to the hotel as a regular guest, and the hotel rules will apply.
- Changes to the rooms are not permitted: no nails, painting/drawing, or anything that will leave permanent marks or smell.
- Fire/open flames are strongly forbidden
- Beams in the ceiling are not allowed to climb on or hang heavy objects.
- When using water and other liquids, the room must be protected to not make marks on the floor and walls. Water could be used in bathrooms.
- Smoking is not allowed inside the hotel.

Festival kitchen
Where: Bergen Assembly

Friday October 4
12:30-13:30 PM seminar snacks
18:00-20:00 PM Dinner

Saturday October 5
11:00-12:30 AM lunch
18:00-23:00 Gathering dinner

Sunday October 6
11:00-12:30 AM lunch
18:00-20:00 Dinner

If you have any further questions about food/allergies feel free to email directly to the festival kitchen: ivimelts@gmail.com (Iivi Meltaus)

Program

What: Seminar “The challenges performance art faces”
Where: Bergen Assembly
Here is information about seminar

Friday October 4
11:00-16:30 Seminar

What: Performance program
Where: Hotel Villa Terminus

Saturday October 5
13:00-17:00 Performance program
14:00-16:00 Open session - garden Villa Terminus

Sunday October 6
13:00-17:00 Performance program
14:00-16:00 Open session - garden Villa Terminus

Sketch of the time schedule of the performances will be sent out by email.

What does PAB offer:
- PAB will be able to offer a small fee of 2000 NOK (around 169,48 EUR)
- The artists stay at the hotel from Friday October 4 - Sunday October 6, 2024.
- It is possible to sleep at the hotel until Monday October 7.
- The artists spend the night in a hotel room they are allocated and perform during the day in the same hotel room.
- Breakfast in the hotel's common area together with the other participating artists.
- Food during the stay served at Bergen Assembly.
- Be a participant in the seminar at Bergen Assembly on Friday October 4.
- Photo documentation by professional photographers.
- A weekend with many meeting points and reflections with 27 performance artists.
- In addition to artists who live at the hotel, national and international artists from the performance art organization Bbeyond, PAN, PAB etc. participate in the interactive seminar.

Travel costs must be covered by the artists themselves. Please contact us if you need a PAB OPEN invitation with confirmation of participation in applications.

Questions about the PAB OPEN 2024 festival? Contact us at: pabopenbergen@gmail.com

Information Performance Art Bergen:
Web page: https://www.performanceartbergen.no/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PerformanceArtBergen/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/performanceartbergen/