Are you a creative (visual) artist who wants to elevate events and enter the nightlife landscape? This one is for you! The Heatwave Creative Lab is a development program for emerging creatives in Amsterdam who work across disciplines and want to experiment outside traditional art spaces. Visual artists, designers, performers, scenographers and makers are invited to develop new or unexhibited work specifically for a nightlife environment. Through mentorship, collaboration and hands-on experimentation, participants explore how art can live and breathe inside a club context. Selected works will be tested and presented during IsBurning showcases, where creativity, community and nightlife come together.
Early-career creatives (18–27, Amsterdam)
Visual artists, designers, performers, scenographers, makers, and creative thinkers who want to present visual, multidisciplinary work in a nightlife setting.
Do you have a good idea, but need help in the making progress, new or unexhibited work and want to see it come to life at a showcase or an (multidisciplinary) IsBurning-event?
Interested?
Shape and communicate your artistic voice
Create work specifically for a nightlife environment
Collaborate with DJs, promoters, and other creatives
Present work to a live audience in an unconventional space
Guidance from IsBurning and cultural mentors
A stage as an experimental playground during events
Opportunities for collaboration within the Heatwave community
Networking & opportunities
A platform during our events and our/partnered online channels with a global reach
Documentation (where possible: photos/video) for your portfolio
Outcome
A selection of multidisciplinary art projects presented during future IsBurning showcases and events.