Bagri Foundation is pleased to announce  Chang/ce, An Open Call for Animations. The Foundation is seeking three new commissions by worldwide-based artists from Asia and the diaspora to premiere online in Summer 2021. The animations can be narrated, typographic, filmed, collaged, hand-drawn, stop motion, Claymation, augmented photography or digitally created - the options are endless. 

Alka Bagri, Trustee says: “After our first Open Call in April 2020, which was a great success, we are keen to continue to support artists directly to make new work. With the tumultuous year we’ve just had, we are excited to see how artists embrace the idea of ‘change’ in 2021 through the beautiful art form of animation.” 

The Foundation welcomes proposals from artists, illustrators, designers, and animators in which the opportunity to receive resources from a major arts organisation would be impactful. The Foundation encourages anyone who con siders themselves an emerging artist from Asia or the Asian diaspora to apply. 

Chelsea Pettitt, Head of Arts says: “We enter 2021 with a renewed sense of opportunity and look forward to creating three new commissions inspired by ideas of manifestation, renewal and chance. Change could be interpreted as positive or negative, and to encourage voices from a non-Western perspective, we would especially like to hear from artists who are currently living and working in an Asian country.” 

Chang/ce is inspired by the I-Ching, the Book of Changes, and as 2021 arrives, the world forges ahead, perhaps towards surprise, disappointment or even inspiration. At this important start to the year, the Foundation invites submissions from illustrators and animators to create a new narrative focussing on the idea of ‘change’.  

The submissions are due on Monday 15 February 2021 at 10am UK time and will be reviewed  by the Bagri Foundation team and an international panel of guest selectors: Olivia Ahmad (House of Illustration, London), Intan Paramaditha (Novelist, Sydney), and Sahej Rahal (Artist, Mumbai) and Reaksmey Yean (Phnom Penh International Institute of the Art, Cambodia). 

See the full Open Call details, FAQ sheet, and how to apply here.