LA NATURE 2025, JUNE 19 - 23
Call for Projects
In 2025, we will celebrate the 15th anniversary of our core collective, NoName. After concluding our previous three-year thematic cycle, ‘Immersio,’ we’ve decided to explore a unique theme next year, marking this milestone with a transformative event.
Submission guidelines
The Theme: Metamorphosis
Definition:
“Metamorphosis refers to a change of form, marking both the passage from one state to another and the culmination of this transformation. The term comes from the Greek morphè (meaning form) and the prefix meta (evoking change or overcoming). Metamorphosis can be voluntary or imposed, natural or supernatural. It can affect both outward appearance and inner life. We sometimes feel the need to accompany internal changes with visible transformations”.
KARIANNE TRUDEAU
Criteria
- Relevance to the theme,
- Immersive aspect of the proposal,
- Sustainable approach, respect for the environment, upcycling and use of biomaterials. However, this is not an exclusive criterion.
The festival is looking for projects that are particularly relevant to the following disciplines:
A. Artistic Performance
- Whose purpose is not exclusively musical (dance, happenings, improvisation, body art, theater… this list is not exhaustive);
- The intervention can take place on stage (as far as possible) or off stage, spatially fixed or mobile;
- Cannot be housed inside a building;
- Must be adapted to Belgian weather conditions.
B. Artistic Installation
- contemplative and/or conceptual and/or interactive,
Offer
- Several budget envelopes ranging from 250 EUR to 2,500 EUR will be granted and must include all expenses (travel, material, production, salaries),
- 25% will be paid two months before the event (on invoice),
- 75% will be paid one week before the event (on invoice),
- Accommodation on the festival site (tent, dormitory) if required.
- Festival access (4-day pass) + 1 Guest/ artist
Required to apply
Please submit your application using the form provided below. Applications submitted in any other format will not be accepted.
Applications from musical artists are not accepted here, but via music@lanature.be.
Communication & Timeline
- SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
Deadline: 1st of March (No submissions will be accepted after the deadline)
Notification date: 1st of April
Build-up: 9 to 18 June 2025
Festival: 19 to 22 June 2025
Break down (if applicable): 23 & 24 June 2025
Specific in-situ availibilities (optional)
Here, you’ll find a list of places on the festival site where we’d like to see an artistic proposal. It’s entirely up to you and there’s no obligation to pick these spots:
Long-term opportunities for installations (optional)
Closely collaborating with our host, La Station de la Haute Ardenne (the ski domain) and the municipality, we now have the opportunity to develop long-term projects on site. Therefore, we would like to grab/seize this opportunity to bring an impactful artistic imprint to our rural and remote countryside.
That means that we have the possibility to allow some artworks to cohabit on the festival site for a longer period of time (from 3 months to several years).
We will then create an art trail around and within the perimeter of the festival that will display your artworks/installations and allow walkers to discover them in the heart of nature.
The only constraint for this kind of commitment is that we will only consider the artworks that do not require any electricity or a regular maintenance. You should also make sure that the artworks can live well with the rather harsh Belgian weather conditions.
