The team are excited to be able to offer creative commissions for North West England based artists, as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 Doctor Who 60th anniversary heritage project supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund.
You will collaborate with another North West England mid-career visual based artist to create an exciting new work (approx 5 mins) inspired by Doctor Who, Delia Derbyshire, the Delia Derbyshire Archive and Delia’s work on the original Doctor Who theme in 1963. You don’t have to like Doctor Who, we’re welcome to critical reflections and different perspectives.
The work will be premiered online as part of DD Day 2023 (23 November 2023) and further performance/screening opportunities might be offered. You need to show understanding of Delia’s work and working methods – you can research Delia online. They want you to be bold and dedicated to your craft, like Delia was.
Payment of £1500 (based on 6 days of work at £250 per day) includes all costs for the production and presentation of your new collaborative work on DD Day 2023 (online and possible live in-person event), a blog post and other accompanying content. If you have access costs, please feel free to discuss this with them.
What’s in it for you:
They have commissioned a dozen artists now and everyone says the process of interacting with Delia’s work and archive is inspiring and leads to them taking their creative and technical development to another level. They are a small charitable organisation passionate about nurturing artists who have to overcome barriers to opportunities, like Delia did. As part of this commission, you will be assigned a mentor to support you at the beginning, middle and end of the process. The mentors will be artists who have carried out a DD Day commission before so they understand the joys and challenges this opportunity presents.
For more info including how to apply, please visit https://deliaderbyshireday.com/dd-day-2023-music-sound-artist-commission-callout/