Fierce

Fierce Further Jerwood Commissions

Fierce is the West Midlands leading organisation for Live Art with a national and international reputation. Fierce produces the biennale Fierce Festival, with the 2019 edition described as a ‘daring whirl of theatrical thrills’ in The Guardian’s five star review, as well as local artist development programme Fierce FWD, and late night event series Club Fierce. Support for four of the UK’s most promising early-career Live Artists over a 30-month period to catalyse a step change in their practice and career

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Fierce Further: Jerwood Commissions will see Fierce work with four of the UK’s most promising early-career Live Artists over a 30-month period to catalyse a step change in their practice and career. Through a rigorous commissioning process we will premiere four new works at Fierce 2021, with a view to establishing the artists within international touring circuits.

The scheme offers the artists a £6000 commission, a two-week residency in Birmingham with an invited expert, an international research trip, a premiere at Fierce 2021, and pragmatic mentoring to get the work ‘tour ready’ with the needed technical documents. The programme will also allow Fierce to test a new model of working as ‘agent’ of the four works for a six-month trial period. The programme utilises Fierce’s international reputation for presentation of high-quality commissions by UK artists whilst also enabling makers to think more ambitiously about the work they are making.

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Lucy McCormick's Life: Live! at Fierce 2019. Image: Manual Vason