About the program

COLLIDER is a project-centered incubator that provides key opportunities for experimental artists through mentorship, access to studio space, a commissioning fee of $5,000 as well as presentation opportunities in HOLD ON LET GO. Artists are invited to dream up and begin to activate works engaged in a global conversation of art-making, and whose processes embrace experimental and interdisciplinary practices. Excerpts of the works are then highlighted at HOLD ON LET GO (formerly PushOFF) in both in-development and tour-ready formats, in subsequent years.

The COLLIDER residency was born out of an opportunity we recognized around PushOFF, to foster the practices of artists in our home community who are interested in, and whose works speak to, international markets. We want to make a tangible difference to artists and artistic practice in Vancouver. As one of Canada’s most consistent touring companies, TR has experienced first-hand what working in international contexts can do for the development of artists and their work. We want to create space for artists to push against the more dominant forms of performance-making and test the boundaries of theatrical form and performance. This is not only a reflection of TR’s own artistic interests, but a direct result of the work that has evolved out of Vancouver.

COLLIDER Artists and projects have included Anita Rochon with Pathetic Fallacy, Conor Wylie with K BODY AND MIND, Mahaila Patterson-O’Brien with Mid-Light, Amanda Sum with New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert, Adrienne Wong with SmartSmart and Keely O’Brien with Secret Ingredients.

The residency is open to all performance-based artists. For more information, contact Maiko@theatrereplacement.org