INTERxCHANGE
2025/6
REAL. RAW. RADICAL.
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REAL. RAW. RADICAL. —
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Tiny Fest is a platform for Ōtautahi to celebrate radical performance art and artists.
We are a collaborative festival, combining a range of pop-up community activations alongside curated, thought-provoking, performance programme, to spark kо̄rero and support wānānga about urgent global and contemporary issues.
Check out our MANIFESTO.
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for us “the site is the theme,” with venues fundamentally shape-shifting our curatorial approach and artistic responses.
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Carving out space in Ōtautahi’s shifting landscape — for artists and audiences alike and tracing routes that link us with makers and thinkers across Aotearoa and beyond.
We are making room for performance art to take root in Ōtautahi: room for risk, for gathering, for experiencing.
Callout to Artists
INTERxCHANGE
We’re inviting artists to propose performance works for TinyFest 2026, taking place at the Bus Interchange, 19–21 June.
This year’s theme, INTERxCHANGE, explores themes of transit, movement, crossings, thresholds, encounters (all info available through the link). Due to the nature of the space and resources, works should be minimal in setup and able to respond to the live environment.
We’re looking for performance work that is:
– site-responsive and audience-aware
– low-tech and sustainable
– adaptive, experimental
Selected artists receive:
– artist fee
– a filmed interview as part of the TinyFest docu-series
(on-site during the festival)
How to apply:
Fill out the form & submit a short proposal as either:
– written pitch (max 2 pages), or
– video pitch (max 5 minutes)
Applications close: 10 May
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