Schedule

Flow 2023 included in-person workshops in Chicago & Rotterdam and an online program. For each cities schedule please see below:

Intercity & Live Art on the Streets public performance art festival starts at 12noon CST | 19:00 CET each day.

Please note all times are listed in Chicago time zone: CST and European time zone: CET. Please use the time zone calculator to switch to your own time zone.

For Watch Party schedule please see below

Week 1: Sept 11 - Sept 15, 2023

Choose two practice-based performance art workshops to participate in. You can select from the four online workshops sessions (Two 90min sessions in Week 1)

OR participate in a week-long intensive workshop program with our special international guest artists, Odun Orimolade (Lagos, Nigeria) or Yaryna Shumska (Lviv, Ukraine) for an in-person workshop at one of the hubs in Chicago or WORM Rotterdam. (Week 1 only)

Attend one daily online presentation by an artist, scholar or curator of public performance art and socially engaged practice.

Week 3: Intercity - curated Flow program & Live Art On the Streets

On Sept 23 and Sept 30 co-curated by ieke Trinks and Carron Little eight artists have been supported to collaborate for one year to create simultaneous live public performances with the public in Chicago and Rotterdam. Please see the Intercity page for the full schedule and info about the all artists we’ve supported.

EBB & FLOW workshop participants can opt-in to create a live public performance from wherever you are situated on the globe on Thursday Sept 28 and Friday Sept 29. Please sign up for a rehearsal slot/ tech check by the end of Week 2.

To build community and create more in-person connections we’ve added Watch Parties this year at Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) in Chicago, LePARC Research Center at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and University of Lincoln, U.K.

This program is brought to you in collaboration with Experimental Sound Studio.

Week 2: Sept 18 - 22, 2023

Online practice-based performance art workshops continue with two 90minute sessions in Week 2

Two daily artist, scholar, and curator sessions continue along with community gatherings and happy hours.

Please download the relevant Watch Party schedule.