LOOKING FOR A LOVE STORY
Hello, we are seeking a writer to contribute to our innovative performance piece and since we appreciate your work we think it can be an opportunity for us to try to collaborate.
"The Breakup" brings together performance artists and audiences to create a unique show about separation. The commissioned story will be used in audio form during the performance.
What We're Looking For:
A 3000 words compelling, narrative, story about two people, their romantic relationship, and its end.
A writing style that matches the emotional depth and human connection we aim to convey.
Availability to finish writing the story until August 15.
Submission Requirements:
Sample Text: Provide a 300-word sample of the story at ioana@ioanapaun.com
Previous Work: Include any previous stories/novels that showcase your ability to write about emotions and relationships.
Sample Text Deadline: 28 July
Compensation: The payment for the commissioned piece will be 500 euros net. Note that the sample text will not be paid.
We are excited to read your work and potentially collaborate on this project.
For any inquiries, feel free to reach out to ioana@ioanapaun.com
Thank you, and we look forward to your sample.
More about the project and the team:
Two lovers enter a room. It will take them exactly 30 minutes to end their relationship. With your care and support.
Inspired by the experiences of modern couples, the performance is tailored for two audience members, encouraged to confront and reflect on the complexities of a breakup while witnessing it live. The show blends emotional narrative and action-based performance to offer a deeply personal and contemplative experience. The two performers create visceral images of pleasure, paralysis, violence, isolation, and other sensations experienced during a relationship. A tape will unwind their very concrete love story.
Spectators, paired in tandems of two, are involved in semi-personalized breakup performances, exposing themselves to the story both physically and emotionally. We give the audience the freedom to intervene once in the breakup, shaping the separation with their emotional sensitivity in reaction to the concept of Ending.
After the premiere in Bratislava at PAKT, the show will tour art centers in the Czech Republic, Romania, and Slovakia. The Breakup is produced by Projekt Batyskaf and Ioana Paun and is supported by the Slovak Fund for Support of the Arts, the Romanian Cultural Institute, and the Romanian National Art Trust.
Our team is: Ioana Păun (director), Marta Blašková and Bianca Temneanu (performance devising), Matěj Sýkora (set and costumes), Boris Vitazek (coding), Ivo Dobrovodsky and Andreea Opritescu (producing).