Open Call for Entries – 15th edition FASHIONCLASH Festival

Niko Markovic photo by www.lauraknipsael.com

The 15th edition of the international and interdisciplinary FASHIONCLASH Festival will take place from 17 – 19 November 2023 in Maastricht (The Netherlands). During this three-day festival, a new generation of designers and performing artists from all over the world are given the opportunity to show their work to a broad (inter)national audience. The program with exhibitions, performances, fashion film screenings and awards, talks and workshops showcases projects that explore, contextualize and celebrate contemporary fashion culture.

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FASHIONCLASH Festival is a three-day international and interdisciplinary festival for designers and (performing) artists who investigate, contextualize and celebrate contemporary fashion culture. FCF is all about discovering and supporting talent, driving and co-shaping current developments in the fashion (world), opening up these developments to a broad audience and initiating active public participation.

The festival consists of a multidisciplinary and polyphonic program based on a selection from the proposals submitted via the open call and the projects initiated by FASHIONCLASH itself, which are developed in co-production with other organizations. FASHIONCLASH Festival is accessible to everyone via ticket sales and/or for free.

Open Call
There are currently two open calls for participation in the 15th edition of the festival.

The CLASH House (development trajectory and performance Program)
The CLASH House, as part of the Performance Program of the FASHIONCLASH Festival, is a showcase for a game-changing new generation of designers, who focus on crossovers with fashion and other art disciplines, in particular with performing arts. Participants are challenged to experiment with presentation forms in which storytelling, immersive experiences and inclusivity are central.
With The CLASH House, FASHIONCLASH gives each selected participant a coaching trajectory provided by artists from the field of performing arts. The aim is to develop performances that can contribute to the innovation of the discipline, stimulate the artistic development of the designers and facilitate the dialogue on what fashion is and can be.

Niko Markovic. photo by www.lauraknipsael.com

Fashion Film Program
The fashion film (short fashion film) is an established format in which designers and brands present their ethics and aesthetics. In this digital era, it is one of the more effective and sustainable ways to capture a fashion narrative and reach a wide audience via online platforms and media. Challenging the norms of traditional presentations, advertising techniques, and moving fashion shoots, both independent designers and large fashion houses have embraced the film as an art form.
Besides the fashion film genre, there has been a rise in digital fashion in recent years. Designers have been digitally presenting their work in the form of a video or film, out of necessity or because they choose audiovisual tools to present their work.

Awards: A jury panel will select five finalists from the selection and designate a winner for best Fashion Film. In addition, KALTBLUT. will choose a winner from the entire piece and will award the winner with a publication in our magazine.

Maya Kaplan
photo by www.lauraknipsael.com

More information about the conditions and how to apply: www.fashionclash.nl/fcf-2023-open-call
FASHIONCLASH Festival is an initiative of the Maastricht (Netherlands) based FASHIONCLASH
Foundation, an interdisciplinary showcase and development platform and a worldwide network of
new generation fashion makers and (performing) artists. Since 2009, FASHIONCLASH has realized
more than 200 projects in the Netherlands and