Future Performance Institute - Artist-centred feasibility programme

我们要求AHRC在四年内(2023-2027年)提供1,165,000 GB的赠款，以支持以艺术家为中心的可行性工作计划。这将包括一套工作包和奖学金，为跨学科实践、研发和共同创造创造新的包容性机会-这将吸引广泛的人才，允许艺术家承担风险，并加强知识和最佳实践的交流。这项工作将构成我们创建世界级未来表演学院的商业案例的基础，确保艺术的可持续性和未来的增长。为艺术家领导的研究和文化领导力提供资金是展示艺术和现场表演未来可能性的基础。这一理论概述了一个理由，即我们现在必须投资于艺术家主导的研究，因为该行业和艺术家们正试图应对新冠肺炎的财务影响、公共资金减少和前所未有的成本上升--以及疫情爆发前的挑战--如脆弱的商业模式和结构性不平等--的综合压力。正如2022年大型自由职业者调查所总结的那样，我们需要“更具创造性、更具协作性的工作方式和为基础设施提供资金的方式，以支持创意中心，例如，尤其是剧院，需要艺术家集体在不成立公司的情况下为单个大型项目联合的能力，以及共同创作作品的灵活性。”皇家莎士比亚剧团作为一个学习和教学剧场，以及作为第一个表演艺术独立研究组织(IRO)，在技术、研究伙伴和英国艺术生态系统之间提供知识交流(通过研发、实践、制作和分享)，处于独特的地位，以应对这些挑战和机遇。我们是一个以实践为基础的组织，研究交织在艺术过程和输出的每个阶段，从表演历史到服装制作，到利用数字技术，到音乐创作，再到观众行为。这种专业知识与我们在创新和研发方面的声誉(《梦想与暴风雨》)、通过全国各地的剧院合作伙伴关系和出色的教育工作覆盖全国以及国际品牌形象(包括我们社交渠道的120万全球支持者)相结合。这一可行性方案有别于其他资助机会，如AHRC的融合屏幕技术和实时性能(COSTAR)。我们的建议是艺术家和实践主导的，通过把艺术家放在第一位，我们将为他们找到相关的工具来制作他们的作品，而不是受到技术的驱动。我们将吸引多样化的人才，为创意人员提供空间和时间，让他们专注于实践(包括现场表演、新媒体和其他艺术形式学科)和跨学科研究。我们的合作伙伴将主要是文化和研究机构，通过网络建立一个艺术家领域，分享知识和最佳实践，同时将包容放在我们计划的中心。

We are requesting a grant of £1,165,000 over four years (2023-2027) from AHRC to support a programme of artist-centred feasibility work. This will include a suite of work packages and Fellowships, creating new inclusive opportunities for interdisciplinary practice, research and development, and co-creation - which will attract wide-ranging talent, allow artists to take risks, and enhance the exchange of knowledge and best practice. This work will form the foundation of our business case for creation of a world-class Future of Performance Institute, ensuring the sustainability of, and future growth within the arts.Funding for artist-led research and cultural leadership is fundamental to set out the possibilities for the future of the arts and live performance. This rationale outlines the case that we must invest in artist-led research now as the sector and artists attempt to manage the combined pressures of the financial impact of Covid-19, reductions to public funding and unprecedented increases in costs - intersecting with pre-pandemic challenges such as fragile business models and structural inequalities. As summarised in the Big Freelancer Survey in 2022, we need "more creative, collaborative ways of working and funding infrastructures to support creative hubs, e.g. for theatre especially, the ability for collectives of artists to band together for single large projects without forming a company, and the flexibility to co-create work." The RSC is uniquely positioned to respond to these challenges and opportunities as a learning and teaching theatre and as the first performing arts Independent Research Organisation (IRO) - providing knowledge exchange (through R&D, practice, making and sharing) between tech, research partners and the UK arts ecosystem. We are a practice-based organisation with research interwoven into every stage of the artistic process and output, from performance history, to costume making, to harnessing digital technology, to music composition, to audience behaviours. This expertise is coupled with our reputation for innovation and R&D (Dream and The Tempest), national reach through theatre partnerships across the country and outstanding educational work, and international brand profile (including 1.2 million global supporters across our social channels). This feasibility programme is distinct from other funding opportunities such as AHRC's Convergent Screen Technologies And performance in Realtime (CoSTAR). Our proposal is artist and practice-led, and by putting the artist first we will find the relevant tools for them to make their work, rather than being driven by technologies. We will attract diverse talent, providing space and time for creatives to focus on their practice (including live performance, new media, and other art form disciplines) and interdisciplinary research. Our partners will predominantly be cultural and research organisations, building a field of artists with networks to share knowledge and best practice, whilst putting inclusion at the centre of our plans.