Are you a creative professional, site manager or property provider? Would you like to create a space for Vienna’s creative scene? Perhaps you’d like to adapt a space and open it up to your community as a place of exchange and inspiration?
If this sounds like you, submit your concept to the Creatives for Vienna competition!
What topics can be included in the application?
We are looking for concepts that take account of one or more of the following key themes:
- Exchange and networking: How do the conditions in the space foster the exchange of ideas within communities? Besides co-working concepts, is there potential for new forms of use?
- Work and production: Which spaces are suitable for production? How do workspaces need to be reconfigured to support the work of creative professionals?
- Analogue and digital: How can digital innovations be leveraged for analogue applications? How would you go about designing an interface?
- Creativity and everyday life: How can spaces help to achieve a healthy balance between creative work, caring activities, leisure and social engagement?
- Local environment and society: How can the work of creative professionals have an impact on the immediate environment? Which elements promote social interaction within the city?
Facts about the competition
Prize money: | 10 x €15,000 in prize money |
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Who is eligible to take part: | The competition is aimed at creative professionals, managers and providers of spaces, individuals and collaborating groups such as initiatives, associations, cooperatives and companies looking to develop or advance a concept for using a space for creative purposes. We welcome contributions from and for the following sectors: Architecture, Design, Art, Fashion, Interactive media (incl. gaming), Publishing, Music industry, Film industry (incl. animation and screening) |
Submission period: | September 23 to December 2, 2024 |
Legal basis under European state aid law: | De-minimis |
Judging: | The prizewinning concepts will be selected by an independent jury and experts from the Vienna Business Agency, who will assess the competition entries according to the following criteria: Added value for Vienna’s creative scene, Potential for change and empowerment, Credentials and professionalism of the entrants, Viable, professional planning, Sustainability, Impact and effectiveness within the urban environment |
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