Systems in Question Live Art Residency
Application Deadline | 2 May
This open call is for a Live Art Residency within Systems in Question, a June-July strand of CASA’s Lines of Flight programme at Brixton House focused on live art, moving image, and participatory practice.
The residency invites applications from London-based Latin American/Latinx, Caribbean and diasporic artists and collectives with ties to these heritages, working across live and hybrid practices, to develop a bold new work-in-progress for public presentation in Theatre 2.
Presented by CASA at Brixton House, in collaboration with Performance Art Video (PAV), with support from Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and IKLECTIK.
Curated and produced by Gabriela Román González
Delivery lead (PAV): Agustín Laurenz Argüello
Advisory (LADA): Mary Osborn and kane stonestreet
Mentoring (IKLECTIK): Dyana Gravina
Image credit: VestAndPage. STRATA. Andrea Pagnes performing the Wanderer Angel inside the Falkenstein Cave. Photo by Daz Disley.
At a glance
Deadline: 2 May 2026
Residency period: Mon 1 Jun - Sat 4 Jul 2026
Public presentation: Sat 4 Jul 2026 (Theatre 2, Brixton House)
Artist fee: £1,000
Production support: up to £800
Technical: low-to-medium requirements
About the residency
Systems in Question is a live art residency offering time, space, and resources to artists working in live performance and hybrid practices.
The residency invites proposals that use performative action to question the systems, norms, and imposed boundaries that shape how life is organised and experienced, from public space and social behaviour to the more personal and bodily limits these structures create.
We are particularly interested in practices that explore how power operates through rules, permissions, visibility, movement, and access. This may include work that examines social protocols, institutional structures, public space, surveillance, or the ways bodies are regulated, controlled, or made visible in different contexts.
At the same time, the residency welcomes proposals that approach these questions from a more intimate or personal perspective, exploring how larger social and political systems are felt, negotiated, or resisted through the body, behaviour, relationships, and everyday experience.
Who can apply
This opportunity is open to London-based Latin American/Latinx, Caribbean and diasporic artists and collectives with ties to these heritages, working in live art and hybrid practice. We welcome applications across career stages.
The residency offers structured research and studio time, starting with LADA’s resources and moving into studio development at Brixton House, supported by mentoring and advisory input. It culminates in a public presentation in Theatre 2, Brixton House.
What you need to submit:
a 300 - 500 word proposal
a short bio (max 150 words)
up to three links to previous work
a draft budget (up to £800),
a provisional one-page technical outline
Residency timeline: Mon 1 Jun - Sat 4 Jul 2026
Weeks 1 - 2:
Research at LADA - Desk space, access to the Live Art Research Collection, and time to think and research.
Mentoring with IKLECTIK - A one-to-one session with Dyana Gravina, Co-director and curator (Interdisciplinary arts and community) of IKLECTIK, to support the project’s development.
Weeks 3 - 4:
Studio time at Brixton House - Space to test ideas, rehearse, and develop the work.
4 Jul 2026:
Public presentation - Work-in-progress presentation in Theatre 2, Brixton House.
Technical parameters
Low-to-medium requirements (basic PA/house lighting/handheld mic available). Proposals requiring large-scale set builds, heavy rigging, or complex AV are unlikely to be feasible.
Access:
Both Brixton House and Live Art Development Agency are wheelchair accessible venues.
We do not have a separate budget for access support beyond the production support for the residency. If access costs exceed the available production support budget, we will discuss options and alternatives with the selected artist on a case-by-case basis.
We accept written, video, and audio applications. For video or audio applications, please answer the questions listed in the Application Form within a recording of 5 minutes max.
We cannot provide or pay for access support to help with writing or preparing the application. Should you need support accessing or submitting the application, please contact us on contact@casafestival.org.uk
How decisions will be made:
Applications will be reviewed by a panel including CASA, Performance Art Video (PAV), and Live Art Development Agency (LADA), with additional advisory input from partners where relevant. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a brief conversation.
Selection criteria
Connection to the residency brief and theme Systems in Question
Clarity of the proposed approach and artistic stakes
Feasibility within the available time, space (Theatre 2), and technical parameters
A realistic draft budget and workable technical outline
Deadline: 2 May 2026
Shortlist conversations: 1st week of May 2026
Decision announced: 2nd week of May 2026
About Lines of Flight programme
Lines of Flight is CASA’s year-round multi-arts programme at Brixton House, curated by Gabriela Román González. It brings together around 40 UK-based Latin American, Caribbean and diasporic artists and creatives working across installation, performance, painting, digital media, moving image and research-led practices. It asks what it means to create, exhibit and experience art without relying on fixed truths or definitive answers - turning instead towards ambiguity, contradiction and the unfinished as fertile ground for imagination.
The programme unfolds through a set of open themes that act as points of departure for artistic practices and public events: Sensory Worlds, Acts of Looking, Transnational Encounters, and Systems in Question. It draws on Deleuze and Guattari’s idea of “lines of flight”: not as escape, but as moments of rupture that unsettle fixed structures and make space for other ways of being, thinking, and relating.
About CASA:
Founded in 2007 in response to the underrepresentation of Latin American arts in the UK, CASA has grown from a theatre festival into a cross-artform organisation placing Latinx, Caribbean, and diasporic arts at the heart of the UK cultural conversation through commissioning, interdisciplinary programming, and community connection.
Partner organisations:
Performance Art Video (PAV) is a non-for-profit cultural association that operates in a decentralised, hybrid, and international context. Its aim is to promote inclusion, participation, and reflection while raising awareness through performance art based on co-creation processes. PAV supports new forms of creativity through artist residencies, artistic production via Live Art events, and international audience engagement through its digital platform
Live Art Development Agency (LADA) is a London-based charitable organisation, dedicated to the development of Live Art research, practice and infrastructure. It operates from East London and works locally, nationally and internationally. LADA is the home of the Live Art Research Collection, Live Art Bookshop, and co-ordinators of Live Art UK.
IKLECTIK is a grassroots arts organisation, dedicated to experimental sound, music, art and socially engaged practices. Now based at Peckham Levels, IKLECTIK shapes a radical and cross-disciplinary approach to culture making and gathering, one that holds care, experimentation, and resistance at its core. It brings together emerging voices and more renowned artists to collaborate, research, and reimagine futures together.
About the team:
Gabriela Román González | Residency Curator and Producer
(she/her) is a curator, and cultural strategist working across exhibitions, live programmes, and interdisciplinary formats. She is Head of Exhibitions and Programmes at CASA and curates/produces Lines of Flight at Brixton House. Her experience spans institutions, festivals and independent platforms including Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Tate Modern, Galleria Continua, ZONAMACO and Frieze London. She is also Founder of Not The Owners and Mentoras Creativas.
Laurenz Agustin Arguello | Residency Delivery lead (PAV)
Cultural innovation pioneer, “PAV - Performance Art Video” Co-Founder and Project Director, where he leads initiatives that foster artistic collaboration, innovation and social impact. He has successfully managed international large scale interdisciplinary projects, working with artists, cultural institutions, public organisations, and independent creators to co-create meaningful experiences. In addition to his cultural work, he is a Senior Project & Innovation Manager at Robert Bosch UK.
Mary Osborn | Residency Advisor
(she/her) joined LADA as Director in 2024, with a background in producing and programming performance and live art, with a specialism in artist development. Her previous roles include Senior Creative Development Producer at Battersea Arts Centre, Programme and Projects Producer at Artsadmin, co-lead of DIY performance collective Steakhouse Live, and long-standing collaborator with Danish curator Emma Møller (osborn&møller). Mary is currently a Trustee at Fierce, and on the Buzzcut Advisory Board.
kane stonestreet | Residency Advisor
(They/He) re-joined LADA June 2024, having originally been a part of the team as an intern back in 2019. They have been active in Live Art for the past seven years, acting as an artist, collaborator, co-conspirator and producer. Their performance practice centres around transness and time, whilst their curation is preoccupied with dyke erotics and censorship. They hold a BA(Hons) in Sculpture and Environmental Art from Glasgow School of Art and studied Live Art (MA) at Queen Mary University of London.
Dyana Gravina | Residency Mentor
(They/She) is an independent curator, cultural producer and interdisciplinary artist, and IKLECTIK co-director and curator (Interdisciplinary arts and community). Her practice explores intersectional feminisms, migration and body politics through transdisciplinary work across movement, writing, actions, photography and video. As part of this residency, Dyana will offer a one-to-one mentoring session to support the selected artist/collective’s development.
