SHAPE+ is a European platform for innovative music and audiovisual art co-financed by the Creative Europe programme, and in 2024/25 also by Pro Helvetia. It's aim is to foster exceptional emerging talent through a yearly roster of artists that will be supported through touring opportunities, as well as a number of residencies that connect international artists to local actors at each SHAPE+ member organization. Artist selection is done though a combination of yearly open call and curatorial selection.
SHAPE+ consists of 18 partners in 15 countries. It builds upon the previous SHAPE platform, which from 2015 to 2022 supported 336 emerging European artists and presented their work at festivals, events and venues in numerous countries across Europe and beyond. The platform was formed by members of ICAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound) – a global network of independent non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing sound cultures, music and related arts, co-founded by DISK e.V.
Current SHAPE Members
- Construction Festival / Kultura Medialna – Dnipro, UA
- CTM Festival / DISK e.V. – Berlin, DE
- Full of Lava – Bern, CH
- Intonal Festival – Malmö, SE
- Les siestes électroniques / Association Rotation – Toulouse, FR
- MeetFactory – Prague, CZ
- musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst / ORF – Graz, AT
- Mutant Radio – Tbilisi, GE
- OUT.FEST – Barreiro, PT
- Polja Festival – Belgrade, RS
- Rewire – The Hague, NL
- Rokolectiv Festival / Association – Bucharest, RO
- Sonica Festival / MoTA – Museum for Transitory Art – Ljubljana, SI
- Schiev Festival – Brussels, BE
- Skaņu Mežs Festival / Association – Riga, LV
- Terraforma Festival / Threes – Milan, IT
- UH Fest / Ultrasound Foundation – Budapest, HU
- Unsound Festival / Fundacja Tone – Krakow, PL
SHAPE is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and by the Swiss arts council Pro Helvetia.