As part of our Expanded Realities exhibition Losing Home, Open City Documentary Festival 2024 will be presenting Aay Liparoto’s VR experience, Small Acts of Violence (preview) and we are seeking sensitive and confident individuals (aged 24+) to act as Performative Mediators in the piece, on a voluntary basis.

Do you:

• Identify as women*, AFAB people enbies, non-cis men, (All those who have experienced the world as a girl or women even if they do not identify as this now or have not in the past)?
• Possess confidence, sensitivity, and strong communication skills?
• Thrive in interpersonal interactions and prioritise consent and creating a safe space?

If you meet these criteria, we encourage you to apply!

As a Performative Mediator, you will:

• Welcome visitors to the VR installation and provide clear information about the experience, including content warnings.
• Guide participants through the VR headset use and offer support for accessibility needs.
• Maintain a safe and respectful environment for all participants.

Training and script will be provided.

The festival dates are 24^th – 30^th April.

Minimum commitment: 3 hours of training (25^th April 2024) and minimum of 3 shifts (up to 6hrs) during the festival dates.

To Apply:

Please complete the following application form: https://forms.office.com/e/BaftCFM5hy

The application form will ask you about:

• Your name and pronouns
• Your relevant experience and skills
• Your availability for training and project participation
• A brief statement on why you are interested in this opportunity

Please note:

• This project explores sensitive themes related to domestic violence.
• While the experience is described as “warm dreamlike,” respectful and sensitive mediators are crucial.

We will provide food and travel expenses up to £10/day.

We will be closing the application process once we have received the desired number of applicants.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Small Acts Of Violence

25 mins, 2023

Small Acts of Violence is a warm dreamlike cinematic 360° experience about the entanglement of love and non male violence in intimate relationships, built from testimonies of women, non-binary, non-cis male perpetrators of domestic violence from Belgium and the United Kingdom, alongside repetitive, intimate performances of a fictional family. In this work the audience becomes a temporary member of a fictional family, placed at the center of an intimate web.