Apocqueerlypse

Deadline: 31/07/2019

City: London  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Marian Casey

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The world is ending. Let's celebrate its greatest hits.

Science says we have 10 years to turn it around before we fully screw the pooch. In case they're right, we want to throw a fabulous goodbye party celebrating the achievements of our best and brightest.* 

SXRVXVE is throwing an 'Apocqueerlypse' banger of a night out in London in August. Think: video art party with all the best tunes from our pop, soul, and hip hop queens, and a celebration of under-appreciated icons. No decade is off limits: this is the 'Best Of' edition of the human race.

Just like the Berlin Dadaists in Nazi times, we're not accepting the end of the world without an absurdist, political art party and a few drinks in our hands. Like all of our nights out, the event will be a fully immersive, artist (slash tequila) -driven space.

So we're seeking artists, especially those centering Queer and POC voices and narratives, who want to help us celebrate the last several thousand years of human creation. We want to highlight the triumphs of trash culture, pop culture, forgotten culture, queer culture, oppressed culture etc - so if you want to celebrate the Mona Lisa, that's fine, but if you want to celebrate David Bowie's fake artist, 19th century lesbian art, Violet Chachki's tartan jumpsuit, or Cher's twitter, even better. 

As this is a video art party, we are primarily looking for video artists. But if you make any other kind of work that you'd be excited to show, please submit! Remember that this is a night out, so the work has to be able to be exhibited in a club (nothing fragile). 

*We're not going fully fatalistic yet. Please vote, contact your political representatitives, agitate, volunteer, and donate. We'll have a choice of a couple great charities fighting to save the world available for your generous donations at the event and shared in advance. 

 

Contact the curator
Who is eligible for this opportunity?
Any artists! We are especially eager to highlight works by queer and POC creators.
When is the deadline?
July 31st
How many works can I submit?
As many as you like!
How much does it cost?
Free to submit and exhibit, though SXRVXVE is unable to cover any production costs.
Are there payments to artists?
At this time, we are unable to provide honorariums for exhibited artists - SXRVXVE is completely volunteer-run and led, and is working towards a place where we can increase funding and pay artists accordingly.
Does the location have disabled access?
TBC
Do I need to be present?
No! We'd love you there but we welcome submissions from artists all over the globe and don't require you to be able to attend or install your own work.
What are the selection criteria?
Quality of the work and suitability to the theme

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