Open Call: Where Are You In These Interesting Times?

Deadline: 27/08/2018

City: Manchester - Altrincham  |  Region: Greater Manchester  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Scaffold Gallery

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Open Call: Where Are You In These Interesting Times? 

We are looking for artists to develop new work exploring the question ‘Where Are You in These Interesting Times?’ For an upcoming exhibition in November. 

We are looking for work with observations, experiences and questions aimed at our current global/local culture, society, science, technology and media.  

What can’t you escape? What can’t you get enough of? What makes you gasp? What makes you weep? What makes you howl?

It is not all doom and gloom in these interesting times, and we wish for this exhibition to reach across the realms of absurdity that exist and unfold around us.  

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So, where are you in these interesting times?  

How To Apply: 

Please provide a short statement of how you might begin to approach the question. What your initial ideas are, how you might begin to embody it. This can simply be text in the box provided, but it could take other forms, e.g. documents, videos, drawings, mind-map, poems...  

We are not looking for fully formulated ideas for work at this point. Please do not submit pre-existing works for consideration, we are seeking the development of new work.  

If you have some initial ideas you can include them, however we like to choose artists when we feel there is an element of unpredictability, where we can't see exactly what you will make from the outset.  

Please also provide a brief statement on; who you are as an artist, what you are interested in, and what motivates you to make work (but not a CV).  

Include documentation images of previous work which you feel best represents your practice or may be relevant to this open call, or links to any video/audio etc. files as necessary.  


Important Dates: 

Open call deadline: 27th August  

Install begins: 29th October 

Opening night: 2nd November  

Exhibition open: 2nd - 10th November  

Deinstall: 11th November 


Venue: Air Gallery, Altrincham, Manchester 

You do not need to be present for the install, unless your work requires you to set it up. We will provide dates for delivering/picking up/returning work ahead of install.  


Payment: 

At the current moment we are very limited in funding and can only cover general exhibition costs. This unfortunately means we cannot offer any form of financial payment to artists, or to cover shipping.  

However, we will offer all chosen artists at least two tutorials (either a studio visit, or via Skype depending on distance) with a member of the Scaffold Team, to offer support and dialogue during the development of the work, in way of payment. 

If you have any questions regarding this open call please contact us.

 

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When is the deadline?
27th August
How many works can I submit?
1-3
Where will the exhibition be promoted?
Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Google
What happens if my proposal is chosen?
We will contact you to let you know that you have been selected

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