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From: "Louise @ Q Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 7 April 2004 16:26:12 BST To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Subject: RELAY opportunity Q Arts Reply-To: "Louise @ Q Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear Artists: Please find attached the brief for the Q Arts RELAY exhibition.
All the best
Louise Clements
Exhibitions Co-ordinator
[Olympic] Relay - Artists’ Brief
Q Arts require submissions in the field of contemporary visual art [to include moving image, new media, performance, installation, photography…], which interpret the idea of relay, through the creative use of sporting metaphors, parodies or symbolism. The work will form part of a wider Olympic programme, which explores the cultural currency of sport and contemporary art through a range of exhibitions and events [details are listed below]. Submissions responding to this brief will form part of the exhibition at Q Gallery during 7th August – 18th September and possibly contribute to the wider programme of related events.
The proposal/submission can engage with any, all or more of the definitions of relay as a circuit, a passing on, a transmission, a broadcast, a sporting race, a putting down again of something previously taken up. In this context there is scope for existing work to be interpreted through one of these themes or for ‘work in progress’ to pick up the relay metaphor as part of its production process. The flexibility of the brief allows for a wide range of work, which can be: web based, interactive, participatory, humorous, a site specific work outside the gallery space, a piece which sets up a relay between the inside and outside of the gallery or a piece which plays off one of the related events in the wider Olympic programme. One idea we are keen for artists to respond to is the format of the Olympic Flame – a global relay, consequences, one event following another e.g. global consequences…
The wider programme consists of a ‘Decathlon’ event situated in Derby Market Square to incorporate a ‘Sculptural Slalom’ [the production of objects reflecting a different art movement, as site markers for an active art relay], ‘Art Relay’ [work will be created through a cumulative assemblage of pieces in a relay circuit] and an Olympic formation performance, based on the choreography of synchronized swimming. The Q Gallery space will also screen a short film ‘Treading Water’ commissioned in association with Derby Dance Centre. The film engages with synchronized swimming as a peripheral and quirky Olympic sport and acts as a physical relay between the gallery and the Queen St Swimming Baths, which is directly behind the gallery space. The programme opens with a series of small events designed to parody the Olympic Torch Relay – the events mark a Q shape across the inner city, starting with the exhibition opening and ending at the market place on 21st August.
Proposals may engage with any of the aforementioned activities in the wider programme, which have already incorporated one or more of the ‘relay’ definitions described in paragraph 2. As there is a limited budget for new work, an aim is to engage with the creative practice of artists, whose current/existing work complements the ideas, themes and activities.
Apply with: artists’ statement / proposal of work, CV and if relevant images slide/photographs/CDRom/video/plans etc. Please label material that you would like returned, and enclose all relevant contact details.
Send to: Louise Clements, Exhibitions Co-ordinator
Q Gallery, 35/36 Queen Street, Derby, DE1 3DS.
T: 01332 295858 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.q-arts.co.uk
Deadline: 03.05.04. Selection will take place during the week of the 3rd May, chosen artists will be notified by the end of this week.
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