Up Against It - public art competition

[Up Against It]

Title: UpAgainstIt

'Up Against It' competition invite

Up Against It is a public art competition. The winning entry will be seen by up to 2,000 commuters daily on a wall over 60m². The competition is open to all types of creative and artistic _expression_. The entries will be judged on your response to the words "Closer than you think".

How to enter:

1. Go to www.upagainstit.com to find out more.
   
2. Click 'Enter the Competition' and download the wall template, this is a guide for laying out your design.
   
3. Fill in the online application and upload your entry, alternatively send you artwork with the application form to: Up Against It, c/o Raw Nerve, B209 Faircharm Studios, Creekside, London SE8 3DX
   
4. Tell everyone you know to vote for you (every vote counts).

The top 20 entries voted by the public will then be judged by an influential panel of artists and designers. The winning entry will be displayed on the 'Up Against It' wall in Deptford, London.

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New deadline

23/04/08

The competition deadline has now been extended.

The jury includes:

Raw Nerve a creative agency based in Deptford.
Steve Pipin the Deptford based 'Optician' was shortlisted for Turner Prize in 1999 for his Laundromat - Locomotion exhibition.
Morag Myerscough runs cross disciplinary design practise Studio Myerscough.
Committee explores the way aesthetics and visual culture impact on our lives.
Alma Tischler Wood is a UK based painter and performance artist.
Artmonger produces artistic intervention works that improve the urban environment.