Hi Mathew, When is the deadline?
Would you like me to pass this on? The yahoo group does not display email addresses. - Tamara Wyndham --- In [email protected], MATTHEW ROSE <mistahr...@...> wrote: > > > A BOOK ABOUT DEATH: AN UNBOUND BOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF DEATH > Opening, Thursday, 10 September 2009. > Exhibition: 10 - 22 September 2009 > Emily Harvey Foundation 537 Broadway New York City, New York 10012 USA > > 1000 Artists Produce Each An Edition Of 500 Postcards In A Sprawling Unbound > Book About Death. 1000 pages, edition: 500. > > An Open Call To Artists Worldwide To Contribute To A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. > > A BOOK ABOUT DEATH is an open, unbound book produced by artists worldwide. > Artists are invited to create a page in the form of a postcard about deathâ" > any aspect about death. Works should be of any design, personal or > conceptual, color or black and white. The original works, and the postcards > produced for the exhibition, should address the topic of death. > > A BOOK ABOUT DEATH takes its inspiration from the late, underground American > artist Ray Johnson (1927 - 1995). Ray Johnsonâs unbound âbookâ of the > same title was mailed to his New York Correspondence School âstudentsâ > and included pages in his idiosyncratic style that were funny, sad and ironic > âone-page essaysâ on death. With the A BOOK ABOUT DEATH project, artists > are invited to plunge into the subject in creating their own pages that score > the dramatic final dance of death. > > EXHIBITION & EVENT: Each artist contribution will be displayed in the Emily > Harvey Foundation gallery space in New York. Visitors will be free to take > cards and create their own book about death. As the cards are removed, the > exhibition will disappear. > > During the exhibition, a lecture/panel discussion will take place with a > number of leading writers, curators, artists and collectors bringing together > a number of salient ideas about death, books, mail art works, Ray Johnson and > the global nature of A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. The panel list will be announced > when it is finalized this summer. > > There will also be a website, http://abookaboutdeath.net/, serving as the > portal for the exhibition. > > > HOW TO SUBMIT > 1. Produce an artwork about death. Make 500 postcards and mail the package to > A BOOK ABOUT DEATH c/o Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery 537 Broadway New York > City, New York 10012. All submissions will be accepted if they arrive in > time. Artists may produce more than one card if they wish. > > DEADLINE: Postcards should be in the gallery no later than 5 September 2009. > > 2. Once images are produced, a light-weight jpg should be e mailed to > matthew.rose.pa...@..., along with the artist's name and URL (artist web site > address) for publication on the blog â" > http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/. This will allow the organizers to > archive the works and artist details. Other artists will also be able to > visit the exhibition in progress. > > Note: An âofficialâ website will be created by artist Caterina Verde at > the address: http://abookaboutdeath.net. > > TECHNICAL DETAILS > The artist is 100 percent responsible for her/his image and card and delivery > to the gallery. > > FORMAT: Postcards should be at least 4 x 6 inches or 10 x 15 cm, but can be > any size, but no larger than A4 or 8 1/2 x 11 inches. > > To help unify the edition, please include the words A BOOK ABOUT DEATH on > your printed post cards. We have also included an image/text by Ray Johnson > that could be printed on your cards. > > PRINTING OPTIONS: You can either produce the cards yourself or upload the > file to any number of printers for delivery to the gallery. You, as the > artist are in complete control of your artwork and cards. > > Option 1: A very inexpensive online printer offers extremely reasonable > prices for a 4 x 6 inch (or 10 x 15 cm) card. PDF upload or online design is > possible. Payment directly to the printer via MasterCard, PayPal, VISA are > options. Please see: http://www.overnightprints.com/main.php. > > Please note: The exhibition organizers are not working with this printer but > in our research have determined that their prices are some of the lowest on > the market, their print quality is high, service is good and delivery to a > NYC address via United Parcel Service is a very good option. > > Option 2: Alternately, artists are free to produce their own cards locally if > they need to supervise print and image quality. Artists can sign and number > their cards if they wish. > > Option 3: Artists can also produce handmade cards, however, these cards must > be in an edition of 500 to ensure continuity with other images. Artists can > sign and number their handmade cards if they would like. Variety in paper and > material is encouraged. > > COST/FEES > Unfortunately we cannot pay any artist or production fees. Each artist has to > finance production and delivery. Like in life. > > LASTLY: The organizers will not collect cards for the artists. Institutions > who wish to have a complete book will have to come to the gallery space and > get their own pages/cards or assign someone to do it for them. The > organizers are not responsible for the cards, but will see to it that all > cards received are displayed and available to visitors. The organizers are > not responsible for the return of any remaining cards; should there be any > remaining cards, these will become part of the EHF archive. > > SPREAD THE WORD > This kind of exhibition functions best when one artist contacts another and > encourages participation. We would like to have a large and inclusive "book," > one that touches upon the broad subject of death in many languages and > cultures. There are no taboos here, no age limits, no areas or ideas that > are prohibited. The exhibition organizers only ask that you submit good > work, worthy of an interesting and exciting page in this global book. Please > note that A BOOK ABOUT DEATH is not a commercial venture. The Emily Harvey > Foundation Gallery has generously donated the exhibition space for the > duration of the exhibition. > > INFORMATION: > > > DOWNLOAD PDF, SEE FACE BOOK GROUP, BLOG : > http://matthew.rose.paris.googlepages.com/abookaboutdeath > > http://abookaboutdeath.net/ > http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/ > http://www.emilyharveyfoundation.org/ > http://rayjohnsonestate.com/ > > > Hope you can ALL PARTICIPATE... > Best, > > MATTHEW ROSE > > ART: http://homepage.mac.com/mistahcoughdrop/ > FREE: http://matthew.rose.paris.googlepages.com/impossiblepossibilities2009 > ART PRESS: http://lalandedigitalpress.blogspot.com/ > VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/mistahcoughdrop >
