Hi Simon, Perhaps a virtual ready-made work of China would suffice, although even that costs money and time...
marc > I would have liked to submit China as a ready-made work that evokes our > future, but as the event does not provide financial support for submissions > and as I am not sure how I would transport or install the work I think this > might be a little too ambitious. > > Best > > Simon > > > On 20/12/2010 13:29, "info" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Call for Submissions. >> >> The Presence of Future >> http://www.divisionofhumanworks.org/now.html >> >> Division of Human Works is accepting submissions for a >> curated show dealing with ideas of future and how it has >> inundated into our society and environment. Feel free to >> submit completed works or submit a proposal for the creation >> of new work. Relevant off-site work may also be submitted >> for promotion via the event. >> >> We are nearing the end of 2010, the year portrayed as a futuristic >> utopia in the classic animated sitcom, The Jetsons. We are five years >> away from 2015, the farthest year ahead Marty and Doc Brown traveled to >> in Back to the Future. The years of our future, anticipated for decades, >> are here. How similar are our present times to what was imagined? We do >> have some very fancy gadgets and nuclear physicists working with a Big >> Bang replicator, the Large Hadron Collider, at the Cern research center >> in Switzerland. Yet, we are certainly not traveling in personal >> hovercrafts and many of us are living in old decrepit buildings. What do >> you think Joseph Beuys would think about the current state of the Green >> Party? >> >> Things are not quite what we had expected them to be. Yet then again, >> things are definitely in an extreme state of flux. Change is on a steep >> exponential rise. Some things are parallel with this acceleration and >> some things are being dragged along for the ride. >> >> What are your interpretations of our current evolutionary or de- >> evolutionary status? What are your reactions to how far we¹ve come, why >> do you think our present times have turned out as they have, and what >> may or may not change current trends. >> >> >> *** ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 1/15/11. >> >> We are accepting works of all types of media. You may submit up to 3 >> pieces. You may include up to 5 images (or other media samples) for each >> submission. For those submitting proposals for new work, please include >> images of relavant past work. >> >> Send all submissions via email to [email protected] >> >> Please make a brief artist statement addressing how your work addresses >> the topic for this show. >> >> Please include your artist CV and any installation requirements. >> >> All submissions shall receive a reply by 1/25/11. The show will take >> place in February for two weeks. There will be an opening and closing >> reception along with viewings by appointment. Please acknowledge that we >> cannot accommodate all submissions. >> >> Artists are responsible for all installation and de-installation of >> artworks. >> >> [*]For out of town artists that are unable to attend the show, whom >> would like to submit, we are willing to perform the installation of >> artworks. Please be prepared to send works ready for presentation, e.g., >> ready to hang, formatted for presentation, etc.. with instructions and, >> if applicable, necessary hardware. >> >> >> **Division of Human Works does not provide any financial assistance for >> artists or the creation of artworks. >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > [email protected] > http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
