"The submission fee is $20" Recession?
dave On 7 January 2011 10:03, info <[email protected]> wrote: > Submissions Now Open for Irrational Exuberance: A Recession Art Show. > > April 30 – May 8, 2011 at The Invisible Dog > > Accepting Work in All Media Including Painting, Sculpture, Photography, > Performance, Installation, Video, and Short Film > > About Recession Art Shows: > Visual artists who are accepted to a Recession Art Show receive a > week-long exhibition at the Invisible Dog in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. > Video artists and filmmakers who are accepted will receive one or more > screenings during the week of the exhibition. Performance artists who > are accepted will negotiate directly with staff to plan a performance > schedule based on their needs. > > In the past two years, Recession Art has built a community of emerging > artists that goes beyond participation in a single show. Our curators > use alumni artists for solo or two-person shows and studio tours for our > collectors. Our publicity team is constantly promoting the activities of > our alumni. And our art parties allow alumni artists to meet aspiring > collectors and emerging curators firsthand. All artists accepted for > Irrational Exuberance are invited to become a part of this community. > > About Irrational Exuberance: > “Don’t stop believin’; hold onto that feelin’.” – Journey > > In a December 1996 speech, then-Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan > Greenspan, posed a question that began: “But how do we know when > irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset value…?” This > rhetorical question had widespread consequences with billions of dollars > vanishing almost instantly, like magic. “Irrational exuberance” has come > to symbolize the speculative excitement of asset bubbles. While such > bubbles have existed for hundreds of years, what made Greenspan’s > utterance memorable was its instantaneous effect on the global markets. > It is clear that a few words can profoundly influence value, revealing > the fragility of a system dependent on belief or a kind of mass delusion. > > Irrational Exuberance is a show of art that deals with seemingly > rational systems of mass belief, or delusion, and their relationship to > values, whether economic or moral. Especially interesting are those > pieces in which form is at odds with content, such as ecstatic > depictions of pain, highly technical treatments of the intangible, or > lavish renderings of the (supposedly) worthless. Additionally, > installations or pieces that require mass participation will be given > special consideration. > > Selections will be conducted by the Recession Art Jury led by Guest > Curator Bradley Bailey and Art Director Ani Katz. In addition, video art > and short films will be considered by Film Curator Jesse Wakeman for > screenings as part of the Emerging Filmmaker Program. > > Irrational Exuberance will be held April 30-May 8 at The Invisible Dog > in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. > > The deadline for entries is Monday February 7, 2011. The submission fee > is $20. Artists will be notified of acceptance by the end of February. > > Visit http://recessionartshows.com/submit to read the complete show > description and terms and to access the Submission Form. Or email > [email protected] with any questions. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
