I'm in Brooklyn, and I can't afford this. I understand the need of non-profits to support themselves, but not on the backs of artists - particularly those who aren't chosen, but still have to support the ones that were.
- Alan On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, dave miller wrote: > "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 > > == email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qv.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
