Hey everyone,
Connect the Dots 2016 will be happening in November at DINA in Sheffield, UK. We're looking for artists to submit proposals, details of the brief and the proposal form link can be found below. *Connect the Dots 2016: The Sea Around Us* Our fourth annual festival celebrates the beauty and fragility of the ocean whilst exploring humanity’s relationship with the sea and our ecological impact upon it. We will investigate these themes through a diverse range of exhibitors - artists, activists, environmentalists and scientists – with focus on our relationship with technology and the ocean. CTD invites exhibitors to consider what the ocean means to them and what it means to others? What is its future? We think it’s interesting to consider the title, *The Sea Around Us* when we will be exhibiting in Sheffield - one of the most central cities on the map of the UK. Does our distance from the ocean affect our consciousness and our responsibilities towards it? As a small island nation do we feel closer to the sea? Or do we share a universal collective consciousness towards the ocean? Are we aware of the long term and irreversible damage that is currently being carried out in the oceans on our planet? *"It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life itself." *- *Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us* We call upon artists, activists, environmentalists and those who feel they want to contribute to the discussion surrounding the future of the oceans to submit proposals. Connect the Dots has a small pot of funding to commission new works. Connect the Dots has an interest in art and activism, and has always promoted the digital arts and new technologies. The exhibition aims to provide a multifaceted exploration of the following: - A celebration of the ocean as a habitat and life source. - The historical and socio political significance of the ocean, particularly focusing upon the current issues around global migration and the refugee crisis. - Ecological concerns and humanity’s technological impact - what damage has been done so far and what can be done to prevent it. With focus on positive change - new technology and tactics to reverse pollution. To submit a proposal, please fill in this form <https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WVH6XGP>. The exhibition will take place November 11th – 25th 2016 in Sheffield at DINA <http://www.dinavenue.com>. www.ctdots.co.uk -- *Abdullah Al-wali [Director]* Website <http://www.ctdots.co.uk/> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ctdevents> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ctweetd> Company number: 9160123
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