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Call for submissions: Gameplay: Video Games in Contemporary Art Practice
At once, the word video game is associated with both interactivity
and seclusion. Through the agency of the internet, online gaming has
become a participatory source of virtual interaction with online
communities of gamers. However, video games can also be considered a
solitary retreat into a virtual utopia—lands in which the empowered
user can manipulate, destroy, and engender. Historically, ideas of
games and play are inextricably bound up with pleasure, desire, and a
retreat into the self via intense absorption. This withdrawl into the
self, however, is connected to outside relations, as it is an
ultimate yearning for exterior engagement.
The word “gameplay” refers to the creative, resistant, or artful
manipulation of video games by users. It can be said that “gameplay”
relates not only to the strategic, but also emotional framework of
play, as it is a unique reflection the individual’s meaningful bond
to the game itself. According to Sid Meier, a world-renowned
designer, a game is a “series of interesting choices.” If art can
also be considered a “series of interesting choices,” what happens
when the realms of art and video game intersect?
Around the Coyote is seeking submissions for our July 2007 group
show, Gameplay: Video Games in Contemporary Art Practice. For
Gameplay, we are looking for artists who use video games in a myriad
of ways: Do you use video games or its software to explore your own
identity or place in this world? Do you use it politically, as a site
of resistance? Do you use it as a tool for interactivity or
collaboration with other artists or subjects? Do you see virtual
worlds as a site of meaning? Does your video game work result in art
objects such as photographs, installations or performances?
If your practice is related to video games, and you would like to be
considered for Gameplay: Video Games in Contemporary Art Practice,
please apply in accordance with the following application procedures.
For questions, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deadline and Application procedure:
If would like to be considered for this exhibition, please submit the
following to the Around the Coyote Gallery no later than May 5, 2007
at 6pm.
1. Digital documentation of each submitted piece - artists can submit
a maximum of six images on CD. All submitted images must be of work
that is available for sale and exhibition from July 6 through July
28, 2007.
2. An image list with your name, title of each piece, year it was
made, media, dimensions and price (in US currency). Keep in mind that
Around the Coyote takes 35% of all sales when submitting your pricing
information.
3. Artist’s Statement
4. Artist’s Bio/C.V.
5. One paragraph description about each submitted piece and/or a
short description that applies to all submitted work (if not covered
in your artist statement).
Submission materials will not be returned. Slides are not accepted.
Send Application Materials:
Around the Coyote
1935 ½ West North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
Attn: Gameplay
For submission questions please contact Jessica Cochran:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
About Around the Coyote: Around the Coyote is one of Chicago’s most
active and dynamic non profit arts organizations. Located in Wicker
Park, ATC supports, promotes and makes accessible Chicago's
multidisciplinary arts community. Our activities enhance public
discourse and provide creative outlets for emerging artists. Year-
round programming includes multi-media arts festivals featuring
visual art, theater, dance, film, music, video and poetry in the
winter and fall; art exhibitions in the Around the Coyote gallery; an
artist-in-residence program; membership opportunities for artists and
art aficionados; educational outreach for all ages through multi-
media art workshops, lectures, collaborations with local schools and
agencies, and career development workshops for artists. This
programming is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency, and the CityArts Program 2 grant from the
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
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