ANTI Festival, Kuopio, Finland, Sep 25-28 (deadline: Feb 18)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ANTI Festival September 25th - 28th 2008, Kuopio, Finland - an international contemporary arts festival presenting site-specific works made for public space. Over the past six years ANTI has presented live, sonic, visual and text-based art from todays most exciting and innovative artists. A truly international festival and Finlands foremost presenter of Live Art, ANTI is a meeting place for artists and audiences fascinated by how art shapes and responds to the places and spaces of everyday life. Artists and students from all disciplines are encouraged to submit proposals to this years festival. The proposal process ANTI Festival pre-selects a number of sites/contexts/environments that we ask artists to respond to by proposal. Details of the 2008 sites can be found on the festival website: www.antifestival.com The closing date for proposals is February 18th 2008. Sites in 2008 include a bridge, a sports stadium, a public stage and three private homes. For the additional childrens programme artists can propose a site suitable for their project. As the works take place in public space it is essential the proposals consider a sites pre-existing audience; be they passers-by, customers or residents. Alongside those who purposely visit the festival, a substantial part of ANTIs audience are members of the public who come across the works by chance. ANTIs emphasis is on site-specificity. The festival understands this term in an expanded sense; proposals may suggest works that deal with a site geographically, culturally or by association i.e. themes and activities that the site suggests but may not be physically present in the site itself. Proposals may also combine or link a number of sites. Proposal form: http://www.antifestival.com All proposals must be sent using the electronic form on the festival website, the form is sent directly to the festival through the website. The form allows a link to be made to any online documentation artists may have of previous work and for artists to attach their CV and one image of their work. In addition ONE piece of supporting material (i.e. VHS, DVD, CD-ROM) can be submitted as hardcopy. The proposal deadline is February 18th 2008. Please send your supporting material, clearly marked with your name and project title, to: ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Koljonniemenkatu 2, 2nd Floor, 70100 Kuopio, Finland. All materials must reach the above address by February 18th 2008. Further information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +358 50 3052 485 Johanna Tuukkanen Artistic director ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival Koljonniemenkatu 2, 2.krs 70100 Kuopio, Finland gsm +358 50 3052 485 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antifestival.com sursa:onthemove -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" http://www.oberliht.org.md . . . . . . . . . . . http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
