*'Engagement AND Entrapment.'*
*(Smoke screens and Masquerade)* *Curator: Diana Ali. * *Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.* *www.binyamin-gallery.com* <http://www.binyamin-gallery.com> *Concept: * Engagement is a way of capturing attention, a way of alluring and a way of enticing to possess ownership. We could implement this as a way of attracting an audience, being drawn into a system and in turn be captivated. Such methods can include smoke screens, masquerade and stings. We can be engaged in political upheaval and in contrast engaged to be married. Either way if one shows the willingness to engage then they are seized, arrested and caught, through an innocent human desire to absorb and be engrossed. What is the ethical concern over this? Is the viewer guilty for being engrossed in a piece of work that is deemed vulgar or inappropriate; a guilty pleasure? Is the accused guilty until proven innocent? Is the artist wrongly committed for a self-indulgent expression? Does this polarity repel or assist the convicted? *Who: * Israeli based and international artists are invited to submit work which explores a subversive engagement, use tactics and trickery to captivate and which contests rules and laws of a system. Aesthetically, artists should submit work which entices the audience, engages them in viewing and ultimately entrap them into the work. Will the viewer be engrossed, cheated or convicted? Works submitted can include traditional art forms of photography, painting and sculpture but also the contemporary processes of interventions, installations and new media and video will be considered. *Where & When* The exhibition will take place at Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. The dates are 14th - 23rd August 2014. *Application* To apply please send up to 6 jpeg images and an approximately 100 word statement about how the work links to the theme to [email protected] <[email protected]> Artists will be notified of acceptance approx. 2 weeks after the closing date and more details will be provided then. Please note that the submission process is free but if artists are selected they are required to pay a £20 administration fee which covers promotion, marketing and printing costs. *Deadline for submissions: 30th May 2014. * -- Diana Ali Visual Artist & Curator, UK www.dianaali.com Skype: dianaali2artist2curator Twitter: Diana Ali@DianaAli22
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