The deadline for copy and artwork is December 10, 2004.
Language - Reflections and explorations of the English language in its many forms and variations.
In examining language are we looking at how our language shapes how we think, and therefore who we think we are? What would it mean for humanity to have a truly global language, should it
ever occur? The deadline for copy and artwork is February 10, 2005.
Rise and Fall of God And the Devil - the inspirations of the sublime and the profane. Is God particularly relevant to the age in which we live? Secularism; do we actually need God any more? Have we grown up? The deadline for copy and artwork is April 10, 2005.
Second Generation - the impact of being the children of emigrants, (political, economic, nomadic), born in lands foreign to your parents, but so familiar to you. The tensions of the two cultures and values, the Old Ways contrasting with the New Ways, the irony of parents emigrating to provide a
better life for their children, but still wanting their family to follow the old traditions, culture, values, language even, and religion, and the fabulous art forms that evolve from the melting pot of humanity the Global Village can and does produce. The deadline for copy and artwork is June 10, 2005.
Games - from the social games we play: white lies, flirtation, roles in society; to actual
contests of strength, intellect or guile between people and countries. Olympian feats to drawing room farce - the world as the artist's game board. The deadline for copy and artwork is August 10, 2005.
Degrees of consciousness -The subtlety of consciousness and the scales on which it occurs. Sentience; self-awareness. From a single neuron to a whole universe. Where does it come from and can it be reproduced artificially? Is it just an illusion? What does it actually mean, if anything, to be able to reason about one's existence? The deadline for copy and artwork is October 10, 2005.
'Etcetera' - a new section edited collectively by the editorial team, it will contain approaches and material that don't fit into the more formal areas of The Surface: we want to highlight Internet-based installations, films, music, avant garde work, new projects online; in fact, anything that feeds our theme and provides surprise. This section will be accumulative with material, links and
other media being retained and compacting as the issues proceed.
'Postcards from the edge' will be our own central pivot to this new section - it could be seen as artistic form of Bogging where artists and writers are connected from the same location - the writer
produces a short piece of prose/poetry/text as the message of the postcard and the rtist/photographer creates an image. It will be about a specific place - in a one off production or as a series.
For more info, contact thesurface@mac.com
Funding sought for mosaic project
About two years ago I got a whole lot of tiles donated very kindly by the late Peter Kroll. This was for another project which fell through. I was left with a whole lot of tiles and wondered what to do
with them. Driving past the Yeoville Swimming Pool one day and seeing how shabby and delapidated it looked I decided it would be a great idea to do a mosaic there. (I live in Yeoville)
I got hold of the Sports and Recreation person in charge of the Yeoville Swimming Pool, who was very enthusiastic about the idea. He gave me the go-ahead and also said he would love Yeoville to be full of mosaics and murals. I then got a group of friends together and some helpers and over about 10 weeks we did the mosaic. I asked the council to scrub and clean the entrance which was filthy.
The swimming pool is one of the few places where families can go and peacefully enjoy themselves and I thought it deserved some attention. I also wanted to make some contribution by uplifting and beautifying Yeoville, as it has been severely neglected by the council. I'm hoping that by doing this mosaic it has a positive effect on the area and the people who use it. I do think people respond positively when they see that an effort is being made. I also think that groups of friends who are professionals should get together to do small projects to help uplift inner city areas in which ever way they can, either by doing an art project or perhaps by training people. A small
effort can go a long way to improving our inner city.
The council now wants me to do the other 6 pools in Region 8 (including Ellis Park) except they say they have no budget. If you have any ideas on who I can contact for sponsorship (including any possible government departments), I would greatly appreciate it.
Please contact Gabrielle Ozynski gozynski@drum.co.za
XIVth German International
Exhibition of Graphic Art 2005
In order to support talented young artists, this year the International
Competition of Graphic Art, to be held in Frechen, has introduced
an age limit, inviting professional artists born since 1965 to submit
their work. Entries must be executed in one of the graphic arts.
New graphic practices (laser printing, etc.) are as welcome as traditional
printmaking techniques (woodcut, linocut, screen printing, etching,
etc.). Three-dimensional works and monoprints may be submitted as
well, as long as they can be classified as graphic art.
The admission jury is comprised of five judges: Herbert Eichhorn
(St�s'ische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen), Dr. Jenny Graf-Bicher
(Kunstverein Frchen), Professor Bettina van Haaren (University of
Dortmund), Dr. Georg Imdahl (K�r Stadt-Anzeiger) and Professor Udo
Scheel (Rector Academy of Fine Arts Muenster). The admission jury
will choose the works that will be shown in the exhibition as well
as the prize-winners. Three prizes will be awarded in the amounts
of 2500 euros, 1500 euros and 1000 euros.
The closing date for entries is December 1, 2004.
For further information and entry forms, call 0049-2234-16967 or
email: info@kunstverein-frechen.de
Gallery in Georgia,
USA seeks South African artists
Fine Art Gallery in Roswell, Georgia (USA) seeks talented artists
from South Africa. The gallery is located in an affluent part of
the city, surrounded by other galleries, bookstores and fine restaurants.
Please submit work and resumé to:
Laramee Fine Art
984 Canton St.
Roswell, Georgia (USA) 30075
Email submissions should be sent to: larameefineart@charter.net
VideoChannel invites
submissions
VideoChannel a common project environment of Cinematheque at MediaCentre www.le-musee-divisioniste.org and
[R][R][F]2004XP www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/ invites
video artists to submit proposals.
Subject: 'Memory and identity' and/or 'Violence'
Running time: minimum 1 minute � maximum 10 minutes
Dimensions: 320x240 pixels
Deadline: October 30, 2004.
The following digital formats are accepted:
URL (if the work is posted online or for download), mpeg, Quicktime
(.mov) with DiVX compression (.avi), Real Video (rm), Windows Media
(.wmf), Flash video (.swf).
Due to the optionally large size of the videos, please do not attach
any video work to the submission, but make the media file available
for download from your server.
Only works combining an excellent artistic expression with excellent
image quality will be selected.
Please use this form for submission: 1. name of artist, email address,
URL
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. 1 work only, include title, year of production, running time
a) URL of the posted work online, or
b) URL from where the media file can be downloaded
4. short work description (not more than 300 words each)
The artists or owners of the video works will retain all rights
on their submitted works.
Confirmation/authorisation:
The submitter declares and confirms that he/she is holding all author's
rights and gives permission to include the submitted work in 'VideoChannel'
online environment until revoke.
Signed by (submitter) Please send the complete submission to:
mediacentre@le-musee-divisioniste.org with
'Video Channel' in the subject line.
The successful submissions will be launched on occasion of the
physical installation during 404 New Media Art Festival Rosario/Argentina
which takes place in December 2004.
Submissions
invited for Norwegian Opera House Commission
The Art Committee for the New Opera House in Oslo, Norway, would
like to draw your attention to an invitation to participate in a
pre-qualifying round of public art/ design commission. Visit the
following website for more information:
www.operautsmykking.no where
an English version is available.
Remembering-Repressing-Forgetting
Newmediafest 2004
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004 global networking is preparing a feature
related to Iraq - the war and the period afterwards, and is looking
for proposals of net-based art works, papers, articles, comments,
links etc which fit in this spectrum.
Accepted works and items must have a clearly defined copyright
note and will be included in the new Iraq module to be created. Besides
URLs of works or sources, certain media files are acceptable, see
specifications below.
Please use this form for submitting:
1. first name/ name of artist, email, URL
2. a brief bio/ CV (not more than 300 words)
3. title and URL or type of media file
4. a short work description (not more than 300 words)
5. one screen shot (max 800x600 pixels, .jpg)
Please send your submission to rrf2004@newmediafest.org with
'Iraq' in the subject line.
Only these types of media files are accepted:
1. text - plain email, .txt or .doc
2. image -.jpg
3. movie -.swf, .dcr, .mov, .mpeg
The deadline is ongoing and as soon as submissions are accepted,
they will be included and posted.
UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries
for Artists Programme
In the early sixties the Swedish philanthropist couple Aschberg
donated a mansion located in Ile-de-France to UNESCO. In the memory
of the patrons and in conformity with the spirit of their donation,
the mansion was sold in 1992 and UNESCO decided to allocate the totality
of the interests perceived from the capital of the sale to the creation
of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists.
The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists program was created in
1994 to open new career prospects to young artists and give them
opportunities to continue their training in specialised institutions.
Since its creation, the number of fellowships granted and applications
received regularly increase. Hundreds of young artists have already
benefited from the program. For 2004/2005, the program proposes 57
fellowships offered by 48 partner institutions from 27 countries.
These fellowships are co-financed by the Fund for the Promotion
of Culture (IFPC) and an international network of partner institutions
specialised in the training of artists. IFPC was created in November
1974 during the 18th session of UNESCO General Conference. The original
objective was to create a development bank designed to help cultural
management turned into a financial fund to support cultural projects.
Today The Fund's mission consists in offering complementary funds
to artists' and entrepreneurs' projects so that cultural diversity
could profit from globalisation instead of being its victim.
For more information, please consult the website: www.unesco.org/culture/ifpc
UNESCO-IFPC
1, rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15 - France
Email: dir.aschberg@UNESCO.org
Website: www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg
2004
Commonwealth Photographic Awards
The 6th annual Commonwealth Photographic Awards, organised by the
Commonwealth Press Union in collaboration with the Commonwealth Broadcasting
Association, is an open competition for amateur and professional
photographers. A special category has been created this year for
Under 18's.
For full details contact Jane Rangeley on email: jane@cpu.org.uk or
visit: www.cpu.org.uk
AVA invites submissions
The Association For Visual Arts (AVA) in Cape Town invites submissions
from visual artists who wish to exhibit at AVA from 2004 onwards.
The Selection Committee of the AVA meets every two months to review
submissions and the next meeting takes place on Wednesday, November
19. Selection meetings take place every second month thereafter.
Interested artists should bring to the gallery six to eight works
(these can be supplemented by visual material such as slides and
photographs), a CV and a short letter of intent or an artist's statement.
The committee is most interested in reviewing the work that the artists
wish to exhibit or else their most recent works. Artists can collect
their works the day after the meeting.
In addition, any curators wishing to curate exhibitions for AVA
should submit proposals to AVA's Selection Committee.
AVA is committed to the ongoing promotion of art and artists, both
emerging and established, both formally trained and self- taught.
For more information, contact Estelle Jacobs.
Association for Visual Arts
35 Church Street, Cape Town
Tel: (021) 424 7436
Fax: (021) 423 2637
Email: estava@iafrica.com
Website: www.ava.co.za
ArtSPACE Durban
calls for exhibition proposals for 2004
ArtSPACE Durban (aSd) is looking for artists to submit proposals
for exhibiting work in 2004. Contemporary work, including installations
and new media with a focus on challenging embedded perceptions, is
encouraged.
aSd is housed in a warehouse just off Umgeni Road in Durban in
a suitably gritty industrial environment with a view of the sea.
The space is robust and calls for interaction. Exhibition rentals
are reasonable as the Main Gallery is R280 per week (180 sq. meters),
the Middle Gallery R140 per week (50 sq. meters) and the Coffee Lounge
R 60 per week (48 sq. meters). ASd can also take care of invitations
(per 1000 (A6) R 550) whilst postage is R1.80 per invite.
The running wall space of the various galleries is as follows:
Main Gallery: 33 meters @ 3.5 meters high
Middle Gallery: 18.4 m @ 3 m high
Coffee Lounge 15.2 m @ 3 m high
Total 66.6 m
25% commission is charged on works sold.
For more info contact Karen on 312-0793 or 083-300-9804.
My Mission: call
for submissions
'{self}_representation 2003', the new show on Le Musee di-visioniste
curated by Agricola de Cologne and launched on September 30 2003,
invites artists to submit to the recently initiated project 'My Mission',
a collection of textual self-representations in form of artistic
statements.
Please send your statement as a short text in plain email format
(no more than 500 words), stating how you see your mission as an
artist.
'My mission' is an ongoing project with an open end, so you can
send your statement at any time, there is no deadline.
All serious entries will be immediately included.
Send submissions to info@le-musee-divisioniste.org with
'My Mission' in the subject line.
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org or www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/start1.htm
Donate your
art to AIDS orphans auction website
Last year the Art for AIDS Orphans auction raised over a million
rands for AIDS orphans. Organizer Nicci Bailey is currently setting
up a permanent charity website gallery, www.art4aids.co.za, and are
requesting that all artists who would like to donate a piece for
this worthy cause to log onto our site.
Contact: Nicci Bailey
Email: beezy@beezybailey.co.za
Space to hire at the
old Bijou, Cape Town
Situated on Lower Main Road, Woodstock, the old Bijou is home to
the Blacksmith Forge, and was previously Public Eye and Odd Enjinears
headquarters as well as The Curve bar. This large Deco building was
formerly a cinema and has many separate and linked spaces. Currently
the front of the building from where The Curve bar was situated up
to the top, including a projection room and space under the steps,
the open air steps and deck, are unoccupied. This premises would
suit an adventurous company with a need for space and mind-blowing
offices.
For more information contact: conrad@blacksmith.co.za
Girls Night Out looking
for sponsorship
'Girls Night Out' is a thematic group show of invited artists to
be held as part of the third Month of Photography festival, February
15 - March 20, 2005 at the João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town.
Curators Tracy Lindner Gander and Geeta Chagan, are looking for
like-minded businesses/ individuals to sponsor the event. Finances
are required to cover artwork production costs, venue rental, and
the creation and production of marketing material, which includes
exhibition invitations and a catalogue.
The aim of the show is to promote an awareness of the wide range
of artists/ photographic styles employed by artists living in South
Africa - to break with the largely male-oriented view of contemporary
South African life as expressed through traditional photographic
practice. To this end, both emerging and established artists have
been invited to participate in the exhibition.
Participating artists include: Bridget Baker, Lien Botha, Claire
Breukel, Katherine Bull, Arnold Erasmus, Tracy Lindner Gander, Dorothee
Kreutzveldt, Sarah Nankin, Varenka Paschke, Claire Sarembock, Lance
Slabbert, Penny Siopis and Sue Williamson. For biographical information
on participating artists, please point your browser to www.joaoferrieragallery.com/gno/bios.html
Please contact the curators for additional information.
Tracy: (021) 448-8750 or 083 254-9167, email: tracy@fur.co.za Geeta:
(021) 423-5403 (o/h) or 082 218-4882, email: geetzy@yahoo.com
