Submit a project to the open call for TRAUMA at Science Gallery Dublin

Trauma (noun)
1. A sudden, violent, stressful and disturbing event, often a physical injury.
2. A future exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin.

The open call for TRAUMA has gone live and Science Gallery Dublin are looking for your proposals. TRAUMA is an international, open-call exhibition and events programme that will explore biological, psychological, societal, and cultural trauma.

WHY TRAUMA?
Trauma can be short-lived or long-lasting with impacts that range from deeply personal to universal. Artistic reflections on trauma are amongst the oldest human creations, yet they examine the same topics as cutting-edge neuroscience. At this fuzzy boundary between brain and body, pain and survival, memory and self, individual and collective, trauma comes in many forms.

How does trauma affect the brain, the body, the national psyche, or all three? How do buildings and artworks record the traumas of our past? How do we bounce back after a trauma, and how is our understanding of trauma’s effects changing?

We’re looking for artists, scientists, doctors and designers to propose exhibits, artworks, and projects that connect with the emotional upheaval of trauma on a physical, biological and psychological level.

TRAUMA will also coincide with the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Easter rising, and raise questions about how society as a whole experiences trauma, how cities can show scars, and how social fabric can fray, tear, and ultimately be reinvented. At a unique time of commemoration, TRAUMA will offer a deeper understanding of the way we — as organisms, individuals and even nations — experience pain, loss, injury, and ultimately recovery.

To find out more about what we're looking for, budget and some tips on what helps make a successful Science Gallery open call proposal, please visit opencall.sciencegallery.com. The open call for TRAUMA will close at 4pm on 4th June 2015.