iEmotions-Means of Emotions

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

For the 2010 exhibition “iEmotions-Means of Emotions”, an exhibition attempting to link observations about the impact of cybernetics and digital media on our everyday relationships, curated by students from Satellite Academy High School Forsyth Campus and organized by ABACA.

The cybernetic invasion and computers have aggressively rendered daily life and relationships impotent. The exhibition “iEmotions-Means of Emotions” will explore how the consistent access to the internet in the western world has sythesized emotions. The selected work for this exhibition will critique the cybernetic myth about the emancipated access of useful information, and the fairy tale of global networking and sharing. It will attempt to demystify the democratic political claim of the cybernetic thesis and to take a closer look at how we define, perceive and describe emotions now in a post-TV world. The selected work will be featured in the final exhibition at apexart in New York City from May 26 to June 5, 2010.

This open call welcomes proposals from all artists. Collaborations will be reviewed by the same standards as individual entries. International artists are welcome to apply.


About the Program:

ABACA's Curatorial Studies Exhibition is a project organized by high school students from Satellite Academy Forsyth Campus aged 16-19. Student curators organize all aspects of the project including developing interpretations of artists' work, writing publicity materials, developing the exhibition’s theme and selecting the works of art.

Previous artists that have been featured in exhibitions organized by ABACA's Curatorial Studies Program:

Michael Paul Britto, Peter Campus, Brett Cook-Disney, Renee Cox, Theodore Harris, Glenn Ligon, Bradley MacCallum & Jacqueline Terry, Ernesto Pujol, Gabriel Orozco, Joaquin Segura, Oscar Tuazon.

Theme and project development by artist Bea Schlingelhoff.


Honorarium:

Participating artist (or artist teams) selected for the exhibition will be paid an honorarium of $ 250 in June 2009. This fee covers all costs including materials, research, installation, and shipping expenses.


What to submit:

• Maximum 12 digital images in a CD. We will only accept JPG file formats. All JPGs must be sized at 250 dpi, 5" x 7". Please number and title each JPG and include a description sheet with corresponding numbers.

Or:

• Maximum 12 slides. Please number and title each slide and include a description sheet with corresponding numbers.

Or:

• Max. 3 different DVD videos. Videos should be in standard DVD format, and each video on the DVD should be a single chapter. Clearly label the outside of the DVD with name and title(s) of the work(s). Students will review no more than 5 minutes of each video.


We don't accept any submission, or part of the submission, via email or fax.


All submissions must include the following:

1) Cover sheet, including your name, address, contact and the format of our submission.

2) A brief artist statement explaining how your work relates conceptually or

formally to the exhibition’s theme (max. 300 words).

3) Current resume/bio

4) A self-addressed stamped envelope to return submitted materials. Submissions without S.A.S.E. will not be returned.

The deadline for submissions is March 5, 2010 (postmarked).

The selected artists will be notified in April 2010.



Please mail application materials to:



ABACA / Curatorial Studies
Bea Schlingelhoff198 Forsyth Street,
Satellite Academy Room 210
New York, New York 10002

If you have any questions please email: [email protected]

Or visit www.artsbenefitall.org

*exact dates to be confirmed