Digital Screen Submissions, QUAD, Derby, UK

Digital Screen Submissions, QUAD, Derby, UK
Deadline for submissions: 11th August 2008

QUAD, Derby’s new centre for art and film, invites artists and curators working with still or moving image to submit proposals for exhibition on the DIGITAL SCREENS around QUAD during the period 26 Sept 2008 to 4 Jan 2009.

Theme - We are looking for works dealing with the age of Enlightenment; a period in history that signifies the philosophical outlook of the eighteenth century. It was a time that saw the most influential intellectual and philosophical developments of that age (and their impact in moral and social reform), in which Reason was advocated as the primary source and basis of authority.

We are looking or a broad imaginative response from contemporary and historical understandings including possible references to: Industry (as a productive process and also as heritage of 1800 mass production) and Migration (as economical phenomenon and social issue during 1900).

These exhibition opportunities are open to any artist/curator based in the UK or Internationally. Selected proposals will be included in the QUAD website and will be profiled as part of the QUAD visual art programme.

 

Submission guidelines for artists:
screen-based, still or moving image artworks for LCD screen, max 10 minutes length, to be provided both as digital file (Quicktime, AVI, Flash, Powerpoint, JPG) and as DVD format (for back-up and archive)

Submission guidelines for curators:
screen-based proposals of still or moving image curated programmes for LCD screen, max 60 minutes loop length and including artworks not longer than 10 minutes, to be provided both as digital file (Quicktime, AVI, Flash, Powerpoint, JPG) and as DVD format (for back-up and archive)

 

Deadline - All proposals have to be sent or delivered at the following address, by the 11 August 2008: Alfredo Cramerotti, QUAD, St James Centre, Malcolm Street, Derby DE23 8LU, UK

QUAD is a thriving centre for art and film opening soon on the Market Place at the heart of Derby city centre. QUAD is a gallery, cinema, cafÈ bar and workshop that anyone can use. We will provide facilities and services that connect people and businesses to art and film, creating opportunities for entertainment, education and participation.

QUAD will pay selected artists and curators a small contribution towards costs depending on the nature of the work and screening modalities. The amounts allocated will range from £50 minimum and £200 maximum and will be allocated by the QUAD curatorial team.

Further information on the QUAD website: www.derbyquad.co.uk

Contact
Alfredo Cramerotti, Exhibitions Officer: alfredoc@derbyquad.co.uk
Louise Clements, Senior Curator: louisec@derbyquad.co.uk

Please include the following material in your submission:

Artwork or curatorial proposal, both as digital file and as DVD. The work must be clearly labelled with name and work title

Statement about the work submitted (max one page A4)

Artist or curator’s CV (max one page A4; additional page for curators if enclosed artists’ CVs). Please enclose full contact details: postal address, email, landline and mobile number.

Deadline: 11 August 2008

 

 

The Enlightenment Wikipedia definition

"Age of Enlightenment" and "The Enlightenment" refers particularly to the intellectual and philosophical developments of that age (and their impact in moral and social reform), in which Reason was advocated as the primary source and basis of authority. Developing in Germany, France and Britain, the movement spread through much of Europe, including Russia and Scandinavia. The signatories of the American Declaration of Independence, the United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen were motivated by "Enlightenment" principles (although the English Bill of Rights predates the era). The era is marked by political aspiration towards governmental consolidation, nation-creation and greater rights for common people, attempting to supplant the arbitrary authority of aristocracy and established churches.

The eighteenth century was an age of optimism, tempered by the realistic recognition of the sad state of the human condition and the need for major reforms. The Enlightenment was less a set of ideas than it was a set of attitudes. At its core was a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals. Some classifications of this period also include the late 17th century, which is typically known as the Age of Reason or Age of Rationalism. Many scholars use the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1804–15) as a convenient point in time with which to date the end of the Enlightenment. Still others capstone the Enlightenment with its beginning in Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688 and its ending in the French Revolution of 1789. However others again also accurately claim that the Enlightenment ended with the death of Voltaire in 1778.