CONCEPTPLUS CALL FOR PROPOSALS
PERFORMANCE IN CRISIS Due September 15, 2009
DIGIMOVIES Initial deadline November 15, 2009
http://www.exitart.org/site/pub/exhibition_programs/call_for_proposals.html#digi
PERFORMANCE IN CRISIS
October 2 - December 19, 2009
“In extraordinary times, an extreme reaction is necessary”
Performance in Crisis are performative responses to the many crises in the global society from a particular view of the artists' aesthetic. Often it is a presentation of an extreme action. These “performances with a purpose” are a radical and profound look at the art of performance/actions. Exit Art is doing this project to make space for the urgent matters of our culture in crisis.
The upcoming solo retrospective exhibition by Guatemalan performance artist Regina José Galindo (October 2 - November 21, 2009) will be the inauguration of the Performance in Crisis program, a series of site-specific, performative responses to the current global political and economic environment. These performances will happen over three months, using Galindo’s performance work as a point of departure. Each artist will have one evening to perform their work. This will be documented with photography and video which will become part of the show in the gallery and on the web over the three months, creating a shifting installation each week. What begins as a solo exhibition will become a collective expression of performance in crisis; the Galindo presentation will merge with the works in Performance in Crisis and continue to evolve in the space until the program ends on December 19.
These performances/actions will examine our cultural condition and respond urgently to the monumental challenges we currently face, from health care reform to immigration laws, to the horror of war and the manipulation of banks, from the poisoning of the environment to the corruption in our government. Performance in Crisis confronts these issues, exposing them and encouraging further response.
Artists are asked to submit a one-page description of a proposed performance for this series with any relevant sketches and equipment / prop needs and a CV to Assistant Curator Lauren Rosati at lauren@exitart.org. Selected performances will be performed on Friday/Saturday evenings during the course of Performance in Crisis. Submissions should be received by September 15; late submissions will be considered for inclusion in December. This is an exhibition whose presentation is in process, and will evolve as the show progresses.
Already scheduled performers include: Rob Andrews, Regina José Galindo, Saeri Kiritani, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, David Perez, Boryana Rossa and Oleg Mavromatti, and Rafael Sanchez.
Performance in Crisis conceived and curated by Papo Colo.
DIGIMOVIES
Presenting a new forum for the distribution and presentation of digital movies, Exit Art is seeking submissions of “digimovies” (digitally-produced movies in video format) in any genre – such as feature-length movies, shorts, documentaries, fiction, non-fiction, animated, etc. – for screening in Exit Underground, a new multi-media event space below Exit Art’s main gallery.
Exit Art recognizes the need for a forum to screen independently-produced digital movies. Planned to officially launch in Spring 2010, Exit Underground’s digital theater will contain a 5000 lumens HD projector as well as state-of-the-art audio and cinema equipment. As an ongoing site for bi-weekly screenings, directors’ discussions and premieres, we intend to create a new destination for digital cinema in Manhattan and to provide a public venue for digital moviemakers to screen their works and interact with their audiences.
Digimovies are movies produced in digital format.
To apply, please submit:
1. One full-length copy of the video on an NTSC DVD
2. One 3-5 minute ‘trailer’ for the video, or a 3-5 minute excerpt on an NTSC DVD*
3. A one-page document describing the submitted video and listing past work and past screenings. The heading of this document should also contain your name, address, email address, title of the video, and the ‘type’ of work submitted (i.e., “SHORT”, “DOCUMENTARY”, etc.)
*The full video and trailer may be on the same DVD, as long as the DVD is properly menued.
You may submit up to 5 (five) videos at once.
Please include a SASE if your work is not selected and you would like your DVD(s) returned. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis; we will notify you when we view your work and make a selection decision. Selected works will be included in Exit Underground’s cinema library, a permanent archive of “digimovies” accessible for viewing to the public by appointment only. All digital video screenings, festivals and other events will be culled from this library. The advisory committee for the Exit Underground digital theater includes Larry Kardish, Senior Curator for Film and Media at the Museum of Modern Art; Adam Richman, Producer with Double Nickel Entertainment; and Producer and Curator Kathy Brew.
Submissions should be mailed to:
EXIT ART
c/o Digimovies
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
No phone calls, please.
ConceptPlus
Exit Art currently works with a curatorial model called ConceptPlus, which begins with a theme or concept that is then publicized through a call for proposals.
For each ConceptPlus idea, the curators first chose a group of artists that form the base of the exhibition. Then Exit Art issues an international call for artists to propose new or newly-contextualized work in response to a given theme or cultural condition. The exhibition is then curated by Exit Art’s curatorial staff, who view all the proposals for new work and work samples submitted by artists and select projects to be presented and/or commissioned for the exhibition. Every artist who submits a proposal has equal access to the curators, regardless of their previous experience, making ConceptPlus a highly democratic curatorial model. Recent ConceptPlus exhibitions at Exit Art have addressed ideas ranging from the reconstruction of global cities (Exit Biennial: Reconstruction, 2003) to the image of America's highest office (The Presidency, 2004), to contemporary Latino icons (L-Factor, 2005) to neuroscience innovations (BrainWave: Common Senses, 2008). A fundamental precept of the ConceptPlus model is to remove barriers to cultural participation by creating exhibition opportunities limited only by the artistic idea itself. As we have implemented this model over the past five years, Exit Art has seen a dramatic rise in both the number and geographic diversity of artists submitting proposals in response to our open calls. ConceptPlus also enables us to directly support the production of new work, as an increasing proportion of artists propose new projects that are commissioned exclusively for Exit Art exhibitions.
