Revisiting Ephemera: Call for Art and Papers

CALL FOR ART AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

The Revisiting Ephemera Graduate Student Conference and Exhibition is presented by the Visual Arts graduate students at the University of Western Ontario and will take place on January 15, 2011 in the ArtLab Gallery, UWO. Organized in parallel with Bruce Nauman: Audio/Video Piece for London, an exhibition at the Forest City Gallery, Revisiting Ephemera encompasses topics such as but not limited to: ephemera, transience, time, de-objectification, performance, documentation and the archive, as they pertain to the history, creation and curation of visual arts and material culture.

We invite MA, MFA and PhD students from Visual Arts and all related disciplines to put forward submissions relating to the concept of ephemera in visual and material culture. You may submit:

1. A proposal for an academic paper, artistic or performative presentation 20 minutes in length, OR
2. An artwork proposal for inclusion in a group exhibition

Growing out of the recent curatorial, critical and academic interest in the re-staging of historical conceptual art exhibitions, Revisiting Ephemera calls presenters to explore the concept of ephemera in art, artist practices, exhibitions, curatorial studies and in other fields that engage with visual and material cultures.

Conference papers may consider artworks or artistic practices that are conceptual, performance, time-based, ephemeral or in some way distinct from the traditional art object.

How is this work or practice revisited? Can an ephemeral work or performance be preserved? How does the artwork depend on, stray from or relate to its documentation via photo, text or archival materials? Does documentation ultimately replace the event? Is there such a thing as an enduring art object? What happens when so-called ephemera becomes an art object? How does the status of ephemera change when it is part of the archive or historical record?

Presentations may also consider artists who produce ephemera as art, conceptual artists and histories, and curatorial practices both recent and historical that engage with ephemeral or time-based art and the notion of re-staging, the archive and documentation. Topics may also engage with the ways in which the ephemeral has been studied and considered in academic and non-academic discourses alike.

The following list outlines other themes to consider, but is by no means exhaustive; additional topics are welcome:

* Disposable Culture
* Obsolescence
* De-materialization
* Traces
* Death
* Transience
* The Everyday
* Collecting: Permanence and Flux
* Performance
* Events/Happenings
* Liminalilty
* Provisional
* Preservation
* Text
* Organic
* Participation
* Community
* Memory

Revisiting Ephemera is a unique collaborative venture by MA, MFA and PhD students from the UWO Department of Visual Arts comprised of both art history and studio graduate students. As such, we encourage participation from graduate students in studio, art history, cultural studies and beyond.

This one-day conference and art exhibition will host presentations and a keynote address.

All Submissions must be sent electronically to: Ephemera.Conference@gmail.com

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 1, 2010

CONFERENCE PAPER SUBMISSIONS must include: a 200-word abstract and CV, including your name, telephone number and email address.

ART WORK/PROJECT RELATED SUBMISSIONS must include:

1. Art work/project description (max one-page)
2. CV, including your name, telephone number and email address.
3. Support Material must include:

* a maximum of 10 current images.
* Include a separate image list with titles, dimensions, dates and media
* Detail the installation demands, technical requirements for the work (i.e. monitors, speakers) and your plans for shipping or delivery if applicable
* JPEG files only
* 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high. -1 MB maximum
* RGB, or grayscale colour mode files only (no CMYK).
* Number and title each file (digital still); the number must appear before the title so the order of the images corresponds to the image list, example: 001RedPainting.jpg.
* Do not submit images embedded in the following programs or formats: iPhoto, PowerPoint.

For detailed information please contact us: Ephemera.Conference@gmail.com

Silver Eye Fellowship 2010

Silver Eye Center for Photography
Fellowship 2010
The Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to announce Fellowship 2010, our international photography competition. Our distinguished juror is Deborah Klochko, Executive Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California.

As we enter our 11th Fellowship year, the competition is now open to all international photographers, including Silver Eye members, and we are now awarding two Fellowships.

• A $3,500 award is open to all eligible photographers.

• A $1,500 is open only to Pennsylvania residents (who may apply in both categories).

Both winning artists’ work will be exhibited at Silver Eye in shows opening in late November 2010.

Deadline:
Friday, August 27, 2010

Additional information available here.

Visual Studies Reader

Courtesy of Angela,

Visual Studies Reader: The first anthology
written entirely by graduate students
The Visual Studies Reader is an international collaboration of graduate students; it is being developed on a wiki. If you are an MA, MFA, or PhD student, you're welcome to apply. The book will be published in 2013.

Find out additional information at the discussion page and the Facebook page.

Booksmart Studio: Call for Entries

Inhabitation
Exhibition Opportunity at Booksmart Studio
Booksmart Studio is seeking submissions for the exhibition "In Habitation".

"In Habitation" is looking for photographs that help explore the landscape and infrastructure of America, the population responsible for it, and the symbiotic relationship between the two. This exhibition explores the ways in which our urban and rural centers operate and fluctuate, creating a uniquely American dynamic of experience. This exhibition will ultimately present a socio-graphic interpretation of America- a mapping of people and place.

Juror: David Wright

David Wright, 2006 graduate of RIT's photojournalism program, is an editorial photographer based out of Maine. His series "Alebtong, Uganda, 2009" is very well known and he was also the co-founder of the project and exhibition called Pause to Begin.

In January and February 2009 David spent 2 months in northern Uganda photographing for A River Blue, a school providing psychosocial counseling and intense vocational training in topics like tailoring, agriculture, and arts to vulnerable youth.

His series "Alebtong, Uganda, 2009" was selected as 1 of 3 winners in the 2009 Conscientious Portfolio Competition and was exhibited at Anastasia Photo in New York from February 5 – April 14, 2010.

David’s editorial work is represented by Redux Pictures and his Uganda work is represented by Anastasia Photo. Most photographs on this website are available as licensed images and edition prints.

Deadline:
October 10th, 2010

Opening Reception:
December 3rd, 2010

Entry Fee:
$25 for 3 entries
$35 for 5 entries
$5 for each additional entry, with a limit of 10 entries total.

Image restrictions:
1000 pixels max on the largest dimension, jpeg, 100 dpi, no file larger then 3 megabytes please.

Please send your CD/DVD or files with a completed prospectus to:

Booksmart Studio
Gallery Call for Entries
250 North Goodman Street, 1st floor
Rochester, NY 14607

Additional information and Prospectus available here.