Cahoots 2020: The Space Between |
OPEN CALL |
Sample-Studios TACTIC Visual Arts Programme is hosting CAHOOTS 2020: The Space Between.
This exchange will enable the members of Sample-Studios (Cork), A4 Sounds (Dublin) and Engage Art Studio (Galway) to engage in collaborative workshops and presentations on the themes of language and landscape. Sample-Studios would like to invite members from all three studios to submit work that will be curated by Guest Artist-Curator Nicola Anthony for a series of video interviews and, in 2021, a publication. All media will be considered and selected members will receive a fee.
Nicola Anthony, Guest Artist Curator, Curatorial Statement:
Our minds work in a hybrid of visual, sensory and verbal modes, and if we choose to, we can look under the surface of everything that we think of as a constant and understand it anew. We are surrounded by language and landscape, those age-old elements which have influenced artists in Ireland and indeed human civilisation through time. On the surface these two pillars appear to anchor us between a mode of communication - highly symbolic, intangible and non-physical - and a sense of place which grounds us and gives us context. However, there is a more liminal and ambiguous space in between these definitions. Through the lens of the artists, we start to see how language is present and encoded in unexpected places, from our memories and our gestures to the visual and tangible signifiers that surround us. Conversely we discover that landscape also starts to shift it’s boundaries - it can be powerfully visceral or even go beyond the physical, it could be permeable, timeless, imagined or subjective. Navigating these two concepts, the artists have made work influenced by language and landscape, responding to it and reframing it alongside ideas of people, place, circumstance, and moments in time.
The timetable is as follows:
This exchange will enable the members of Sample-Studios (Cork), A4 Sounds (Dublin) and Engage Art Studio (Galway) to engage in collaborative workshops and presentations on the themes of language and landscape. Sample-Studios would like to invite members from all three studios to submit work that will be curated by Guest Artist-Curator Nicola Anthony for a series of video interviews and, in 2021, a publication. All media will be considered and selected members will receive a fee.
Nicola Anthony, Guest Artist Curator, Curatorial Statement:
Our minds work in a hybrid of visual, sensory and verbal modes, and if we choose to, we can look under the surface of everything that we think of as a constant and understand it anew. We are surrounded by language and landscape, those age-old elements which have influenced artists in Ireland and indeed human civilisation through time. On the surface these two pillars appear to anchor us between a mode of communication - highly symbolic, intangible and non-physical - and a sense of place which grounds us and gives us context. However, there is a more liminal and ambiguous space in between these definitions. Through the lens of the artists, we start to see how language is present and encoded in unexpected places, from our memories and our gestures to the visual and tangible signifiers that surround us. Conversely we discover that landscape also starts to shift it’s boundaries - it can be powerfully visceral or even go beyond the physical, it could be permeable, timeless, imagined or subjective. Navigating these two concepts, the artists have made work influenced by language and landscape, responding to it and reframing it alongside ideas of people, place, circumstance, and moments in time.
The timetable is as follows:
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Week commencing 24 August:
Week commencing 7 September: Week commencing 14 September Week commencing 12 October: THUR, 29th October 2020,12pm November 2020 November 29th December 2020 |
Workshop on 'Art and Language' 1 with Nicola Anthony
Workshop on 'Art and Landscape' 2 with Nicola Anthony Workshop on Landscape: Acouscenic Soundmapping with Dr. Sean Taylor Work Show Grow Membership Engagement Workshops Submission to Sample-Studios (DIGITAL, see below for what to send) Selection Process Selected entrants informed Video Interviews and Launching of Cahoots Video Series |
TO APPLY:
Email your proposal as a single PDF file (max 10mb) to TACTIC.samplestudios@gmail.com with your name and “Cahoots 2020” in the subject line of the email. Please make sure your proposal includes the following:
Email your proposal as a single PDF file (max 10mb) to TACTIC.samplestudios@gmail.com with your name and “Cahoots 2020” in the subject line of the email. Please make sure your proposal includes the following:
- Artist Statement: Max 300 words (While the term 'Artist Statement' is used here, submissions from all disciplines are welcome.)
- Proposal Summary: Please provide a summary (One A4 Page -max 500 words) of the work you are proposing, how it relates to the theme and a description of the final work
- CV, Max 2 pages. Containing name, address, email and website
- Images of your work including details of material, dimensions, year of production, Max 6 images
- Links to video and audio (please do not include audio or video files in submission)
TACTIC is committed to equality and to facilitating access for all artists, designers and makers regardless of circumstances. If you have any questions about the application, please contact Sinéad Barrett at TACTIC.samplestudios@gmail.com.
