Open Call: HYPERIMAGING! IMAGES IN AND OUT OUR SCREENS
“Gjon Mili” 2017
Curated by Alfredo Cramerotti
Assistant curator: Atdhe Mulla
Artistic Liaison: Alexis Brocchi
Rationale
We refer to images, or the act of creating images, to act socially, politically and even privately. As a consequence of the digital age of photography, the way we are involved in image making is continuous:we can confer it a specific professional or artistic function, or embed it in they way we shape our existence.
When digital images are imposing themselves as a visual translation of the self, the understanding of photography is striving to go away from standard representational practices. Images compose a visual timeline, comparable to a textual linear narrative, where the grammar is made of our shopping lists, chats, social media’s comments or work emails.
Although these images are not coherent when considered together and are produced for different reasons, they become knowledge ‘chunks’ that visually translate different contexts into what we wish others to think of us. They can therefore be understood as a pictorial alphabet, where the possibilities of communicating are infinite and universal, freed from constraints related to textual translation. The result is a flow of visual forms and meanings that are interchangeable, independently from the situations in which they were generated and consumed.
The 2017 “Gjon Mili” Biennial & Award wants to query this hypothesis; focusing on image-making in the digital era, it wants to test if ‘visual authorship’ today is still associated with holding a specific position through the idea of representation, or rather is about delving into an ever-changing process that never produces a ‘finished’ work to display.
Beyond a classic photographic exhibition, the 2017 “Gjon Mili” Biennial & Award will therefore exhibit an expanded narrative of photography through photo-objects, installations, projections, visual data streams and ‘moving wallpapers’ that will put the curatorial rationale to test, and will engage the audience on a path to discovery, self-reflection and open enquiry about the status of visual culture in the beginning of the 21st century. –Alfredo Cramerotti
Access the full GJON MILI Open Call description here
Application documents:
- Image and /or concept that reflect the curatorial concept
- Application form ( available at the NGK or by emailin grequest at info@galeriakombetare.com), portfolio and biography.
- . The most successful work will receive “Gjon Mili “award in value of 1000 euros.
Note:
- Finished works are not accepted for the application;
- The works submitted must not be exhibited in the past in NGK;
- Applications to be addressed in aclosed envelope to:
“Galeria Kombëtare e Kosovës, Rr. Agim Ramadani 360, 10000, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo” received before end of working hours on 20.07.2017
- For more information contact Lirije Buliqi at +38138 225 627
MOSTYN OPEN 18: Last 5 days to register!
MOSTYN OPEN 18: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON 30TH JULY
MOSTYN 18 logo
SELECTING JURY for £10,000 PRIZE: Maria Lind, Director of Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; Ryan Gander, Artist; Adam Carr, Curator of MOSTYN; Alfredo Cramerotti, Director of MOSTYN.
SELECTING JURY FOR THE £1,000 PRIZE: You, MOSTYN visiting audience for the ‘People’s Choice’.
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KEY DATES AND SUBMISSION PROCESS:
30th July 2012 – Deadline for payment of £25 entry fee and receipt of completed registration form.
6th August 2012 – Closing date for submission form together with images of artwork by email.
Exhibition dates: 18th January – 14th April 2013
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Download PDF information here: MOSTYN OPEN 18
Please visit www.mostyn.org for full details and terms and conditions.
Please email your completed Registration Form to open@mostyn.org
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Since its inception in 1989, the Open has functioned as a call-out to artists of any age, geographical background and residing place to enter, with an exhibition of the selected artworks taking place at MOSTYN, and a prize of £10,000 awarded to a single artist or collective. While continuing in this tradition, the 18th edition will also bring a fundamental addition. A prize of £1000 will be given to the ‘People’s Choice’, which will be determined by the artist or collective who receives the most votes from the visiting public during the exhibition’s run. In doing so, the questions that will be raised, and central to this renewed edition, are: How do we examine and judge works of art? What criteria do we bring to perceiving, interpreting and understanding artwork? What really makes our favourite?
MOSTYN OPEN 18: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
MOSTYN OPEN 18: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Exhibition dates: 18th January – 14th April 2013
MOSTYN | Wales is delighted to announce MOSTYN Open 18.
Since its inception in 1989, the Open has functioned as a call-out to artists of any age, geographical background and residing place to enter, with an exhibition of the selected artworks taking place at MOSTYN, and a prize of £10,000 awarded to a single artist or collective.
While continuing in this tradition, the 18th edition will also bring a fundamental addition. A prize of £1000 will be given to the ‘People’s Choice’, which will be determined by the artist or collective who receives the most votes from the visiting public during the exhibition’s run. In doing so, the questions that will be raised, and central to this renewed edition, are: How do we examine and judge works of art? What criteria do we bring to perceiving, interpreting and understanding artwork? What really makes our favourite?
The selectors for Mostyn Open 18 are, Adam Carr, Curator of MOSTYN; Alfredo Cramerotti, Director of MOSTYN; Ryan Gander, Artist; and Maria Lind, Director of Tensta Konsthall. And you, the visiting audience, for the ‘People’s Choice’.
KEY DATES AND SUBMISSION PROCESS
16th July 2012 – Deadline for payment of £25 entry fee and receipt of completed registration form.
6th August 2012 – Closing date for submission form together with images of artwork by email.
Download PDF information here: MOSTYN OPEN 18
Please visit www.mostyn.org for full details and terms and conditions.
Please email your completed Registration Form to open@mostyn.org
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