„THE OPEN BODY” – VISUAL ARTS SECTION: SUBMISSIONS OPEN

Submissions for the visual arts section are open until May 15th. This year’s theme: „The open body – human body, urban body, state body.”

„The dominant feature of modern times is the permanent state of crossing over: transgression as the imperative that assumes the openness of borders and limitations of ‘the body’ or the ability of overcoming them, regardless of the consequences. (…) Subject to social experiments, the oppression of transfiguration and bio-manipulation, and to crossing the boundaries of physiology, ‘the open body’ can mark the onset of mankind’s end as well as the end of culture and the existing social order. (…) Regardless of its description, “openness” has become a critical value of modern western civilisation and is undergoing rapid reassessment.” | Andrzej Pawełczyk, curator

The project encompasses the wide scope of visual arts. It is open to performative activities, beyond-gallery interventions, installations and objects that may function within urban space, as well as to traditional forms: painting, graphic art, sculpture, photography. Due to the project also applying to the “urban body,” one can also utilise formal means used in art that interacts with an urban organism, outside of gallery space in the form of a sign, monument, installation, slogan, or advertisement.

The project is targeted at students and graduates of art schools and departments, performers, and other artists interested in curatorial activity.

You can find the festival rules and the application form HERE. When sending your application, please attach a suggestion of the artwork to be presented at the exhibition (a project, a photo, a reproduction). The list of works qualified for the exhibition will be made public on the 30th of June 2016.

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