The Art.ur Association and the Cuneo City Council announce the 2010 ZOOart Exhibition. The 9th edition of this contemporary art show will be held in July in the Fresia Gardens, originally the site of the city’s zoo. Once again the organisers intention is to bring contemporary art into the public arena, as well as offering an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work. Since it's inception, the idea behind ZOOart has been to offer a space to unknown young artists and also bring attention to those who have also achieved some notoriety.
Again this year the exhibition is a group show, held for four days each week, from Thursday to Sunday, for three weeks. The works chosen to be exhibited will be exhibited for one or more weeks commencing on Thursday the 1st, then the following Thursdays on the 8th and 15th.
Works that are site specific, able to create a particular dialogue with the exhibition area will are favoured.
The selected artists might be asked to participate in events such as workshops or discussions and or other similar activities that will take place during the exhibition.
Artists who would like to participate are requested to send in a proposal that takes into account the following conditions.
conditions
Participation is open to young artists of any nationality, representation as individuals or group works. Three preferential places will be offered to students enrolled at the Albertina Academy in Turin. There is no fee for participation.
object for selection
Candidates can submit one or more proposals of works in the form of sculptures, installations, drawings, paintings, photographic works, videos, performance, audio and new media installations, etc.
Given the large area available sculptures and installations are site specific and must occupy an area of 3m x 3m (exact size will be discussed and agreed upon in more detail with the organisers at a later phase and will depend upon the project) and must be designed for the outdoors as there is no provision for the works to be moved or covered in the event of bad weather.
The works must not in any way subject the public, who frequent the gardens where the works are to be displayed, to any harm.
Drawings, paintings and photographic works must cover 12 to 15 linear metres with a maximum height of 2.4 metres. The maximum size of a singular work must not exceed 2m x 2.4m. Works will be hung on display boards during opening hours and held in a storeroom outside of the exhibition opening hours.
Videos must be suitable for projection onto a screen 6 metres x 3 metres in size and must not exceed 2 minutes in length.
Musical or theatrical performances must not be more than 15 minutes long.
methods of participation
Documentation of the proposal must be sent to:
ZOOart
Associazione Art.ur
Casella Postale 208
12100 Cuneo Centro
Italy
Documentation required:
1. name and address of the candidate/s (please indicate clearly if the candidate is a student at the Albertina Academy).
2. curriculum vitae
3. title and detailed written presentation of the proposal
4. graphic representation of the work/s to be exhibited in a maximum of six A4 pages (comprising of sketches, photos, drawings etc.) including indication of size of actual works
5. a CD comprising all the above mentioned documentation.
For proposals of videos or performance art, in addition to the documentation listed above at points 1,2 and 3, it is also necessary to supply a cd of the work proposed.
All documentation supplied must be clearly identifiable (name and surname must be written on the back of all images, on the front of all written material and on the covers of cds, etc.). None of the documentation received will be returned to artists.
deadline
All documentation of the proposal must be received by March 5, 2010.
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