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Call for Artists: Shhh...

Type: Exhibition Opportunities [View all]
Posted by: Arts + Literature Laboratory
Deadline: Fri, December 8th, 2017

Shhh… surveys a landscape of propaganda, information and disinformation, darkened by political uncertainty. It’s a story of amorphous narratives, irrational conclusions and omnipresent media – an epic of a nation coming apart under the pressure of its own freedoms and liberties. Set against the backdrop of World War II propaganda posters, Arts + Literature Laboratory seeks a multigenerational group of artists for an exhibition that pictures the universe of a democracy struggling with its personification.

Artists in Shhh… share an interest in propagandist traditions and a fascination for personal narratives within cultural belief systems and experiences. The result hoped for is a more elliptical and emotional version of reality in the works on view, coupled with a belief that the creative license of deliberately manipulating information belongs to the Artist.

In a statement reminiscent of a core principle of early 20th century Surrealism and Dada, “the gratuitous act”, candidate Donald Trump evoked a Breton-esque perspective of the world when he boasted on the campaign trail that he could shoot somebody and not lose voters. We find ourselves in a living, breathing work of surrealist art. Distinctions between what is true and what is false are increasingly blurred in civic life. How do we describe a truth liberated from fact in the visionary language of art? Shhh… proposes to assemble a collection of images, objects and video that span the sensational to the documentary. If folding fact into fiction is an attempt to piece together a deeper truth accessed only through fabrication and imagination, then Shhh… hopes to be an exhibition that not only demystifies, but also poeticizes propaganda.

- Peter Kursel, Guest Curator

Submission Requirements

Artists are invited to submit a proposal to make a new piece or submit an existing work that that uses propaganda, information or disinformation as its point of departure for consideration in the exhibition. The posters will be on view alongside works accepted for the show. They can be used as an image resource as well. There are no stipulations related to scope or medium, however spatial limitations will be a consideration in the decision to include work. Find a map of the gallery through the Poster Collection link below.

The poster collection, generously on loan to Arts + Literature Laboratory, and an essay, "Shhh... A Prelude" by Peter Kursel, Guest Curator for the exhibition, can be found here: Poster Collection / Kursel Essay

Please submit 3-5 high resolution jpegs with a single page pdf file of your proposal that includes images, medium and a description including scale of the work/s proposed. Images should be formatted LastName 1.jpeg. There is no fee, but artists are responsible for delivery and return shipping.

Send proposals via email to: shhhcuratorial@gmail.com.

Calendar

December 8, 2017: Deadline for proposals

December 9 - December 12, 2017: Notification of accepted proposals

January 27, 2018: Deadline for delivery of accepted works

February 3, 2018: Opening reception of Shhh...

February 24, 2018: Exhibition closes

Posted on Tue, November 21st, 2017
Expires on Fri, December 8th, 2017

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