[artinfo] [rep_art] Call for Artists: Proposals wanted concerning the worldwide decline of personal time

[by way of Adele Eisenstein <adele at c3.hu>]

Greetings,

My name is Milena Placentile, and I am a Canadian curator of contemporary 
art currently living in Denmark. I am working on an exhibition about time, 
and the fact that people around the world are recognizing that they have 
less and less of it than ever before. In particular, I would like emphasize 
the absurdity of social systems that obligate people to work unreasonable 
hours under the promise of future comfort and security but at the expense 
of a decent quality of life in the present.

As I would like the exhibition to offer a global perspective, so I am 
seeking five or six artists/collaboratives from different parts of the 
world. In addition, I am looking for projects that do more than reiterate 
the reality of everyday stress-overload by encouraging audiences to reflect 
on whom we are working for and why, what are we giving up, and for what 
larger purpose. I have attached the call for artists below.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have about this 
exhibition. I look forward to your response.

With best regards,
Milena


---Call for Artists: Proposals Wanted Concerning the Worldwide Decline of 
Personal Time---

What do we lose when we sacrifice increasing amounts of personal time in 
order to make a living? What are the alternatives?

Artists are invited to submit proposals for intervention-based projects 
that address the absurdity of social systems that obligate people to work 
unreasonable hours under the promise of future comfort and security but at 
the expense of a decent quality of life in the present.

The structure of the exhibition program will largely consist of off-site 
events; however, artists should also consider components for installation 
within a gallery setting. Collaborative, interdisciplinary projects are 
particularly encouraged.

Proposals should include the following:

- Artist's statement
- Curriculum vitae with all current contact information
- Up to 10 small image files with an image list, and/or URLs for 
audio/video files and/or Internet-based work

To propose artworks/events that have not yet been produced/performed, 
please provide a detailed description of intent in addition to support 
materials documenting past work.

All submissions should be directed to info at shintai-z.com before November 
15, 2005.

Email is the preferred format for submissions. Please provide all text in 
the message body, or attached as a .pdf. Small image files (.jpg, .gif, or 
.tif) are welcome, but please note that other types of attachments will not 
be opened.

If it is completely necessary to send a submission by regular mail, please 
note that only packages including sufficient postage will be returned. Hard 
copy submissions may be sent to the following address:

Milena Placentile
c/o A. Poulsen
Kvisselholtvej 38
DK-9330 Dronninglund
Denmark

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