[artinfo] Digital Queers Call for Artworks

[Ozden Sahin]

Digital Queers Call for Artworks

OCR with its Media Exhibition Platform announces an international 
call for artworks that deal with the issue of 'Digital Queers' in all 
of its multifaceted manifestations. The exhibition is curated by 
Lanfranco Aceti and Richard Rinehart and will be presented online 
from June 1, 2015 to July 15, 2015. The call is opened to exploring a 
wide range of media: from memes to gifs, from video to photography, 
from documentation of previous installation to artworks that present 
public places interventions, from gay activism to personal and 
intimate artworks. This call is for artworks that can and/or are made 
to be experienced online. The exhibition will coincide with the 
Digital Queers conference at The New School where some of the 
artworks will be presented and discussed.

We are also looking for artists' presentations and if you would be 
interested in presenting at the conference the abstracts submission 
instructions are here.

This exhibition will be followed by another, gallery-installed 
exhibition, in Spring 2016 that will be announced at a later date. If 
artists would like works to be considered as early entries for the 
Spring 2016 show, please indicate this in your application.

Deadline for submission is April 17, 2015.

Please submit the following information in a single PDF document:
1) Short bio (200 words maximum);
2) Brief description of the artworks (300 to 500 words maximum);
3) Indicate by writing Early Entry 2016 that you are willing for your 
works to be considered for the 2016 gallery installed exhibition;
4) List of links to artworks (maximum 10 links to artworks);
5) Any special technical requirements (if any) for online display;
6) Email heading Digital Queers Artworks Submission;
7) Email <mailto:info at ocradst.org>info at ocradst.org your submission.

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Please note at this stage DO NOT submit images via email.

The selected artists will receive information on how to submit their artworks.