[im] Fwd: Open Call - Artist Access Anthology Book.

[Artpool Art Research Center]

From: <contact at artistaccessinitiative.com>
Subject: Open Call - Artist Access Anthology Book.
Date: May 15, 2017

Open Call

Artist Access Anthology Book.

Share your experience of making art outside the studio

It's a little more than one century since what we 
know as the artistic process has gone through 
radical changes.  The historical "artist working 
in the studio" has stopped being the norm. New 
kinds of art and with it, new ways of making art, 
have pushed the boundaries of how artists get 
their work done. The practice of art in situ and 
art in context are just parts of a bigger reality 
in which the artist gets out of the studio, 
interacts with people and places and closely 
interweaves both his/her art and life with them.

One thing is the common denominator in such 
artists' works and experiences: all of them have 
to, in one way or another, negotiate their access 
to all these places and people. Turning the ashes 
of a renowned architect into a diamond to gain 
the trust of someone owning and guarding strictly 
over the architect's archive, and eventually 
making it accessible to the world? Yes, it was 
the conceptual artist Jill Magid's way of 
negotiating her access to the Mexican architect 
Luis Barragán's oeuvre.

What is then your story of gaining access to your 
subject matter, as an artist, researcher or a 
born to be flâneur? What have you encountered in 
your experience, how did it change both your 
overall artistic output and understanding of 
life? What access stories are at least as 
impressive as the resulting work and you would 
like them published in an Artist Access 
Anthology? The book will contain detailed 
documentations of your work, the access story 
behind it and some other thoughts you would like 
to share with the world.

All proposals received will become part of an 
editorial archive on artist access practices and 
may be used for further publication scope. A 
selection of 20 artists will be included in the 
Anthology Book, with one selected work per 
artist, the access story behind the realisation 
of the work, a short description of the artist 
practice, visual or any other suitable 
documentation. Printed in 100 copies in English, 
the first edition produced by the Mal de 
Débarquement Verlag will be distributed 
worldwide. Each selected artist will receive a 
complimentary copy of the book. There is no 
artist contribution or an honorary fee involved 
in the selection, production or distribution of 
the book.

Proposals shall be sent via: 
http://www.artistaccessinitiative.com/lastcall.html

Artist Access Initiative
Berlin, Germany
We facilitate institutional access for art 
interventions with social context, in public and 
private sphere.