EXIT ART ANNOUNCES
5 ConceptPlus Calls
FOR SEA EXHIBITIONS IN EXIT UNDERGROUND
1) Vertical Gardens – Due January 15, 2009
2) End of Oil – Due February 15, 2009
3) America for Sale – Due February 15, 2009
4) Consume – Due March 15, 2009
5) Contemporary Slavery – Due March 15, 2009
In 2009 – 2010 Exit Art’s subterranean venue, Exit Underground, will present five exhibitions for its new initiative SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics). SEA is a unique endeavor that presents a diverse multimedia exhibition program and permanent archive of artworks that address social and environmental concerns.
We are asking artists to consider the following exhibition themes in the context of SEA’s central mission: to provide a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially and environmentally-engaged work, and to provide a forum for collaboration between artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the public. SEA functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives.
Exit Underground’s gallery is a unique space that is roughly 480 square feet with eight-foot ceilings.
We are looking for work in the mediums of video, photography, painting, drawing, audio, poetry, and installation – the work MUST be sized appropriately for Exit Underground. Due to the underground aspects of the space, we are limited to presenting wall pieces.
Please Note:
Each exhibition has a specific due date which is listed below the title and in the description itself.
End of Oil – DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2009.
In July 2008, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC) announced that the price per barrel
of oil had climbed above $145. About three months later, on October 16, 2008, the New York Times reported that oil had fallen below $70 a barrel, more than half of the July 2008 price. Fluctuating oil prices are evidence
of the instability of global oil markets and reminders of our urgent need to develop alternative fuels and forms of energy.
This is a call for proposals for an exhibition that will address human dependence on fossil fuels and the ramifications that this dependency has on the future of the environment and of global geopolitics. The exhibition will address renewable energy options, such as vegetable and electric-powered cars, geothermal energy, and solar power.
We are asking artists to envision alternative narratives for the impending oil crisis by creating works that imagine a future society forced to live with limited access to oil and alternative sources of energy.
DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2009.
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