Open Call for Art: "You First"
"You First" dares progressive artists to submit works that intensify the feeling of being alive while promoting thinking and conversing in the here and now.
"You First" is an exhibition at OCCCA (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art) presented by UFORA curators Dalibor Polivka and Rob Mintz.
Exhibition dates October 1-29, 2011
Deadline for Entries: July 1, 2011
"You First" seeks art reflecting a paradigm shift in the way we think about art. The art of our time is a multilayered, international, interdisciplinary conversation. "You First" invites works with a compelling physical presence and a strong conceptual component to make this utopia tangible. "You First" requests thought-provoking videos, photographs, paintings, sculptures, fashion, installations, and art utilizing computers and the internet. In addition to public practice, social sculpture, and relational aesthetics, "You First" is interested in projects created by artist-duos and collectives working collaboratively in all mediums.
"You First" encourages offbeat, experimental endeavors, documented or re-constructed events, art based on personal archives or disciplines such as biology, anthropology, sociology, architecture and urban planning. "You First" explores the psycho-geography of cities and demystifies the corporate mentality. "You First" values journeys to exotic locales and critiques of commercialism. "You First" welcomes art that deconstructs the mass media's distortions of reality.
Selected artists from the open call for art will be exhibited alongside such art luminaries as Jordan Betten, Lost Art, NYC; Nicolas Bourriaud, Paris, FR; Geoff Cook, Base, NYC; Alfredo Cramerotti, Manifesta, UK; DFOX, Soul Train, Santa Ana, CA; Arie Galles, Soka University, OC; Finishing School, LA; Mark Pally, Glow, Santa Monica, CA; Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum; Wolfgang Steahle, Thing.net, NYC; K.Smith & I.Hledikova, UNIMA, UK, SK, LA; Stealth Art, NYC; V4, Alliance of CE states, SK and many others.
Entry form/PDF prospectus available at
www.occca.org
and
www.uforafest.com
or email us:
uforafest@yahoo.com
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 North Sycamore
Santa Ana, CA USA, 92701
www.occca.org
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