October 24, 2009 6:00 PM
Passive/Aggressive
Southern Exposure’s Juried Film/Video Screening and Juried Public Art/Urban Interventions Day of works by Northern California artists.
Southern Exposure invites artists to submit work in response to a theme and we select a theme which encourages as broad a range of artistic interpretation as possible. This year’s theme, Passive/Aggressive, was chosen in response to our current cultural, economic and political climate and reflects on how decisions are made when faced with extreme challenges. We invite artists to submit work that responds to this idea in some way, shape or form.
Juried Events:
Public Art/Urban Interventions Day: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 11 am – 5 pm
Film/Video Screening: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 5 pm
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Please Note: The deadine for submitting work has passed.
RULES & INFORMATION
Entry Fee: NONE!
Eligibility: Open to all artists living in Northern California, north of King City and south of the Oregon border.
Southern Exposure presents the 2009 Juried Film/Video Screening and the Juried Public Art and Urban Interventions Day. This year’s theme is Passive/Aggressive. Both of these projects will feature new work by Northern California artists and have separate rules listed below.
Juried Film/Video Screening
Films and videos must be completed within the past year. Artists must submit their work on DVD for jurying. If work is accepted, the work must be available for screening in DVD format. More than one film or video can be submitted for consideration, but the total running time of ALL SUBMISSIONS COMBINED must not exceed 15 minutes. Each submission must be labeled with artist name, contact info, title, a short synopsis of the submission and the total running time of the work. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like SoEx to return your submission. Works will be discarded if no SASE is included.
Drop-Off:
Entries may be hand delivered or mailed to Southern Exposure, 3030 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. All entries must be received no later than Saturday, October 24 by 6 pm. No exceptions. This is not a postmark deadline.
Jurying and Return of Submissions:
Selected artists will be notified by Thursday, November 12, 2009.
SoEx will also post selected artists on our website by November 12, 2009.
Non-selected work will be returned by self-addressed stamped envelope.
Public Art and Urban Interventions Day
Submit up to a one-page description of the proposed public project/intervention. Include in this description potential project location(s), logistical concerns around acquiring permissions for use or the wellbeing of artist(s) and participants and also a paragraph on how you imagine the public interfacing with the project.
Please also include a DVD (3 minute limit), image, sketch or prototype of proposed project. The project/intervention must take place within walking distance of Southern Exposure (3030 20th Street); between 16th and 24th Streets and Potrero and Valencia Streets. Projects must be self-realized and presented to the public on Saturday, December 5, 2009 between 11am - 5pm. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like SoEx to return your submission. Works will be discarded if no SASE is included.
Drop-Off:
Entries may be hand delivered or mailed to Southern Exposure, 3030 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. All entries must be received no later than Saturday, October 24 by 6 pm. No exceptions. This is not a postmark deadline.
Jurying and Return of Submissions:
Selected artists will be notified by Tuesday, November 3, 2009.
SoEx will also post selected artists on our website by November 3, 2009.
Non-selected work will be returned by self-addressed stamped envelope.
ABOUT THE JURORS
Film/Video Screening
Juror: Andrea Grover
Andrea Grover is an independent curator, artist and writer. In 1998, she founded Aurora Picture Show, a now recognized center for filmic art, that began in Grover's living room as “the world’s most public home theater.” She curated the first exhibition exploring the phenomenon of crowdsourcing in art (Phantom Captain, apexart, New York, 2006), and, with artist Jon Rubin, organized an exhibit in which worldwide participants created a photo-sharing album of their imaginings on Tehran (Never Been to Tehran, Parkinggallery, Tehran, Iran, 2008) She recently curated an evening of films for Dia Art Foundation at The Hispanic Society of America, New York. Presently she is organizing 29 Chains to the Moon, an exhibition at Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery, which continues her research into cooperation and distributed thinking across disciplines. She has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BFA from Syracuse University and was a Core Fellow in residence at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. For more information on Grover visit www.andreagrover.com.
Public Art and Urban Interventions Day
Juror: Jeannene Przyblyski
Jeannene Przyblyski is an artist, historian and urban strategist. She earned her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, and is associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco Art Institute, where she also chairs the program in the History and Theory of Contemporary Art. Przyblyski has published widely on art, photography and urbanism in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. In 2001, she founded the San Francisco Bureau of Urban Secrets, a visual arts and urbanism think tank that incubates and promotes art and other public interventions in city life. Bureau projects focusing on the urban landscape have included Urban Essence: the Scent of San Francisco, a historic trail re-purposing action entitled Travels with Carlos and Anza: A Brief Explorer’s Guide to a Few Missing Monuments, and Comings & Goings: 2 Backwards Journeys thru Land’s End, a wayfinding and timetravelling audio experience commissioned by Southern Exposure. Most recently, A Lover’s Line thru the Presidio was commissioned by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in conjunction with Bay Area Now 5/Ground Scores. The project received the highest award for media excellence by the Association of Partners for Public Lands and continues to be hosted onsite by the Presidio Trust.
