Participation

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Artist Participation Procedure

In order to maximise the cultural diversity in the Womb, we have set per country quotas, please check the listing here prior to continue with the application

1. Sign up for the free PAX Collaborative Circle membership - Membership is open to international visual artists from all art disciplines, art critics and curators. <Sign up now>
Members can vote, submit artworks to the Womb project, take part, if elected, in the artist-in-residency program, have a webpage on pax website, feature in PAX annual catalogue, participate in MetaConcept corporate art commission bids, and many others benefits.

 

2. Creative Work Stage :
 

subject:
Themes run as follow:

2008 - Culture divide
2009 - Racial divide
2010 - Religious divide
2011 - Economics divide
2012 - Social divide

 
Chose in your own language a subject from the relevant theme initials of wich starts with one of the four DNA components A, C, G, T
 
Exemples

 

 
A
C
G
T
English Annoying Chaos Guns Tornado
French Amour (Love) Connection Generation Transit
Arabic Ana (I) Soukoun (tranquility) Gounoun (craziness) Takasim (melody)
Russian Akta (Act) свобода (freedom) жљнщина (woman) тІ (You)
Spanish Antagonico (antipathic) Cuello (neck) Genta (military genta) Tentado (tempted)
Italian Anima (soul) Creazione (creation) Gelato (ice cream) Tolerenza (tolerence)
Chinese        
Indian        
German        
..        

Technique - Use whenever possible a Plexiglas as medium to create your building block

a. painting / drawing - oil / acrylic directly on the artwork layer
b. Art photography / Digital art - creations have to be transferred on vinyle that will be sticked to the artwork layer
c. Mixed media -All components have to be affixed on the artwork layer
d. Installation / Sculptures - All components have to be affixed on their mounts and enclosed in a 50 cm x 50 cm x 30 cm box
e. Video pieces - DVD to be displayed inside the installation

 
Presentation :
Upon reception of your artwork on Plexiglass panels - 50 cm x 50 cm x 8 mm or 1mx1m x 8mm thickness, we will add to it 2 layers: DNA layer of plexiglas with a letter cut in it) and a Seal layer of Plexiglass to cover the whole artwork

 

 

3. Artwork Submission
There is no deadline for the artwork submission

 
4.The Received artworks will be added automatically to the dynamic Womb installation for its next scheduled exhibition
 

5. Invitation to Grahamstown

- Evaluation of artworks: 3 months before the start of PAX09 edition, PAX Collaborative Circle members will cast their votes for the finished and received artworks. This vote is based on 3 criteria: Quality, Originality & Experience. The highest ranked artists will be invited to attend the south african leg of the project - The number of the participants will vary between 30 and 50 artists.

 


 

 

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