Call for Papers and Artistic Interventions: "Open Distance: Art After Aesthetic Distance"
Call For Submissions
Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance
will take place October 11, 12, and 13 in Regina, SK. Hosted by the University of Regina
With keynote artist: Harrell Fletcher
www.jendelosreyes.com/openengagement
About:
Artists continue to challenge our traditional ideas of what art is and does. A recent emphasis on art as service, social space, activism, as interactions and art as relationships may signal a paradigm shift. These practices raise many questions: what is the social role of the artist? What should art do? Who is art for? Writers such as Nicolas Bourriaud, Suzanne Lacy, Carol Becker, Grant H. Kester, Miwon Kwon and Claire Bishop are among those thinkers who have described and investigated the trend toward art works that open spaces, invite in the everyday and offer to create new and temporary communities and structures. Art after aesthetic distance implies that we are now in an age of aesthetic nearness in which art and life are considered less as inhabiting different spaces, and more as roommates.
Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance is a three-day conference focused on relational art practices. We will strive to find new models of communicating the work, theory and writing that surround relational art. This conference is situated in the space between theory and practice, where participants will also engage in artworks. Among the self-reflexive topics to be explored include: How can art openly engage with public space? With art audiences? With everyday life? How can we openly engage with one another? Working together can be difficult, trying and fraught with conflict. Working with a group can be simultaneously the most challenging and rewarding experience one can have in life. Making sincere connections to each other can be just as hard, but those relationships are the foundation of our personal lives and social networks.
The goal of Open Engagement is to bring together like-minded individuals to confer on subjects of common interest and forge lasting connections. This is an intense, immersive, around the clock experience. It is a conference, mini-residence and workshop. Participants can partake in experiences that connect them with each other, artists, art institutions and the local arts community. All aspects of this event contribute to the discussions and explorations of the themes of the conference. Out-of-town participants will be billeted with a member of the local arts community. Hosts will take participants to and from the conference and participants will make meals together, share meals together, and are encouraged to thank their hosts by leaving a created trace.
This is relational aesthetics, post-Bourriaud: striving for art that desires for something real to happen, not just the imitation of something real; something that is everyday, rather than just implies the everyday; communities that are sustainable, as opposed to the temporary and momentary. What happens when two people really connect? What happens when art really connects? What could we do in our daily lives to form connections and build communities? What can we do in our practices? What could we do in the environments that we inhabit, and work in, in addition to the spaces we exhibit in? Can artists in their daily lives show possible ways of living? Can art be the alternative? Can art be the answer? In a time when it is easy for people to feel disconnected, what can art do?
You are invited to contribute to Open Engagement by submitting your project and paper ideas that find a place for the integration of relational art practices as part of this conference. Each day of this three-day conference, hosted by the University of Regina, will explore in-depth issues raised within relational art practices and post-relational practices. Your proposal can include interventions, ways of living, and imagined spaces. You are encouraged to think of ways to connect peers and colleagues at this conference as well as to connect and engage a greater community.
Submission:
Part 1: Propose a project, paper, discussion or intervention that touches on one or more of the three themes listed below. You could also think about re-interpreting the notion of conference, or intervene in to its traditional structure.
Part 2: A short bio (100 words or less).
Part 3: Fill out the brief questionnaire and application form. We want to help you make interesting connections at this conference, and this will help us facilitate that!
Each day of the conference will focus on different areas of investigation. Listed below are the three streams, related questions and sentiments that your proposals should address:
A.You are all that I see: Art and everyday experience
B.It takes two: Collaborations, collectives, other team relationships
C.I'll Call you: Long term relationships, communities, and connectivity.
Deadline March 31
Successful applicants will be notified no later than April 7.
Submissions are accepted in PDF format and are to be emailed to jendelosreyes@gmail.com, email subject: OPEN ENGAGEMENT SUBMISSION. If there are any questions or concerns do not hesitate to send us an email.
Open Engagement will be able to accept 40 applicants. Participants will be billeted for the duration of the conference. Most meals will be provided.
Registration fee for the conference is $50.00. Students and under-employed: $25.00
More Information on Open Engagement visit:
www.jendelosreyes.com/openengagement
Jen Delos Reyes
--
Jennifer Delos Reyes
http://jendelosreyes.com
jendelosreyes@gmail.com
(306)359-0285
(306)737-5256 #Cell
Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance
will take place October 11, 12, and 13 in Regina, SK. Hosted by the University of Regina
With keynote artist: Harrell Fletcher
www.jendelosreyes.com/openengagement
About:
Artists continue to challenge our traditional ideas of what art is and does. A recent emphasis on art as service, social space, activism, as interactions and art as relationships may signal a paradigm shift. These practices raise many questions: what is the social role of the artist? What should art do? Who is art for? Writers such as Nicolas Bourriaud, Suzanne Lacy, Carol Becker, Grant H. Kester, Miwon Kwon and Claire Bishop are among those thinkers who have described and investigated the trend toward art works that open spaces, invite in the everyday and offer to create new and temporary communities and structures. Art after aesthetic distance implies that we are now in an age of aesthetic nearness in which art and life are considered less as inhabiting different spaces, and more as roommates.
Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance is a three-day conference focused on relational art practices. We will strive to find new models of communicating the work, theory and writing that surround relational art. This conference is situated in the space between theory and practice, where participants will also engage in artworks. Among the self-reflexive topics to be explored include: How can art openly engage with public space? With art audiences? With everyday life? How can we openly engage with one another? Working together can be difficult, trying and fraught with conflict. Working with a group can be simultaneously the most challenging and rewarding experience one can have in life. Making sincere connections to each other can be just as hard, but those relationships are the foundation of our personal lives and social networks.
The goal of Open Engagement is to bring together like-minded individuals to confer on subjects of common interest and forge lasting connections. This is an intense, immersive, around the clock experience. It is a conference, mini-residence and workshop. Participants can partake in experiences that connect them with each other, artists, art institutions and the local arts community. All aspects of this event contribute to the discussions and explorations of the themes of the conference. Out-of-town participants will be billeted with a member of the local arts community. Hosts will take participants to and from the conference and participants will make meals together, share meals together, and are encouraged to thank their hosts by leaving a created trace.
This is relational aesthetics, post-Bourriaud: striving for art that desires for something real to happen, not just the imitation of something real; something that is everyday, rather than just implies the everyday; communities that are sustainable, as opposed to the temporary and momentary. What happens when two people really connect? What happens when art really connects? What could we do in our daily lives to form connections and build communities? What can we do in our practices? What could we do in the environments that we inhabit, and work in, in addition to the spaces we exhibit in? Can artists in their daily lives show possible ways of living? Can art be the alternative? Can art be the answer? In a time when it is easy for people to feel disconnected, what can art do?
You are invited to contribute to Open Engagement by submitting your project and paper ideas that find a place for the integration of relational art practices as part of this conference. Each day of this three-day conference, hosted by the University of Regina, will explore in-depth issues raised within relational art practices and post-relational practices. Your proposal can include interventions, ways of living, and imagined spaces. You are encouraged to think of ways to connect peers and colleagues at this conference as well as to connect and engage a greater community.
Submission:
Part 1: Propose a project, paper, discussion or intervention that touches on one or more of the three themes listed below. You could also think about re-interpreting the notion of conference, or intervene in to its traditional structure.
Part 2: A short bio (100 words or less).
Part 3: Fill out the brief questionnaire and application form. We want to help you make interesting connections at this conference, and this will help us facilitate that!
Each day of the conference will focus on different areas of investigation. Listed below are the three streams, related questions and sentiments that your proposals should address:
A.You are all that I see: Art and everyday experience
B.It takes two: Collaborations, collectives, other team relationships
C.I'll Call you: Long term relationships, communities, and connectivity.
Deadline March 31
Successful applicants will be notified no later than April 7.
Submissions are accepted in PDF format and are to be emailed to jendelosreyes@gmail.com, email subject: OPEN ENGAGEMENT SUBMISSION. If there are any questions or concerns do not hesitate to send us an email.
Open Engagement will be able to accept 40 applicants. Participants will be billeted for the duration of the conference. Most meals will be provided.
Registration fee for the conference is $50.00. Students and under-employed: $25.00
More Information on Open Engagement visit:
www.jendelosreyes.com/openengagement
Jen Delos Reyes
--
Jennifer Delos Reyes
http://jendelosreyes.com
jendelosreyes@gmail.com
(306)359-0285
(306)737-5256 #Cell
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