Call: Infinite Exchange Gallery call for proposals

>Infinite Exchange Gallery
>CALL FOR PROPOSALS
>
>Jurors: Jennifer Delos Reyes and Lori Gordon
>
>"For one sleepless night Toronto will be transformed by artists. The
>familiar will be discarded and Toronto will become the artistic
playground
>for a series of exhilarating contemporary art experiences.
>One night only. All night long. "
>- Nuit Blanche, 2007
>
>In conjunction with the Kensington Art Project**, Infinite Exchange
Gallery
>(IEG) will participate in this year's Nuit Blanche in Toronto. This
public
>gallery will present works and services in exchange for non-monetary
trades.
>Artists will determine what they feel the value of their work is and
what
>they want in exchange for it. This agreement will ensure the cooperative
>collaboration that will manifest between the gallery representatives
and the
>buyer. No work in the IEG will have a monetary value. The viewers are
>thereby invited to swap and potentially even haggle in exchange for what
>they want. Perhaps the trade will be a blender, a story, a hand drawn
map to
>the best place to eat in Toronto. The possibilities are endless.
>
>IEG knows the value of art and believes that everyone should have
access to
>it in their daily lives. In essence this will be an art market
functioning
>outside of the 'art market' constraints. Located within Kensington
Market,
>this unofficial public art venue serves as a place where people can feel
>comfortable bargaining and trading. Artists should currently be making
work
>with an interest in service works.
>
>Deadline for entries: Received by August 15, 2007
>Exhibition event: September 29th, 2007
>Work Samples: Please send up to five jpgs (under 2 MB).
>Supporting Materials: Include a corresponding list with: artist name,
title
>of work, size, medium, and year / Artist Resume / 1 paragraph artist
>statement.
>Please send submissions to: infinite.exchange.gallery@gmail.com
>
>** Through The Kensington Art Project (KAP), Kensington Market has been
>accepted as an Independent Project venue, attached to Zone B, in this
year's
>Nuit Blanche.
>
>The bustle of the marketplace is largely what shapes Kensington's
vibrant
>street life. Public spaces are alive with conversation, the sounds of
barter
>and exchange, movement and the energy of artistic creation. You
immediately
>get the sense that life in Kensington is played out on the streets, and
not
>behind closed doors. But Kensington is also an iconic neighbourhood
where
>many urban threads and issues intersect. As a result, key issues that
affect
>the entire city are often manifested and addressed in the Market, first.
>Kensington citizens often utilize artistic expression as a tool to aid
in
>examining and debating these issues.
>
>The Market is already an unofficial public art venue. Every surface,
every
>street, every alley and every fixture is literally blanketed under
layers of
>swipe posters, graffiti, tags and murals. The streets are often
transformed
>into forums for public dialogue, as citizens showcase their response and
>opposition to important issues with urban art interventions.
>
>Bios:
>
>Jennifer Delos Reyes and Lori Gordon have been collaborating on various
>projects, since meeting at a residency program in New York at The
Kitchen in
>2006. Both artists are interested in work that investigates relational
>aesthetics, gift economies and activities of the everyday. They are
founders
>of the Little Red Hen Collective.
>
>Delos Reyes is currently completing her MFA at the University of Regina,
>where she will be coordinating the conference Open Engagement, an event
>focused on 'art after
>aesthetic distance' for her final thesis project. She has exhibited
videos,
>installations, and site-specific participatory work across North
America.
>She has received several awards and grants including a Social Sciences
and
>Humanities Research Council of Canada Masters Grant.
>
>Gordon received her MFA at the California College of the Arts. She is
the
>recipient of a SECA Award nomination and the Murphy Cadogan Fellowship
from
>the San Francisco Foundation. Exhibition venues include Richmond Arts
>Center, San Jose Museum of Art, Mission17, Southern Exposure, Temescal
Amity
>Works, RockPaperScissors, The Kitchen (NYC). In 2008 she will be
curating
>an exhibition at Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco and will
>participate in the Talking Arts series at the San Jose Institute of
>Contemporary Art, where she will provide portfolio reviews to artists.
>
>--
>Jennifer Delos Reyes
>
>http://jendelosreyes.com
>http://www.myspace.com/openengagement
>http://jendelosreyes.com
>/openenagement
>
>jendelosreyes@gmail.com
>(306)359-0285
>(306)737-5256 #Cell