Call: IEG seeks artworks for exchange themed exhibition

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Jurors: Lori Gordon and Jennifer Delos Reyes, Directors

In conjunction with the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (SJICA), the Infinite Exchange Gallery (IEG) will participate in the upcoming ZERO1 biennial in 2008. This event will take place on June 6, 2008, from 6-11 pm. The festival will be closing down the street, to present an art street fair. Spaces along this street will be open late for the evening including Macla, Works, Anno Domini, the Quilt Museum and Space 47. For more information, visit the Zero1 website: 01sj.org.

IEG knows the value of art and believes that everyone should have access to it in their daily lives. It is in essence, an art market functioning outside of the 'art market' constraints. Located within this type of setting, the venue serves as a place where people can feel comfortable bargaining and trading.

Presenting works and services in exchange for non-monetary trades, artists determine what they feel the value of their work is and what they want in exchange for it. This agreement ensures the cooperative collaboration that manifests between the gallery representatives and the buyer. The viewers are thereby invited to swap and potentially even haggle in exchange for what they want.

Deadline for entries:
Received by January 15, 2008
Exhibition event:
June 6, 2008, from 6-11 pm.
Work Samples:
Digital files -- Up to five jpgs (under 2 MB).
Supporting Materials:
Corresponding image 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
Note: Accepted artists are required to be present for the event.
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Bios:
Delos Reyes and 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 LRH Collective.

Delos Reyes is currently completing her MFA at the University of Regina, where she coordinated 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 in San Francisco.

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