DEADLINE WED24DEC 2014
at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London (Saturday 31 January 2015)
CUNTemporary is now accepting proposals for the fourth episode of the unique exhibition and performance club night “Deep Trash Italia”, recently nominated Live Art Associate UK by the Live Art Development Agency.
Calling for performances, performative lectures, dance, videos and interactive artworks to be shown on Saturday 31 January 2015. “DEEP TRASH ITALIA#4 Carnivalism” will take place at the East London venue Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club in support of Archivio Queer Italia – the first Italian platform for queer art, theory and activism.
We accept proposals by artists of any artistic background and nationality. We are also keen to hear from writers responding to the call either in a written form (theory, auto/biography, poetry or fiction) or through a performative lecture. A collection of texts from this and all other Deep Trash Italia exhibition/club nights will be published in 2015.
Coinciding with the start of the Carnival in Venice, this event’s themes may include, respond to, be affected by, but not restricted to:
- Feminist reflections on “womanliness as masquerade”
- How masquerade generates non-binary ideas of gender and sexuality
- Carnivalism and the disruption of power structures
- Sonic anarchies: mash-ups and appropriations as critique of neo-liberal culture
- Subversive drag and anti-drag queens
- Dissident travesties: strategies for subverting normative discourses
- Neopaganism and creative synthesis in artistic practices
- Reconsidering the sacred and the profane in contemporary artwork
- Carnivalistic misalliances: working through contradictions and paradoxes
- Non-sense and chaos as carnivalesque strategy
To apply please email Giulia Casalini at info@archivioqueeritalia.com with the heading “DEEP TRASH APPLICATION” and include the following information:
1) Name and surname
2) Place of birth (city and country)
3) Place of residency (city and country)
4) A written proposal (no more than 500 words) and, if available, images of the work
5) Website of the artist/collective or portfolio
6) Up to 5 high res images with credits (for press use)
We will aim to respond to all applications as soon as possible. Selected artists will be notified by Sunday, 28 December 2014. Deadline is Wednesday, 24 December 2014.
About Archivio Queer Italia
The Archivio Queer Italia (AQI) project was founded by Giulia Casalini (co-director of CUNTemporary) with the support of CUNTemporary in London. AQI is the first Italian platform for queer art, theory and activism. The two strands of this project consist of:
- The incorporation of a database to create a virtual archive of artistic, theoretical and activist expressions related to Italy.
- Creating spaces and mobile events for the display of such activities (e.g. art fairs, museums, institutions, street interventions).
Parallel to these activities AQI regularly publishes news on queer and feminist issues and lists events and activities taking place in Italy. AQI also organises “Teoremi”, a bi-annual itinerant performance festival against sexual and gender discriminations in Italy.
Contact information
info@archivioqueeritalia.com
www.archivioqueeritalia.com/
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