Opportunity Notts: Feeling a little touched?
Wolstenholme Creative Space (WCS)
Open Call for Submissions /
International 10: Touched
Submission Deadline: Friday 30 April 2010
Wolstenholme Creative Space
Background
Originally a textile factory, Wolstenholme Creative Space (formerly known as Wolstenholme Projects) is an artist-led not-for-profit studio space and gallery, established over three years ago in Liverpool city centre at 11 Wolstenholme Square. As well as providing a unique atmosphere for exhibitions within its four rooms, the gallery has also played host to a number of inspirational and experimental live music acts.
Touched at WCS
Theme
As part of ‘Touched’, Wolstenholme Creative Space will house 3 exhibitions that each independently prescribe to the stimuli of Touched.
Submission(s) from the open call will create the third and final exhibition of our Biennial trilogy.
International 10: Touched
Touched will consist of new art that succeeds in affecting the viewer: art that moves us in mind, body and soul.
For more information on Biennial’s curatorial intentions:
http://biennial.com/articles/news/Liverpool_Biennial_announces_theme_‘Touched’_for_the_International_exhibition_for_its_2010_festival/194/15.aspx
WCS Brief: With These Walls We Are Shaped
Exhibition Period: 12 – 28 November 2010
The work submitted should be a reaction to the space, which due to its unique state can create a range of sensory experiences. The gallery spaces consist of peeling paint, exposed plaster, woodwork, brick, light and dark spaces etc all in the one building. What sets us apart from established galleries and links us strongly with ‘Touched’ will be through the sensory experience of the gallery by the artist(s), they will be touched by the gallery through their work, which in turn touches the viewers. We are not just a plain, one-surface, white gallery, so one is touched physically and mentally by the space. The artists’ work will be site-specific in response to Wolstenholme Creative Space.
Submission Guidelines
The call out is broad in that we will accept submissions from individual artists of all art forms including visual, sound, digital, performance artists / collectives / curatorial collaboration suggestions– that respond directly or broadly to the themes discussed above.
The submissions must be new site-specific works in response to the Brief.
All submissions must be accompanied by a submission form with the technical requirements and dimensions of the proposed exhibition entry included, and all examples of work can be submitted on disc / as attachments / or via post where submissions should be no bigger than A4 and able to be posted easily through the door.
Submissions should be emailed to:
wolsteholmecreativespace@googlemail.com
Addressed to WCS Gallery Coordinators
The subject of the email should read: ‘External Open Call Submission / Touched’
Or Posted to:
WCS Gallery Coordinators
11 Wolstenholme Square
Liverpool
L1 4JJ
Deadline
The deadline for the submission form and examples of work or past projects need to be received by 5pm, Friday 30 April 2010
If you have any questions or would like to organise a visit to the space please email wolstenholmecreativespace@googlemail.com with the email subject reading ‘Touched Enquiry’
Wolstenholme’s Biennial Schedule
Exhibition 1: Working Title‘Album’
17 September – 10 October 2010 / Works by 16 Royal College of Art Artists / Curated by Morgan Quaintance in curatorial collaboration with the WCS Coordinators / Lead Artist: Rebecca Court
Description
In response to the theme of being touched by environment, 16 RCA Artists and the RCA/WCS Curatorial Collaborative will respond specifically to the Wolstenholme Building. The works will include various mediums and will be exhibited throughout the whole building.
Exhibition 2: Title TBC
15 October– 7 November 2010 / Works by Wolstenholme Creative Space Resident Artists / Curator TBC
Description
The content of the show is dependant on the response from Wolstenholme Creative Space studio artists, but again will have a focus on the environment.
Exhibition 3: With These Walls We Are Shaped
12 November– 28 November 2010 / Open Call to External Artists, Collectives, Performers / Curator TBC
Description
The content of the show will be dependant on submissions received, the exhibition could consist of a range of artists we select and bring together as a show or could consist of work from one artist or collective, all in response to the brief above.
