AAF 2020 Open Call for Participation – Special curated section with free exhibition space
Art & Technology
A showcase of contemporary artwork that develops a critical engagement with our current technological contexts
The Armenia Art Fair has devoted a core component of its programme to the topic of Art & Technology since its first edition in 2018. Its extraordinary success has encouraged us to continually expand this platform for debate and knowledge exchange, hosting talks, workshops, installations and presentations. The Art & Technology programme for 2020 is becoming more ambitious, with the aim to eventually become a standalone festival alongside the Art Fair.
As part of this expansion, in this year’s edition we aim to present for the first time a specially curated Art & Technology section within the AAF, to showcase artists whose work explores contemporary practice at the crossroads of the analogue and the digital, visual image, matter, sound and technology. Unlike the core of the Art Fair, this section is also open to submissions from independent artists, therefore providing the opportunity for them to showcase their work directly, without the need for intermediaries such as established galleries or curators.
Technology is now completely embedded in our everyday activities, and we believe that artistic practice can provide the tools to better understand the impact of technology in contemporary life, giving visibility to its underlying structures and potential.
More and more artists are engaging with cutting-edge technologies and scientific research in their work, both to push the limits of a new set of radical tools, and to seek new ways of understanding the world in which we live. At the same time, strictly analogue techniques and traditional craft-based methods are also providing artists with striking ways to develop a critical engagement with our current technological contexts.
Art & Technology Curator: Dr Viviana Narotzky PhD (RCA)
Dr Viviana Narotzky is a scholar, writer and curator. She has specialist interests in Art, Technology and Design. She was the founder and Director of the International Open Design / Shared Creativity conference, and of the DEMO festival of experimental and crossover art and design, both part of the Barcelona Design Festival. She has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art, London, and president of ADI-FAD, the Industrial Designer’s Association based at the Barcelona Design Museum. Viviana Narotzky regularly consults on art and design related projects. She has worked with institutions such as the World Economic Forum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, Hong Kong Television and the Barcelona Design Hub. Dr Narotzky is a member of the Armenia Art Fair Advisory Board.
INFORMATION FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submissions to be sent by email to:
viviana.narotzky@armeniaartfair.com
For general information about the Open Call, please email:
info@armeniaartfair.com
Deadline for submissions:
31 March 2020
Selected applicants will be contacted by the end of April.
Media:
Photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, paper, multimedia or digital prints, etc.
Video and digital work submissions are encouraged. However, please bear in mind we have a limited budget, and complex installations requiring expensive setups are unlikely to be selected.
Maximum Size:
Height 1,80 meters
Required Documentation:
- Biographical information and CV (2 pages maximum)
- Artist statement 300 words maximum
- Any links to online material
- Images of up to 8 artworks. Specify medium and dimensions for each. 300dpi JPEG, 700x700pixels maximum size
- Price of each artwork in USD
- Please list any specific display / installation requirements
Send this documentation to viviana.narotzky@armeniaartfair.com
Costs:
- AAF will provide free exhibition space for the selected artworks.
- AAF will take care of all associated exhibition costs.
- AAF will take 0% commission on the sale of the artworks.
- AAF will provide communication and promotion services, including catalogue listing.
- AAF will take care of the packaging of works for their return to artists.
- Please note that transport and transport insurance costs are to be covered by the artist. We recommend the artwork is sent to us fully insured.
Transport:
If selected, and when applicable, please send the artwork unframed and unmatted. If possible, we recommend suitable artwork is sent packaged in a protective tube.