Call for Proposals: Visualeyez 2012
Posted by Adam on January 4th, 2012
The Thirteenth annual Visualeyez festival of performance art happens from 10–16 September 2012 in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, exploring on the curatorial theme of loneliness.
Visualeyez takes place over a period of seven days and it is required that all invited artists are able to attend for the entire length of the festival. Artists experience the work of other artists; engage in discussion groups, meals and other activities that enhance the work of individual artists and the performance art community within Canada and beyond. It is important that prior to submitting that artist is available for a minimum of six days during the festival. Please visit visualeyez.org for the past festival information.
Curator and Founder of Visualeyez, Todd Janes states, “Visualeyez 2012 builds upon notions of an ever-expanding and more urban city. This theme will explore issues such as emotional versus social isolation, chronic and transient states of loneliness within the city and our inter-relationships with crowds, emptiness and intimacy. I want to present artists that will explore the theme of loneliness and enhance dialogues regarding the societal issues, community connectivity and understanding of the concept and its impact on individuals and society as a whole.”
Proposals should include: a CV; artist statement; a detailed description of the work you wish to present, or explore; and support material that can include images, video, print or digital documentation of your work, catalogues, and press.
The deadline for submission is Friday, 27 April 2012.
If you would like your materials returned to you, please also include sufficient postage or courier materials. Artists shall be contacted by mid-June 2012 regarding the status of their proposals.
Proposals by post to:
Visualeyez 2012
Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture
10248 106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5J 1H5
Attention: Todd Janes, Executive Director
Proposals by email to: todd.janes@latitude53.org.
Please be courteous of image size and materials that you are sending. Please place Visualeyez 2012 submission in the subject line
Visualeyez is supported, in part by Canada Council for the Arts, The City of Edmonton, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Province of Alberta, The Edmonton Downtown Business Association and Latitude 53.
Download the call for proposals.
lance mclean reflects…
Posted by Karen on September 20th, 2011
text by: lance mclean
I have been thinking a lot about “pre intentions” and what it would be like to let go of them when performing. Years ago I say a guy with a shirt that said: “No expectations, no disapointments.” It made me laugh when I first say it but as I kept thinking about it it started to make me think differently about understanding the beauty of life as it is not as we may want it to be.
todd janes
Posted by Karen on September 20th, 2011
todd, visualeyez wouldn’t be here without you. we love you, we thank you, we wish you long life.
michael dudeck – in conversation
Posted by Karen on September 20th, 2011
photo courtesy the artist
a conversation cannot replace a performance. i was not able to see michael dudeck perform, and so, as a second best, we met for breakfast so i could attempt to see deeper into this generous and articulate person.
what i saw was an artist who has an ardent desire to create a world to inhabit. you could say this is what drives most artists, however in dudeck’s case i would wager this desire incorporates a love.
emilio rojas performs – again
Posted by Karen on September 20th, 2011
photo by catherine kuzik
no one. no one is listening more intently. no one knows the modulations in the voice, the pacing of the words, the catches in the breath more than she. she who when called answers, “si mi amor.” (“yes my love.”)
the “mother” who has travelled by ferry to sit at this table in the daughter of a friend’s house. to be there. for her son. to listen to him. this son who has invited her into his life in this particular way. a performance. a performance of speaking confessions. one from him to her. or two. how will she know when he is speaking his confession? will she know? should she know? does she know already that he is speaking all the confessions, all the confessions pass through his voice to her.
amy malbeuf performs
Posted by Karen on September 20th, 2011
photos by catherine kuzik
performance art in public space can be tricky. you never really know how the work will be received – security might be called or the police alerted because any unknown or unusual activity can be deemed ”suspicious.”
often the safest bet for the artist is to act “as if” the authority resides in them, “as if” this activity is completely normal and they are just “doing their job.” and this is exactly what amy malbeuf did. she arrived on the scene, she performed her task, she left. perfectly normal. except, amy malbeuf was dressed in a silver leotard that completely covered her body. her body…and her head. no eyes, no nose, no mouth, no skin, no hair was visible. all we see is a body encased in silver. the task performed involved walking in a circle and spreading some colourful substance with a “golfgreen” fertilizer spreader. (more…)
danny gaudreault performs – again
Posted by Karen on September 19th, 2011
photos by lance mclean
danny gaudreault made us laugh. for real.
with an “oh whatever” surrender into the pathos of his situation, danny gaudrault rose to take his place. lowering his naked ass onto the knees of his subjects he crossed his legs and managed a royal wave.
but lets go back to the beginning.
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sitting with helene vosters day six
Posted by Karen on September 18th, 2011
i want you to know. there is a woman. a woman who is unmaking. returning to thread a cloth. returning to thread a cloth that was made. returning to thread a cloth that was made to be cut into a pattern. returning to thread a cloth that was made to be cut into a pattern to be sewn into a uniform to be worn by a human being to mark this human being as belonging to an army. i want you to know there is a woman who is unmaking this uniform and returning it to thread. so we can begin again. we can start over again.
let us start over again.
morning meeting day five
Posted by Karen on September 18th, 2011
today we meet inside. the weather has turned windy and cold. again there is a circle, but no table between. we discuss work that is not gallery specific. emilio rojas’ relational ritual and aimée henny brown’s revival walk. the fact that both these works break with the standards of both gallery viewing and theatre creates challenges and unique opportunities. also, with emilio’s work being relational every person present was the “keeper” of their own unique experience. there was no right or wrong in the telling of how the work affected each person. there was also an incredible sense of generosity that came forward today where support was offered in a way any artist (or person for that matter) loves to hear…”we will be there for you.” this being with each other and for each other, is in a sense what these two works are grappling with. the question is as old as time and will i suspect, always be relevant.
sitting with helene vosters day five
Posted by Karen on September 18th, 2011
delicate work. the cloth held between the hands. one hand holding cloth, one hand pinching thread to draw it out from the cloth. the sound of one thread being drawn through the length of the cloth. like a wave. one thread at a time. one wave at a time. i become lulled as if i am watching the waves roll in on a beach.
i am amazed at the tranquility engendered by watching helene vosters engage in her self-appointed task. i wonder if i am projecting some desire for maternal care. helene vosters sitting with cloth in hand reminds me of how my sons would come to me with their stuffed animals for me to repair. this posture of sitting, hands engaged, head bowed, this attentiveness to detail, to cloth – is this reparation?
today i do not feel sadness, nor do i think about war, rather i allow the serenity of this scene to flow over me.
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