ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS N°9, Berlin
December, 20th and 21, 2008
Deadline for submission:October 31, 2008 (postmark)
Anonymous Drawings N° 9 – Call for Entries
The Anonymous Drawings campaign was initiated for the first time by the artist Anke Becker for the nomad art project blütenweiss. at October 2006. Due to the continuously increasing amount of international submissions and the positive public response, this year will already take place the ninth edition of Anonymous Drawings. This time blütenweiss and Anonymous Drawings will be hosted the first time at Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien.
A selection of around 1000 Drawings by international artists will be presented anonymously for the duration of one evening and two days. Every Anonymous Drawings show is preceded by an international open call for entries on the Internet. There are no specifications regarding the content of the works. Age, Biography or personal background of the author do not play any role for the selection. The artist’s anonymity can be lifted by means of purchasing a drawing for the symbolic unit sales price of 150 EUR. The buyer can take his drawing right off the wall and s/he is then told the name of its author. The empty space the drawing leaves behind will be marked with the artist’s full name. The predefined unit sales price of 150 EUR is not to be understood as a real market price but rather as a „placeholder“ for any possible amount of money. Since exhibited drawings will be work of both established and lay-artists blütenweiss asks the viewer him/herself to draw the line between Art and Non-Art. Typical mechanisms of the art-market, like pricing, the artist’s own ego, and predefined concepts of quality are turned upside down and questioned in an experimental way. The participating artists agree to withdraw themselves and their usual pricing in favor of the subject: the drawing itself.
Participation - Please send in the following:
- 1-3 original drawings on paper, maximum size DIN A3 (11”x 17” inches), Signature and Name at the back of the drawing ( please do not send prints, mats, frames, objects, please!)
- the duly completed application form
available for download at: http://www.bluetenweiss-berlin.de/en/call.html
- please transfer 10 EUR for the return postage. (For the bank details see the application form) In case you are based in Germany you may add German stamps instead.
- Enclose a self-addressed envelope
to:
Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien
- Anonyme Zeichner -
Mariannenplatz 2
D-10997 Berlin
Germany
Deadline for submission:October 31, 2008 (postmark)
A confirmation of receipt and the result of the selection will be sent out per email
blütenweiss reserves the right to choose which works will be exhibited; our priorities, however, are formal and content variety.
blütenweiss will publish a brochure (black/white - 60 pages), showing a selection of anonymous works, for each Anonymous Drawings exhibit which is available for 10 EUR at the opening and on line at the blütenweiss-homepage.
Artists selected for the publication will be informed prior the opening.
The artists receive 100 EUR of the sale-price of one drawing. The other 50 EUR will be used by Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien and blütenweiss for the realization of further exhibitions and projects.
In the case of a sale the artist will be informed via email directly after the show.
blütenweiss built up an Archive of Anonymous Drawings which contains by now more than 800 works. The archive is made up of a selection of every regular Anonymous Show since 2006. It is the basis for future travelling exhibitions.
Every artist selected for the archive will be informed per E-mail.
Besides this there is the possibility to donate one or more drawings to the archive ( see application form)
Unsold and not archived drawings will be returned until the end of January 2009 at the latest.
Please Note:
Works cannot be returned without the payment for the postage!
A personal deliver or pick up of submissions is not possible due to organizational reasons.
bluetenweiss does not accept submissions that are subject to customer’s taxes (it is therefore advisable to indicate a „Not merchandise“on your package).
Please send your documents in a single package.
E - mail applications will not be accepted. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
The participant releases blütenweiss from all liability for damage to submitted works (including theft and fire) incurred during transport, while held at the exhibitions or while being returned.
concept:
Anke Becker / blütenweiss berlin
contact: [email protected]
www.bluetenweiss-berlin.de
www.anke-becker.de
www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de
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