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Body Language: Accepted entries: Show runs: April 5 to May 17, 2014
OCCCA invites creatives of all kinds to submit art for exhibition in Body Language, curated by legendary LA artist George Herms. Body Language celebrates the body as the sign supreme. Our bodies are implicated in everything we do, think and say. The body is pivotal to our understanding of our place in the universe. In contemporary culture the body has become an extraordinarily complex signifier. Computer generated, traditionally sculpted, assembled, drawn, painted, photographed, filmed or performed in the gallery as dance or theater, in participatory events, street art and fashion --- the artists in Body Language ascertain the true dimensions of the inter-human sphere, connecting art to daily life, dreams, desires and the return of the real. Body Language is about the body angelic, or monstrous, clothed or naked; the disabled body overcoming the odds; the hybrid body permeated by technology; bodies merging with animals, plants and machines; the body of the athlete in motion; the sacred body of the Psalms and the Sutras; the body marginalized, politicized; the body exploited by advertisers and the media; the body studied by market researchers, demographers, economists; the body at the switching point between the familiar and the strange; the body of mythology and fairy tales; the body marked by the artist; the body uniting those who observe with those who perform; the body of flayed corpses, anatomical drawings, autopsies and dissections; the body as seen by medical science; the body tattooed, scarified and pierced; the androgynous, alluring and dangerous body --- “The body electric and in the exquisite realization of health.” (Walt Whitman) “The body in danger on this earth, but not of this earth.” (Jean-Paul Sartre) “The body as temperamental and vehement flesh.” (Meyer Schapiro)
Curator George Herms,
References: Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul. Art in Theory, 1900-1990, An Anthology of Changing Ideas. Oxford, UK and Cambridge, USA: Blackwell, l992. O’Reilly, Sally. The Body in Contemporary Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2009. Text by Rob Mintz Graphic Design by Dali Polivka
Eligibility and Entries: Open to all artists worldwide. All media will be considered. •Artwork, performance, or installations with special instructions or equipment must be described in full and possibly installed by the artist. Special hardware requirements must be included with the accepted entries.* •Video work must be formatted so that it repeats automatically and can be played on a NTSC DVD player. We have limited video devices, and you may be required to bring your own monitor, DVD player, computer or projection device. •Artists are encouraged (but not required) to include a brief statement with their entry explaining the relevance of the work submitted to the Body Language theme
Entry Formats You can enter up to three (3) images for your $38.00 entry fee* and can enter as many times as you wish Note images uploaded may be used for a full color catalog, so it is in your best interest to include a press ready hi-res jpeg image (300dpi)
PLEASE BE SURE TO UPLOAD ALL OF YOUR IMAGES BEFORE YOU PURCHASE YOUR ENTRY!
Dates: •Deadline for entry: •Notification Starting: March 7th, accepted entries will be posted here, and by individual phone calls •Work delivered to OCCCA: March 27-30th •Install: March 30–April 4 •Opening: Saturday, April 5th, 6-10pm •Show runs: April 5 to May 17, 2014 •Pickup: Sunday May 18th, 12-4
Accepted work: Any delivered work different from accepted entries or deemed unsafe for hanging will be excluded from the exhibition
Shipping Accepted work: O.C.C.C.A. Please use USPS, UPS or FedEx Guidelines for Shipping & Hand delivery drop off:
Make sure to include prepaid shipping label for return (barcoded label purchased at time of your shipment and included inside your shipped box) Shipping Documents with Instructions:
Any shipping issues contact us: info.occca@gmail.com
Sales All work will be considered for saleunless otherwise indicated on the entry form. Proceeds from work sold: 60% to the artist, 40% to OCCCA. Checks to the artists are processed within 30 working days of the close of the show.
Insurance and Liability: Art sold remains on display until the close of the exhibition. Although care will be taken in handling of entries, OCCCA accepts no responsibility for damage of work submitted to the competition improperly framed or packaged for handling. Artists may wish to obtain their own insurance. Hold Harmless Agreement: I hereby release the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art and its members from all liability of every kind and character on account of loss, damages, or injury to property which I may have while on the property at 117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA, 92701. Any work left at OCCCA after exhibition closing, will be subject to a $10.00 per day storage fee. Any artwork left after 10 days from the pick up date will become the property of OCCCA. I understand that information contained in this form may be released to the media and that by entering this competition, I understand that my artwork may be photographed for promotional or other purposes. Entry Agreement: Submission for consideration in the exhibition, "Body Language" constitutes agreement to the conditions stated in this document.
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