Green Summary

A retrospect developed around the theme of Independence


Photo by Jude Anogwih, 2010

In celebration of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos’ 3 year
anniversary, artists who have engaged with the centre over the last
three years have been invited back to interpret their experience with
CCA around the theme of Independence. Artists were given the gallery
space as a studio from 3rd – 17th December to develop and present a
body of work, with one restriction, work produced must be Green.
Artists selected work with a variety of medium including; painting,
photography and video art and were provided with materials from which
to develop the work. The resulting exhibition draws from their various
artistic backgrounds and collaborative efforts to present independence
through the eyes of contemporary Nigerian artists.

The Green summary will run from December 20th 2010- 21st January 2011
Opening talk will take place on Monday 20th from 2pm with a
presentation by contributing artists, followed by light refreshments.

Contributing Artists:
Karo Akpokiere, Jude Anogwih, Jelili Atiku, Ndidi Dike, Uche Joel
Chima, Taiye Idahor, Emeka Ogboh, Richardson Obveibo,
Victoria Udondian

Curators
Ronke Adeola, Jude Anogwih and Oyinda Fakeye

Call for works: 14th Media Art Biennale WRO 2011 Alternative Now

The WRO Media Art Biennale is the leading international forum for new media art in Poland and Central Europe. Since its inception in 1989, WRO has been presenting art forms created using new media for artistic expression and communication, exploring current creative territories and building a critical perspective toward emerging issues in art and society.

Over the years, the WRO Biennales have raised a variety of questions about creative approaches to new technologies and the expanding technosphere of social media—about the creative crossover realms that arise where art and science, economics and social activism intersect.

The theme of the 14th WRO Biennale, which starts on May 10th 2011, is ALTERNATIVE NOW, highlighting the roles of individual artistic stances and strategies that keep a deliberate distance from the institutionalized mechanisms and standardized expectations of the art world.

To submit works to the 2011 WRO Media Art Biennale Alternative Now see wro2011.wrocenter.pl

Info

Deadline for submissions: 5.01.2011
Opening and main events: 10-15.05.2011
Exhibitions untill September 2011


Contact

Biennale Office
E-mail: biennale@wrocenter.pl
Phone: 0048 71 343 32 40

Address

WRO Art Center
ul. Widok 7
50-052 Wrocław, Poland
www.wrocenter.pl
www.wro2011.wrocenter.pl


Organizer: WRO Center for Media Art Foundation/ WRO Art Center

Don’t wait for the archive, Pt.2

Call for Applications

Workshop with Pad.ma (http://pad.ma/)

Don’t wait for the archive, Pt.2

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS OCT 7


Pad.ma invites artists, archivists, activists, collectors, filmmakers, researchers, writers, hackers coders and anyone to a two-week workshop involving working with video collections from Egypt and beyond and/or collections participants bring to the table while exploring pad.ma as a platform for collaborative video archiving and annotation.

(please email background and interest in taking part to lina.attalah@gmail.com )


For more information http://www.thetownhousegallery.com/

One Minutes Awards 2011

Since 2000 The One Minutes organizes an annual competition for the best one minutes videos.

For 2011 our annual awards are connected to the launch of The One Minutes Magazine, series of One Minute video art to which a selective group of podia can subscribe. It will appear on a monthly basis. The awards and the launch of TOM Magazine is in February 2011.

Series for which you can submit entries are:

Video performance: you and the camera

Cut and Paste: technical miracles

A Small History: small stories about matters we should not forget about

Micro Commercial: small companies run by passionate owners

Fairground Attraction: surreal details of a visual dreamworld

Mini road movie: travel report from A to B, a world network of travels

Per series 6 entries will be nominated for an award plus cash prize. Deadline 1 December 2010.

SVA MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department: Graduate Lecture Series and News‏

The MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts is pleased to announce its fall 2010 and winter 2011 events. In addition to departmental lectures and exhibitions that explore issues related to the contemporary lens-based arts the Department will also host a series of public lectures organized by Béatrice Gross, independent curator, and SVA faculty member.

Laurent Grasso
Tuesday September 14, 7 p.m.
Laurent Grasso was awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2008 and is the subject of a major monograph Laurent Grasso: The Black-Body Radiation published by les presses du réel. He will give a talk in conjunction with his solo exhibition Sound Fossil at Sean Kelly gallery, NY.
SVA Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY

The Original Copy
Tuesday October 26, 7 p.m.
A panel discussion on photography, performance, and the "living sculpture," with artists Eleanor Antin (NY) and Robin Rhode (Berlin), moderated by curator Roxana Marcoci in conjunction with the group exhibition The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, curated by Roxana Marcoci, Curator of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, NY.
SVA Chelsea Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY

Why Stieglitz? Bonnie Yochelson
Tuesday November 9, 7 p.m.
Curator and historian Bonnie Yochelson will lecture on the work of Alfred Stieglitz in conjunction with her exhibition Alfred Stieglitz New York at the South Street Seaport Museum, NY.
SVA Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY

Impressions, Shadows, Marcelline Delbecq
Tuesday February 15, 7 p.m.
A performance-lecture by the artist Marcelline Delbecq.
SVA Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY

All events are free and open to the public.
For complete listing of lectures and events please see the department website.
http://mfaphoto.schoolofvisualarts.edu/

OFFLINE FV Shorts

OFFLINE FV : Film and Video Exhibition curated by Michael K Taylor
Exhibition Dates: Sept 11th 2010 - Sept 25th 2010
Hours: Thurs-Sat 12-5 with special screenings 6-8pm each Thursday
Location: The Community Artists' Collective 1413 Holman near LaBranch Houston, TX 77004 713-523-1616- Tea Room Gallery

Short experimental films from American and Africa (total run time 21:23 min), featuring:

Songs for My Fathers - by Tierney Malone feat. Charlie Perez (Houston, TX)
length 2:43 min
Against the Wall - by Andrew Esiebo (Lagos, Nigeria)
length 3:51 min
[dis]connect - by Emeka Ogboh (Lagos, Nigeria)
length 1:58 min
Dreams (Smeard) Smeared - by Jude Anogwih (Lagos, Nigeria)
length 1:02 min
Carbon Blues - by Uche Joel Chima (Lagos, Nigeria)
length 2:44 min
Outage - by Outrage by Lillian Pilaku (Lagos, Nigeria)
length 2:16min
Elinor Beauregard - by Simone Bailey (San Francisco, CA)
length 1:35 min
Vanishing Point - by Patrick Lovejoy (NY & CA)
length 4:36 min

Glad to see Nigerian (Lagosian) Video Art exhibited to new audiences, and our very own Jude Anogwih and Emeka Ogboh featured. We were told that during the question and answer session much of the debate centred around the work of the Nigerian artists, leading to discussions around politics and environmental issues on the continent (Africa).

Triangle Arts Trust Workshop in Collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 18TH SEPTEMBER 2010.

I am happy to inform you about the first Triangle Arts Trust Workshop in Lagos organised in collaboration with CCA,Lagos to be held from the 4th-17th October 2010 at Stone House in Alakuko. The workshop hopes to accommodate 18 professional artists from Nigeria, across Africa as well as internationally. The workshop is open to artists working in all media. Whilst the focus will be artists from Nigeria (up to 10) priority will also be given to artists from the Global South. Applications are also welcome from around the world.


The two-week workshop will bring together a group of artists working in various disciplines to share ideas,experiences and to make new work inspired by the context and the opportunity to work alongside other artists.
Approximately 18 artists will participate in the workshop, half from Nigeria and the rest from other countries in Africa and further afield. During the workshop participants will also be invited to present their work to each other and to the public. The workshop will end with an Open Day, when the public will join the artists in celebrating the outcome of the two weeks.

Financial conditions:
The workshop will provide the successful applicants with full lodging and food, working space, local transportation and a small material stipend. International artists will be able to apply to have their international travel covered by the workshop.

Procedure for applications and deadline:
All candidates must apply using the application form and submit all the required documents listed in the form. Closing date for applications 18th September 2010. The completed application forms and required documents can be requested from info@ccalagos.org should be returned to this address.

While email communication is encouraged, artists may send their materials to the following address:
Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos
9, McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba
Lagos, Nigeria

Please note that work or material sent by post cannot be returned.
Late applications cannot be reviewed. Successful candidates will be informed by 21st of September 2010

For more information or any inquiries, please contact info@ccalagos.org