Red Wire Open Submission - 23rd November 2006.

Deadline for entries; Wednesday 8th November 2006.

Red Wire Artist group hosts it's fourth Biennial exhibition, this is an open submission exhibition at Red Wire Gallery, Liverpool. We are currently accepting proposals of work to exhibit.

To enter you work, send images of your proposed piece, together with any supporting information to us.

If the work is as yet unfinished, send images of previous work together with a statement of your intent for this exhibition.

Any insurance and transportation you may require should be organised by yourselves.

To view more on Red Wire, please go to; http://www.redwireredwire.com

There is no financial cost, and entries shall be judged on merit and to create a cohesive exhibition.

If you require any further information please contact us at redwireredwire@hotmail.co.uk

Send proposal to redwireredwire@hotmail.co.uk

Red Wire Open Submission.
Second Floor
Carlisle Buildings
67-69 Victoria Street
Liverpool
L1 6DE.

http://www.redwireredwire.com

11 Wolstenholme Square

"Making Connections"

An event of 2 weeks duration allowing artists based in Liverpool and Manchester to meet, share ideas, work together and put on an exhibition of their work for the final week of this year’s Liverpool Biennial.

We hope the event might be the starting point for future collaborations or at least provide a few sparks for ideas for future independent work for those who participate.

How the project develops will be largely dependent on the participants themselves.

At this point we envisage that the work shown in the second week will be existing work, the first week being a setup period when artists can find connections and decide which work shares common themes and how this can be visualised and articulated in the set up of the show. It would also be possible for work developed in this first week to be shown in the exhibition.

Time commitment will be very flexible. After the initial meeting, the building will be open from 4.30pm to 9.30pm each day for the entire week for artists to create and/or set up their work. Exhibition to open on Saturday 18th November. The opening hours will be 12pm to 6pm daily (closed Monday and Tuesday). Each participant will be expected to do one days invigilation. Instead of an opening event there will be a big closing party on Saturday 25th November starting at 6.30pm.

All those interested need to meet at 11 Wolstenholme Square (opposite Cream) at 7.30pm on 11th November (the building will be open from 7pm). Everybody who wishes to participate will without exception be given the opportunity to do so. Each participant will need to bring a piece of work with them or, if the work is too large, colour A4 printouts of the work. Participants are welcome to bring a variety of their work and select a piece according to their reaction to the space and the other work proposed.

Two tvs and dvds will be available on the 11th Nov to view video pieces, but participants will have to provide all necessary equipment for the exhibition itself.

Although the building is fairly large, extending to 3 floors, anybody with particularly large 3d work may need to display documentation of the work rather than the work itself.

NOTE: The Art Organisation will be providing third party public liability insurance for the event but participants are responsible for the insurance of their own work or equipment where appropriate. Strictly no projectors or laptops to be left in the building overnight.

It would be useful, though not essential, if anyone intending to come on the 11 Nov sent an email expressing an interest (or asking questions) to:

Gordon Culshaw
gordonculshaw@hotmail.com
07789644986

or

Jamie Torode
jamie.toad@virgin.net
07976882198

The Projection Gallery, 2 Roscoe street, Liverpool.

As artists and curators we find that we learn through making. This includes making our own mistakes and taking risks. We are looking for works that touch on this subject. We have the space for two weeks and we are looking for work to be placed within four exhibition spaces. Part of the show includes a sixty-seat cinema on which we will be showcasing art films and shorts.

WHEN: 16-26 November 2006

TO APPLY: send images of previous work and image/sketch/text of proposed piece for the exhibition to jay@sevenseven.org.uk
DEADLINE: 1 November 2006

www.theprojectiongallery.com

Liverpool Live 06 - A festival of urban apparition

Call for Participants – 26-29 October 2006
1 day workshop, 3 days sited performance

As part of Liverpool Live, the Hamburg group LIGNA have been invited to make a site radio intervention piece for Liverpool City Centre. They are seeking a group of 15-20 participants to work with them on the development of the piece.

The key requirements for the project are an interest in collaborating in a performance research laboratory and a willingness to perform in a series of City Centre interventions. The project will take the form of a scientific field study into everyday street behaviour and participants will function as the researchers. Performance gestures and choreographies will be adaptations of and deviations from everyday gestures.

For further information and application form email marketing@bluecoatartscentre.com or call 0151 709 5297

give them enough rope.
ambitious works...
16.11.06 – 26.11.06

This is a call for submissions.

Matt Blackler, Giles Hinchcliff and Sayshun Jay are co-curating @ The Projection Gallery. 2 Roscoe street.

As artists and curators we find that we learn through making. This includes making our own mistakes and taking risks. We are looking for works that touch on this subject.

We have the space for two weeks and we are looking for work to be placed within four exhibition spaces .

Part of the show includes a sixty-seat cinema on which we will be showcasing art films and shorts.

Please send images of previous work and image/sketch/text of proposed piece for the exhibition to jay@sevenseven.org.uk

Deadline 1.11.06

Liverpool Biennial independents

Well this sounds nice and easy, I should dig out my old pastels and take a few along...

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Biennial exhibition open to all artists in Liverpool and Cumbria

Do you want to show your work as part of this years Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art????

As part of the Grizedale Arts commission for the new A Foundation buildings in Liverpool we are holding a 2-week salon style showcase of artists from Merseyside and Cumbria.

There is no selection process, anyone can take part, and any work received will be hung in the Grizedale project space however we can fit it!
We can accept work in any media, but all films must be provided as DVD’s that will simply be left in the space for people to play on the TV as they wish.
You will need to arrange for your work to be delivered to and collected from the space.

The exhibition takes place from 1 November – 15 November at A Foundation, 67 Greenland St, Liverpool, L1 0BY
All work must be received by Friday 20 October

To register your interest for the Salon, and to receive a booking form please contact Hilary: hilaryt@afoundation.org.uk
0151 709 4180
http://www.afoundation.org.uk/

From our friends at Mercy...

)BRACKET THIS 3( - Thursday 2 November-Sunday 26 November
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The third instalment of our successful exhibition programme kicks off, as with the first, at the climax of the Liverpool Biennial. It’s at the Arena Gallery on Duke Street again, all nicely refurbished. Expect the usual mix of cross-cultural and cross-discipline artworks commissioned to reflect on the artists sense of place, plus regular late-night parties and performances by bands, poets, DJs and the rest. Expect to get spammed like no other once it nears...
**WORK PLACEMENTS***
We need people for work placements as exhibition assistants, starting from 25 October til the exhibition end. Duties would include help with invigilation & point of contact with visitors, installation, marketing & promotion, and a whole host of lovely menial tasks. We need 1/2 people per day (expenses covered), so if you are interested it would be really helpful if you could give us an idea of what days you are available when you contact us. Give us an email about it, it’d be a really good experience to have a hand in a very busy and successful show in an international Biennial, whooo!

Also

WE want more writers for 2007’s run: at the moment we’re beating illustrators off with giant pencils from Art Attack, but having to beg for writing. Don’t demean us, send us some samples so we can enlarge our roster for next year. If we get our Arts Council funding then we’ll even pay you all!

Contact: info@showmercy.co.uk
www.showmercy.co.uk

The Independents Biennial requires photographers

The Indendents Biennial is seeking photographers interested in working with their Press Officer to provide editorial pictures for reproduction on the Independents website.

Portraits and photographs of events and installation views will be required. IBL is unable to offer fees. Author credits will be given on all pictures used and copyright for any future use will remain with the photographer.

Interested?
Please phone Adele Cropper on 0151 708 9000

Note this is being run by the Independents Biennial office not artinliverpool.com

IN ANOTHER PLACE
Call for entries for photography exhibition

As Antony Gormley’s iron men sculptures near the end of their long stay on Crosby Beach more and more people are photographing each other with the life-size statues. Some confront the sculptures; others treat it as a member of the family. The sculptures have been dressed up, occasionally ­ some poseurs have almost matched their nudity!

The Independents wants to exhibit your affectionate, witty and wacky photographs. If you have been in another place with one of Gormley’s men send the picture to the
Independents Biennial, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY / 0797 661 0581 /
mail@independentsbiennial.org
no later than September 5th, 2006. The Maximum height or width of digital photographs should be no more than 550 pixels.

The Projection gallery are returning to the Liverpool biennial, as part of the independents section, creating a dynamic mix of film, lens based media and interactive performance.

They are currently taking submissions of film based works, whether it be a short film or artists films they are interested in them.
Their aim is to produce a space that investigates the diversity of the medium, from grass roots to established film makers/artists.

They are also interested in hearing from people who have performances/installations that involve film, as they have a number of performances already confirmed but would like to offer the opportunity to others as well.

Through this project they also want to create a network of artists, creating peer support for each other and also working on similar events in the UK and Europe.

Submission deadline for films is 31st August and for installations/performances 17th August

For full submission details and information about the project visit
http://www.theprojectiongallery.com
or E: info@theprojectiongallery.com

Werk Ltd presents Supersocial

Werk Ltd is setting up Supersocial as a platform of activities during the Liverpool Biennial.

Supersocial takes place every Thursday, starting September 14 until November 23 from 6-8pm. Korova Bar & Kitchen is our meeting point for discussions, interventions, screenings, excursions, excavations, explorations and much more. Guest chefs will be part of the program, serving food at 8pm.

Supersocial hosts thematic discussions and events led by invited individuals and groups with the aim of bringing Biennial visitors, participants and audiences together under conducive circumstances. Supersocial collaborates with institutions involved in the Biennial and wish to facilitate networking opportunities and promote knowledge about professional art practices. It is open for all and a free event.

Call for participation – artists, critics, curators…

Do you have work you’d like to show, ideas you’d like to share, a slide show you’d like to present or perhaps an event you’d like to stage? Werk would like to invite you to participate in the ongoing activities around Supersocial, the discussion and networking platform open throughout the Biennial. We have a small budget to develop and support your idea. If you’re interested in finding out more,
please get in touch with Cecilia Andersson c@ruc.com

www.ruc.com/werk

Call for submissions: Liverpool Biennial 'Independents'

Proposals are invited for an exhibition as part of Liverpool Biennial ‘Independents’.

We will be running 2 exhibitions in a building on 'Wolstenholme Square' close to the centre of Liverpool.
The first exhibition will run from Saturday 16th Sept to Sunday the 1st October (set up will be from 6th to the15th September)
The second exhibition will run from Saturday 6th October to Sunday the 22nd October (set up will be from 2nd Oct until the 5th)

The exhibition will be self funded requiring us to organize a rota for invigilation. We are hoping to provide a limited number of places to artists from outside the North West who can't offer support with invigilation.

We will need to ask for a contribution of £20 from each participant to cover the building costs which will ensure that fire regulations and Health and Safety legislation are adhered to. The £20 will include a years membership of ‘The Art Organisation’

More details email gordonculshaw@hotmail.com

Proposals
By e mail only
By Sunday14th August
(we recognise this represents a very short time period, but the events publicity
offered by Biennial Independents is based on strict deadlines.

Please include up to 5 images of the work (max 1mb each).

Email applications to
Gordon Culshaw
gordonculshaw@hotmail.com

AND

Jamie Torode
Jamie.toad@virgin.net

IN ANOTHER PLACE
Call for entries for photography exhibition

As Antony Gormley’s iron men sculptures near the end of their long stay on Crosby Beach more and more people are photographing each other with the life-size statues. Some confront the sculptures; others treat it as a member of the family. The sculptures have been dressed up, occasionally ­ some poseurs have almost matched their nudity!

The Independents wants to exhibit your affectionate, witty and wacky photographs. If you have been in another place with one of Gormley’s men send the picture to
the Independents Biennial, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY / 0797 661 0581 /
mail@independentsbiennial.org
no later than September 05th, 2006.
The Maximum height or width of digital photographs should be no more than 550 pixels.

Submissions Opportunity
Transvoyeur Performance Art Platform

The programme of Transvoyeur for the exhibition in the Independents Biennial 2006 includes a Performance Art Platform. There are four dates set for this:

Friday 22 September 2006
Friday 29 September 2006
Friday 06 October 2006
Friday 13 October 2006

A maximum of 4-5 performances artists per date will available within the schedule with a slot of 15-30 mins per performance.

This will be held within the exhibition venue of the Transvoyeur exhibition and associate spaces.

If you wish to submit to the Performance Art Platform, please email the following information:

(1) Curriculum Vitae (inc full contact details).
(2) Statement of art and biography (no more 250 words).
(3) Proposal for submission (no more than 250 words).
(4) Image (relative to the performance proposed, jpeg 72 dpi).
(5) Technical list (*).

(*) Please note, the emphasis is on a performance context and technical requirements responsible to each artist. Although, a technical list will still need to be submitted along with the above information for safety purposes.

If your submission to the Performance Art Platform is successful you will be part of the press and media generated from this event and have the opportunity to share in the collaborative programme of Transvoyeur during the Independents Biennial 2006.

Cut off Date for submissions: 10 August 2006

Please send your submissions and for further information email transvoyeuruk@hotmail.co.uk.

SoundNetwork @ Home

Liverpool Biennial 16th September - 26th November 2006

A programme of SoundNetwork events during Liverpool Biennial, including an exhibition of sound works and installation, collaborations, commissions and a series of concerts of live sound art, improvised and experimental music at venues all over the city centre.

Open Call for Submissions: 2 commissions, £1000 each

2 artist commissions for new sound work in collaboration with non artist groups in Liverpool. £1000 each.

Deadline for submissions. 6pm Thursday 10th August. The selection will be made and the artists informed by Monday 14th August.

An artist or group of artists must submit a proposal that involves and collaborates with a non-art group based in Liverpool or the North West.

The non-art group might be a school band, scientists, architects, doctors, treasure hunters with metal detectors, fishermen, palaeontologists, dog walkers…….

The nature of collaboration can take any form but should be clearly defined as part of the proposal.

The definition and use of sound is open, but SoundNetwork are particularly interested in proposals that present sound works that do not rely entirely on digital technology and speaker systems. Exploration of performance, presentation, physical transmission of sound and process based work is especially welcome.

Both commissioned works will be shown or performed as part of the SoundNetwork@Home exhibition or concert series over the Liverpool Biennial period.

Artists must be based in the North West region or work actively in this region.

The artists must undertake any project management, with assistance and supervision from SoundNetwork. This will be outlined in detail in an artists contract following successful application.

Please download an application form from http://soundnetwork.omweb.org

I've finally decided to give myself some more work to do and set up this new online digital gallery...

ONLINE Exhibition of International Digital Art as part of the Independents strand of the Liverpool Biennial Festival of Contemporary Art 2006

www.biennial.com
www.independentsbiennial.co.uk

To be held September 16th to November 26th 2006
Call For Submissions (Deadline August 31st 2006)

digitalshow.co.uk is a new website created by artinliverpool.com. The intention is to show online-only exhibitions of high quality digital art.
The first exhibition is planned to take place as part of the 2006 Liverpool Biennial.
The site will then continue with further exhibitions and a permanent archive of all shows.
Entry is open to all worldwide

Digital Art for the purposes of this exhibition is defined as artwork that has been entirely or at least substantially created using computer software. e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, Flash, 3ds Max, Maya, Bryce etc.
We do not want animations, video or photography though such elements could, we suppose, be used as part of the creation process.

What we are looking for is exciting, interesting painting and drawing rather than examples of your knowledge of the software tools, filters etc. New or recent work is preferred.

The Theme is FUN. Because we like fun, its our favourite thing.

Full details at digitalshow.co.uk

Daydream
An invitation to be on the silver screen

We would like to invite you to be in a major film for Liverpool entitled Daydream. We are Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, an artist/filmmakers group known as Desperate Optimists www.desperateoptimists.com

The film is a large-scale community film about Liverpool and will explore ideas and feelings of a city in transition. The cast will almost entirely be made up of local communities and people involved in the 80 Days Around the City projects and we would like as many of these people as possible to be in the film. The film will be 30mins in length and will be filmed in 5 key locations in the city including St George’s Hall. We would like to invite you and your group/organisation to participate in the filming in St George’s Hall.

The filming will take place at St Georges Hall on Saturday 15 July, from 1pm – 6.00pm. You should arrive by 1pm at the latest. The scene involves an audience watching a rock band perform a song in the (newly renovated and spectacular) Concert Hall.
All participants must be over 18 years of age and, on arrival, will be asked to sign a release form.

We are sure the day will be fun and participants will be able to see up close how a 35mm film is shot. All participants will be invited to the launch of the film as part of ‘Made In Liverpool’ in October at Cineworld on Edge Lane and have their own personal copy of the film on DVD. In addition, the film will be shown in different areas of Liverpool during the Liverpool Biennial.

A buffet lunch and cold drinks will be served.
If you would like to be in the film please RSVP to helen@biennial.com
or call 0151 709 7444.

Parking will not be available at St George’s Hall.

Daydream is a film that has been commissioned for Made in Liverpool 06 by Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool Culture Company.

We look forward to hearing from you.
Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor

Call for submissions for
)BracketTHIS( III
Going Native

Mercy will be curating a month-long exhibition and series of performance events for the Liverpool Biennial 2006. This will be an important expansion on the )BracketTHIS( project. Since its inception, the project has developed into an on going investigation into the complexities of cultural identity.

The forthcoming exhibition aims to explore the ways in which people of different cultural backgrounds relate to their current location. Artists from throughout the North West are being asked to think about identity, location and belonging.

Artwork produced in a variety of disciplines - painting, photography, sculpture, new media and installation – will be displayed.

"Is the place we identify with a physical or a mental site?"

“Do individual history’s reflect communal experience?”

"Is it possible to define somebody by the place they have left, or by their current home?"

“Aren’t we always 'Going Native'?”

Mercy

The 'Going Native?' project is curated by Tomas Harold and Nathan Jones of the Mercy organisation.

Mercy is a print, events and exhibitions based arts organisation that specialises in providing platforms for local artists, on a national level.

Please contact the curators for further information.

Contact

Tomas Harold. Curator of Visual Art
Tele: 07913891402
Email: tmharo@hotmail.co.uk

Nathan Jones. Curator of Performance and Events
Tele: 07877660150
Email: nafefiction@hotmail.com

Mercy
Email: info@showmercy.co.uk
www.showmercy.co.uk

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - ALL MEDIUMS CONSIDERED

Arena Art and Design Association are currently requesting proposals for exhibiting at our studios in the central Ropewalks area during the Liverpool Biennial 2006. A successful studio group providing affordable city centre studios for nearly 20 years, Arena has established itself as an important cultural institution within the city and beyond. Due to Arena’s relocation to new premises, this ideally located building will be transformed into a unique, multifaceted exhibition complex offering an exceptional opportunity for artists to exhibit during the Liverpool Biennial.

A historic building situated in the heart of Duke Street, Arena House comprises of four floors, a basement and sub-basement. Approximately 6,000 square feet of flexible exhibition space exists within the building to be allocated amongst Arena members, artists groups and independent artists. We are looking at facilitation three large groups and up to 10 individual artists each stage. Rental costs could be subsidised, but all exhibitors will be expected to contribute to rental costs for exhibition space.

Individual artists, artists groups and associations are asked to submit current CV’s, exhibition proposals, a CD-rom showing their practise, a non-refundable £5.00 administration fee (cheques only please)and a stamped self addressed envelope.

Individual artists should write 250 to 1000 words including a personal statement and a proposal outlining your project and what your requirements would be. For larger organisations please write up to 2,500 words including information on you and your previous work and what you propose to do. Also how you intend to make this happen together with details of how you plan to finance this.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submissions Friday 14th July 2006
Notification of decisions Friday 28th July 2006
Setting up from (Stage one)11-09-06 - (Stage two) 31-10-06
Private View (Stage one)16-09-06 – (Stage two) 04-11-06
Exhibition ends (Stage one)27-10-06 – (Stage two) 15-12-06
Removal all works (Stage one)30-10-06 – (Stage two) 20-12-06

Please make all cheques payable to Arena Art and Design Association and address all entries to:
Arena Biennial Exhibition
Arena Art and Design Association
Arena House
82-84 Duke Street
Liverpool
L1 5AA

For further information please email Sarah Richards on arenastudios@clara.co.uk

From FACT...

FACT are seeking enthusiastic, hard working interns to work specifically on the Liverpool Biennial 06 exhibitions at FACT from June – September 2006.

Artists exhibiting at FACT during the Biennial 06 include Matthew Buckingham, Sissel Tolaas, Anu Pennanen, Kelly Mark, Shilpa Gupta, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Intern candidates must have an enthusiasm for, and knowledge of, contemporary art, some experience of working in the arts - ideally of coordinating an arts project, exhibition or event - and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

Candidates should be available for a minimum of three days per week, starting as soon as possible, until the opening weekend of the Biennial (September 16 and 17 2006).

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a friendly, dynamic team and organisation and gain first hand experience of working within the arts.

Please note these are voluntary positions but travel costs will be reimbursed within the Merseyside area.

To apply please send a CV, with covering letter outlining why you are suitable for this position and what you hope to bring to the post and FACT during the internship. Please also provide two referees.

For more information please contact:
Sheindal Cohen, FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool. L1 4DQ
Tel: 0151 707 4444
Email: admin@fact.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Monday 12 June 2006
Interviews in Liverpool: Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 June 2006
www.fact.co.uk

We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.

From Chris Turrell....

Myself and Jola Kurjeza - Ryan are organising a show during this year's Biennial in September and we are looking for anyone that makes ceramic sculpture to take part.

This is specifically for non functional work in ceramics only and can be open to fine art/ ceramic students in the North West area.

We have secured an exhibition space in Liverpool town centre and are looking for potential exhibitors to send us images and a statement about their work to us.

For further info send an email to itschristurrell@hotmail.com