Call for Artists: “Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: THE BODY”

Call for Art

March 23, 2022

Call for Artists: “Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: THE BODY”

Call and Response Round 11: Marthe Aponte and Ibuki Kuramochi

“Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: THE BODY”

“Call and Response” is a project organized by the Shoebox Arts team at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Drawing on the tradition of Jazz, this project is meant as a way for us to stay connected, to check in with each other and to support each other. This is collaboration at a distance.

No Fee to participate.
DEADLINE TO SIGN UP SUNDAY MAY 1ST 4PM PST

PLEASE READ ALL DIRECTIONS SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO.

Check out our previous Call and Response Rounds so you know how it works and the different ways artists are responding to each other.

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13

How this works:
Artist #1 will create a piece of art (WITH THE THEME OF THE BODY) within 24 hours and send a digital version of it to Artist #2. Remember, this can be anything. It can be poetry, it can be photography or video. It can be painting or drawing, collage or sculpture. It is about sitting down and being creative and interacting with someone.

Artist #2 will then have 24 hours to create a new work (WITH THE THEME OF THE BODY) as a response in any medium and with any tools available to them. They will in turn send a digital version of it back to Artist #1 who will create a new work in response.

We chose to make the turn around 24 hours because we wanted to keep things moving. Remember that your partner also has 24 hours. This is like ping-pong. We don’t want the turn around to be too long and stagnate the process. If you only have 20 minutes in your day, then make something in 20 minutes and that is fine. This is not meant to make any extra stress, it is meant to relieve stress and anxiety. Have fun, experiment, play, think outside the box. Use the materials that you have, in the space that you have, with the time that you have. You never know this may change your art practice for the better!

At the end of the two weeks we will create an online exhibition and have an artist talk via zoom.

If you don’t think you will be able to take on this call and response for 2 weeks, please don’t apply. You are being paired up with another artist who will rely on you.

Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION begins MONDAY MAY 2nd at 6pm. The first artist will begin their artwork which is due to artist #2 by 6pm on Tuesday MAY 3rd at 6pm. The final artwork in your partnership should be finished by Sunday MAy 15th at 6pm.

Please have one person send all images of finished work in a file folder either through Dropbox, Google drive or Wetransfer to shoeboxsubmissions@gmail.com by Monday MAY 16th at 6pm. The folder should be titled with both of your first and last names.

IMPORTANT – PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS: The jpegs/videos in each file should be titled with your first and last name and should be in order that they were completed. LIKE THIS: Please put the number first then your name. For example: 1 Kristine Schomaker, 2 Sheli Silverio, 3 Kristine Schomaker, 4 Sheli Silverio… and so on. (If you have artwork that is neither a jpeg or video, please let me know so we can talk about your medium. We use wordpress for our website so certain media may not work as embedded files)

When you send the images, please make them minumum 900 pixels on the longest side. All video files please condense to smallest size for web.

The exhibition will premiere online on SUNDAY MAY 22nd, 11-1 PST when we will also have an opening reception/Artist Talk via Zoom. More info to come.

Artists are free to create brand new works in response to their partners creations. If you are adding on to your artists work, you may want to talk with your partner and set up guidelines ahead of time. You can work with your partner to decide what works best for you. The idea is to stimulate the creative process and interact at a distance.

Please read all and follow directions- It is very important for uploading all of the work and keeping everything organized

Timeline:

Your contact info for participation due SUNDAY MAY 1st, 4pm pst

We will draw the names of the pairs randomly on Sunday MAY 1st at 530pm via INSTAGRAM Live on Shoebox Arts

Start date Monday MAY 2nd, 6pm pst

Finish date Sunday MAY 15th, 6pm pst

All material due Monday MAY 16th, 6pm pst

Opening Reception Zoom Saturday MAY 22nd, 11-1pm PST

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Please fill out the google form by Sunday MAY 1st at 4pm pst. We will randomly pair you up with another artist on Shoebox Arts INSTAGRAM Live at 530pm pst Sunday MAY 1st and you will have about two weeks to work together electronically and create as a call and response.