ART + ACTIVISM

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2005

YYZ ARTISTS' OUTLET invites contemporary artists, architects, designers, and writers to propose projects in any media for participation in an exhibition and related critical projects that explore, expand, contradict or otherwise address artistic and activist practices. The exhibition, organized by Kym Pruesse, will be presented at YYZ from 14 January 2006 through 25 February 2006.

PREMISE:
This exhibition will look at the role and nature of contemporary artistic practices as activist practices. Through example and sample, the show will provide a specific framework for artists to define their relationship to activism via individual and collective cultural production. Art as Activism and Activism as Art find their way into the everyday life of the street, the media, our institutions, politics, galleries, and the market. These interventions exemplify the fact that culture is a process, not a product; that art reflects and defines the social, economic, political and cultural conditions of its making. We invite all submissions that address this dense territory through experience, reflection or debate.

Writers, critics, curators, and designers are also encouraged to submit proposals for potential publication in a catalogue, a book on this topic as it relates to Canadian art practice, the YYZine, the web, or as a submission/exploration of the topic in a form/forum appropriate to the context of the issues.

Please submit proposals and relevant support material as outlined in the proposal guidelines at www.yyzartistsoutlet.org/submission.asp to «YYZ: ACTIVISM» by 30 June 2005. This will be a group exhibition so space will be limited.

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