Art Submissions
Submissions are closed
Art submissions are now closed. All emerging and established artists are invited to submit their work for the 2012 Melbourne exhibition, ‘Gaps Amid Translation’.
GAPS AMID TRANSLATION
The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.
~ Hans Georg Gadamer
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival’s (HRAFF) mission is to make human rights accessible and engaging to everyone through creative media. Building on the HRAFF 2011 exhibition Create the Example, the HRAFF 2012 project continues to interrogate how and in what capacity art becomes a tool to address human rights in the context of contemporary Australia. The topic for 2012 is Gaps Amid Translation.
In today’s world, new forms of digital technologies facilitate global communication, traversing the once impermeable political and geographic borders in unprecedented and unimaginable ways. What are the consequences of our globalized world on the way we relate to and communicate with those around us? How does the translation of information affect our responses to human rights and global issues?
On the one hand, human rights issues have become increasingly visible, broadcast through a variety of media, whose dissemination of information makes possible greater accessibility and detail. On the other, the inconsistencies of such technological access around the world continue to reinforce the widening gaps that exist between people and places. In addition, whilst communication should be crisp and clear, it is, too often, broken, frozen and distorted. What are the consequences of these misunderstandings on the way we treat one another? How do these new forms of communication, in all their malformations, shape the way we relate to each other as we transcend traditional borders? Should we celebrate the diversity and pluralism of our new encounters? Or are we living in a global village, made homogenous by a dominant culture? Are we understanding more about those around us? Or less?
The HRAFF 2012 Exhibition takes its inspiration from a game of broken telephone, where meaning is unraveled as messages are interpreted, re-interpreted and, more often than not, misinterpreted. We are calling for artists to explore the gaps amid translation that occur between people and places in a rapidly changing world. We welcome a variety of artistic media and encourage an open-ended interpretation of the topic. We hope to explore the poetic encounters that allow for meaningful engagement and intimate connections with others, as well as the miscommunications that seem to shape the world and affect the way we treat one another.
SUBMIT
If you would like to be involved, please submit:
- Your contact details
- A brief bio and curriculum vitae
- A description of your past and current art practice or interests
- 3 low res images of your work and/or a link to your blog or website
- Information on how you will get your work to us (will you need a grant or courier or can you just bring it to our doorstep)
- Whether there are any installation considerations we may need to take into account (fragile, heavy, needs certain support structure etc.)
I still have questions, who can I talk to?
Email: frances@hraff.org.au / sam@hraff.org.au
Submissions are open until the 1st of February 2012.
Submit your work to HRAFF via: exhibition@hraff.org.au
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