CONCRETE AND GLASS

LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR HEART OF GLASS
PART OF CONCRETE AND GLASS MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL
13th-28th May 2010
"Music-and-art-hybrid events in London are increasingly common these days, but you would be hard-pressed to find something so plugged in and comprehensive as Concrete and Glass."(The Independent)
Deadline for submissions is Friday March 26th 2010
Due to the short time-frame no submissions received beyond this deadline will be accepted.
Artists will be given no less than 4 weeks notice that their proposal has been accepted prior to the launch on May 13th. Accepted artists will have up to 1 week to install their work.
The following criteria will be considered in deciding which artists to invite to participate in the exhibition:
• A quality of distinctiveness and originality
• The potential for stimulating, challenging and engaging a wide audience of viewers
• 3-D work
• Light based installations
• Works with a strong sense of disruption, intervention, play
• Proposals which contain an element of interactivity with the audience
• Video / Film based work
How to submit a proposal:
Please include an artist’s statement (no more than 500 words), biography and up to 5 images of previous/relevant work.
Concrete and Glass is a unique art and music event that showcases the most innovative new talent in music and contemporary art. Heart of Glass will take place at 20 Hoxton Square.
The 2008 event received extensive coverage across the board from art and music magazines, broadsheets and media partners ranging from Time Out to Stool Pigeon magazine to Art World and Saatchi Online, and a 2-part documentary broadcast by Channel 4.
A panel of art experts including artists, critics, gallerists and collectors will nominate a “winner” from Heart of Glass who will offered a solo show at the following year’s festival.