interface-gallery

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS!

Interface-Gallery Issue No.1, will be opened in HAYAKA ARTI Çukurcuma project centre on May 25th, 2011 under the curation of Derya Yücel. The exhibition will include the works of artists who are members of "interface-gallery.com"; a communication project on virtual media developed by the art platform HAYAKA ARTI. Interface-Gallery Issue No.1 intends to carry the interaction of internet user artists, curators, collectors, gallery owners and followers on virtual media to a "real" environment via interfaces. Issue No.1 aims to be an alternative proposal to the traditional process of organizing an exhibition and it is designed as a "user generated content" project.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXHIBITION?
All artists who are a member of "interface-gallery.com" are welcome to join. Membership to the site is free.

WHICH DISCIPLINES ARE INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBITION?
The exhibition includes all categories listed in "interface-gallery.com": Drawing, digital art, installation, photography, performance, sculpture, illustration, painting, sound, video-art, graffiti...

HOW TO APPLY
You do not need to fill in a separate application form. You only need to be a member of "interface-gallery.com" and upload your works on the site.
Please click here for membership and submission details.

SELECTION PROCESS
Sole responsibility of selecting the artworks to be exhibited is given to the curator. You will find the statement of curator Derya Yücel regarding the evaluation process below.
The artworks of the artists selected will be exhibited in HAYAKA ARTI project centre and will be included in the exhibition catalogue which will be printed.
This open call does not assure that each artist who is a member of "interface-gallery.com" will be selected for the exhibition.

CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVE
Art has always been relational on different levels; a social driver and/or a means of dialogue. One of the potential strengths of an artwork is its ability to "establish bonds and relation". In this context, the curatorial aspect of "interface-gallery.com" will favour a general perspective on contemporary art, without focusing on a specific theme or giving preference to certain media. For this exhibition artists are expected to produce works that place unique perspectives in the center, proposing perceptual, experimental, critical and participative models where processes interact intensely, sometimes even in a challenging manner with each other and "connections" coming into existence as the result of an exuberant togetherness and dynamic visual encounter will gain visibility. Thus with the aid of a whole of various tools/media utilized, the reflections of parallel existences of personal features as opposed to universal features and private features as opposed to public features will be attained.

Derya Yücel

SPECIFICATIONS
Name: Interface-Gallery Issue No. 1
Deadline for applications: April 10th, 2011
Date of opening: May 25th, 2011
Date of closing: July 9th, 2011
Curator: Derya Yücel
Venue: HAYAKA ARTI Çukurcuma
Project owner: "interface-gallery.com"
Production: HAYAKA ARTI