NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN is a contemporary art festival powered by the collective thinking of WOOLOO.ORG's worldwide users.
NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN will take place from December 7th to 18th, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival is part of the official cultural program for the United Nations (UN) Conference for Climate Change - gathering 192 nations in Copenhagen to broker a new global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN now invites artists to engage in the pressing issue of climate change and submit proposals for sustainable “life rules” that can be followed by people in their everyday lives. During the festival in December, these rules or interventions will be followed by 10.000 people living in Copenhagen.
Proposals should question cultural habits and can also include public events or other physical manifestations.
Five final artists will be selected. The selected artists will receive both personal honorariums and full production budgets.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY “LIFE RULES”?
At the end of Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth”, he lists ten simple life rules to combat global warming. These include using less hot water, recycling more, driving less, etc. While NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN supports this sustainable thinking, we also believe that the real problem will not be solved by individual, behavioral modifications - but only by fixing the fundamental wrongs of a global economic system that thrives on the exploitation of natural resources.
Seen in this way, the climate crisis is not just a threat but also an opportunity. The opportunity to create transnational commitment around radical re-thinkings of our destructive way of life. The first step to create such change, is to think outside the current system and its concept of cultural rules. That is our mission with this festival.
By asking artists to develop rules for a new life, NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN aims to step far beyond the traditional role of the art festival as passive exhibition platform and become an active organizer of powerful experiments in collaborative social change.
THE FIRST RULE
The first life rule is developed by the festival curatorial team and is geographical specific to Copenhagen. It says: COPENHAGEN CITIZENS MUST HOST A VISITING ACTIVIST DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD.
In addition to the thousands of official UN delegates, it is estimated that approximately 50.000 climate activists and NGOs will come to Copenhagen to voice their opinion at the UN Conference that has been called: “Humanity's last chance to combat a climate problem that is now all but overwhelming.” (Tim Flanery)
However, there are no hotels for the activists to stay in. All the hotels in both Copenhagen and its surrounding area (including Sweden) have been booked for the official delegates. And even if they were available, most activists from the South would not be able to afford them anyway.
From this premise, the first festival rule deals both with a practical problem, as well as with the very idea of hospitality - a cultural concept that is highly relevant in a Danish society ruled for nearly 10 years by a right-wing coalition famed for its harsh anti-immigration policies.
The ambitious goal is to have 10.000 private homes in Copenhagen to host at least 10.000 visiting activists. This large scale meeting and the 10.000 homes involved is the exhibition setting for NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN.
4.) Selected artists and projects will be presented as official part of the NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN contemporary art festival taking place simultaneously with the UN Conference for Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7th to 18th, 2009.
5.) All selected artists will be invited to Copenhagen and credited on the official Festival Program - as well as in all post-festival documentation material in both printed and other form.
6.) You will receive an entry confirmation via email, as soon as your online application has been received by WOOLOO.ORG.
7.) All applications must be made in English through your WOOLOO.ORG account. Do not send physical material to us, as this cannot be returned.
8.) By submitting an application, you agree that this application and all its accompanying material can be displayed to the festival curators, as well as any other individuals or groups that Wooloo Productions deem appropriate.
9.) Employees, sponsors and patrons of Wooloo Productions are ineligible to apply.
10.) Wooloo Productions reserves the right to modify the project information at any time. Any modifications go into effect the day they are posted and apply to all individuals registered for the project.
FOR PAINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY
NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN is also a festival for artists working with painting and photography.
As one of our central festival platforms, NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN will distribute 100.000 postcards to the citizens of Copenhagen up to and during the UN Climate Conference in December 2009.
Artists are invited to propose images for these postcards under the theme: “IMAGES FOR A NEW LIFE”.
Four final artists will be selected for participation in this exhibition. Each will be selected with ONE image that will be reproduced on 25.000 postcards and distributed all over the city of Copenhagen as official part of NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN.
Should your work be selected, your full name, the title of the work, as well as your WOOLOO.ORG web-address will be printed on the backside of all 25.000 postcards.
4.) Selected artists and projects will be presented as official part of the NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN contemporary art festival taking place simultaneously with the UN Conference for Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7th to 18th, 2009.
5.) All selected artists will be invited to Copenhagen and credited on the official Festival Program - as well as in all post-festival documentation material in both printed and other form.
6.) You will receive an entry confirmation via email, as soon as your online application has been received by WOOLOO.ORG.
7.) All applications must be made in English through your WOOLOO.ORG account. Do not send physical material to us, as this cannot be returned.
8.) By submitting an application, you agree that this application and all its accompanying material can be displayed to the festival curators, as well as any other individuals or groups that Wooloo Productions deem appropriate.
9.) Employees, sponsors and patrons of Wooloo Productions are ineligible to apply.
10.) Wooloo Productions reserves the right to modify the project information at any time. Any modifications go into effect the day they are posted and apply to all individuals registered for the project.
DISCUSS THIS PROJECT
didge2111
IRELAND
Oct. 24, 2008 02:32
Hi I am interested in this project too, are you firstly lookin for a proposal and preliminary body of work for deadline January, after which we have time to work on the actual body of work? Also I work with installation sond and projection would this type of work be suitable? Much appreciate any feeback. regards dee..
wooloosupport
GERMANY
Oct. 27, 2008 03:11
Hi Didge,
We are looking for proposals and preliminary body of works for the deadline January first, after which the artists have time to work on the project..
Please remember the collaborative element in the proposal.
The NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN 2099 festival functions as a real-life case study of this future by inviting artists to submit collaborative proposals for products, life styles and everyday interventions that will shape this future city. Selected projects will be exhibited and practically implemented in the everyday life of contemporary Copenhagen during the festival period.
Powered by the collective thinking of WOOLOO.ORG's worldwide users, NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN 2099 aims to step far beyond the traditional role of the art festival as passive exhibition platform and become an active organizer of powerful case studies and experiments in collaborative social innovation.
Installation and sound work sounds totally fine, I would just once again emphasize the collaborative aspect.
Really hopes this answers your questions, if not, please do not hesitate to write us back.
I see now we might have to rewrite the context a little bit to come more clear through.
Best,
Wooloo Support
dorelmihaila
ROMANIA
Nov. 02, 2008 06:31
Hi,
1. is there a way we can see some of the already accepted applications or will you just post all of them after the deadline ? Is there a date you are planing to announce the accepted projects?
2. how many project proposals can a single person make?
3. I found the general concept interesting but also had trouble understanding the actual media that you consider acceptable. More info about the actual implementation of the project in the "real life" of copenhagen would be useful in formulating a proposal, thinking about acceptable media etc. Also, since it is a proposal, how far can one take it, financially speaking ? Is there any funding for the projects or would the artists have to entirely support their project ? Of course we are not talking about space projects but still...
thank you
d.
viquez
SPAIN
Nov. 06, 2008 12:11
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wooloosupport
GERMANY
Nov. 10, 2008 14:21
Hello d. and others,
Thanks for your interest in the upcoming Wooloo festival.
Hopefully this will answer your questions:
Q: is there a way we can see some of the already accepted applications or will you just post all of them after the deadline ? Is there a date you are planing to announce the accepted projects?
A: There is no way you can currently see the applications, but there will actually be more than just one deadline. For now, we are looking for open proposals from artists with work that fits the festival theme. After this deadline, those of the accepted projects with a participatory element will be posted again to collect participants for their final form. By it a more traditional exhibition, a performance studio, an event production, etc.
Q: how many project proposals can a single person make?
A. There is no limit.
Q. I found the general concept interesting but also had trouble understanding the actual media that you consider acceptable...
A. For this first deadline, all mediums are acceptable - even though we do not encourage people to submit "still object" exhibitions. We encourage participation and interactivity. There is no financial limits at this stage, as its all about concept development. The selected projects will be financially supported and produced fully by Wooloo.
Again, we hope this answers your questions. If not, please ask again!
All best,
Wooloo Support
dorelmihaila
ROMANIA
Nov. 14, 2008 12:40
yes, much better now
thank you
d.
YaseminYilmaz
GERMANY
Nov. 29, 2008 15:12
Dear Wooloo-Team,
This year in Feb 29th 2008 I have initiated one global project. The mainwork contains 12 works from 12 artists from 6 continents and shows through this total work just this one day in a global way. The artists are from New Zealand, Australia, UAE, India, Romania, Germany, Marocco, Namibia, 2xUSA, Bolivia and Argentina.
Do you think this kind of art work could be placed at NLC? The work is already realized and symbolizes a global day. I think today in 2008 we are going to global everything more and more either negatively or positively but we are doing it. In about 90 years??? Who knows.
Thanks for your reply. Yasemin
wooloosupport
GERMANY
Dec. 04, 2008 11:07
Dear Jasmin,
Thanks a lot for your interest in the New Life Copenhagen Festival. Your project sounds interesting, however, it is hard for us to really get the full context and idea of what you are doing besides the fact that it is a global project.
If you apply for the festival via the application system we ask several questions that we base our review and selections on.
So please go through this process and we will have a much better chance to give you prober feedback.
Kind regards,
Wooloo
prokopi
HUNGARY
Dec. 29, 2008 10:30
HI!
This is Igor .
If I look around,I think/..I hope nobodies willn't feel offended.../ want be as like as damien Hirst,example...inself it isn't a big problem,moreover!!,but...at this moment,also i think we have more problems all the world...maybe one person couldn't solving,but...I have a lot of questions as like as everybodies has on the Globe.
I have some questions as like as a biologist.
And more,,like an artist too...maybe like a simple Human being..
I can try answers ,together with my collegues,friends,artlove rs,moneymakers and so ....all over the world.
I collected my impressions from the Nature/ the" Human Man" only a parts of it/therefore I should like also showing my creations,maybe some people will take HOPE from it!
But not only "Exhibition".
I have also some Idea for the LIFE!
I was showed theme in this year ,same time in 5 places in the worldas like as:Montreal,Wien,Budapest ,Cambridge and St.Petersburg.
I should like touch more people in world only for the Nature,for the Life as like as for selflife, ofcourse ,my daughters too and more....
I have a lot of people whos could help me....I hope I could say behalf they..
Best Regards:Igor
Happy Years yet in the Future too!
winiemko
UNITED STATES
Dec. 30, 2008 19:29
greetings!
does the festival offer any funding for accepted projects?
does the application ask for a budget?
also, in filling out the application online, is there a way to save it online before submitting it?
thanks!
coincide
AUSTRALIA
Jan. 25, 2009 17:02
Hi,
We have an idea for a project and are wondering what you are looking for in the images section of the application?
It is our understanding that at this stage you are looking for concepts. Would you like to see images of previous projects, or are you expecting some visuals be made about our idea?
Thanks
wooloosupport
GERMANY
Jan. 27, 2009 02:01
Hi winiemko,
Yes the festival offers funding for the selected projects, however, we do not ask for a budget in the application process.
The applications is automatically saved to your profile, so you are allowed to come back to it as many times as you wish before submitting it.
Please do not hesitate to write back to wooloo support, should you have any further questions.
Best,
Wooloo Support
wooloosupport
GERMANY
Jan. 27, 2009 02:05
Hi coincide,
use the image section as you see fit.
Could be images of previous projects or drawings/documentation's of the project you apply with.
Please do not hesitate to write back to wooloo support, should you have any further questions.
Good luck with the application.
Best,
Wooloo Support
support@wooloo.org
stingrayy
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
May. 19, 2009 03:55
I am interested in this project too..
I have created a small video for the Copenhagen summit that is happening this December.. I think it is key to spread the word around the importance of that summit and getting people excited about it and contributing to it in any possible form..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKxuO3LOTM
mamregato
UNITED STATES
Jun. 15, 2009 11:41
Hello,
Nice to meet you, how is everything, hope all is well with you. My name is Madam Avelin Regato, I found your contact after reading your profile I picked interest to contact you. I've something very important which I would love to share with you privately, therefore, would advise you to kindly write me back on: ( avregato@hotmail.com) so that I'll give you details. Waiting anxiously for your anticipated corporation,
Yours,
Madam Avelin
Email me on: avregato@hotmail.com
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