CALL FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
DEFIBRILLATOR GALLERY is now accepting Video proposals for our fifth annual RAPID PULSE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL to be held JUNE 1-5, 2016. Marking our five-year anniversary, Rapid Pulse will depart from our usual template which aims to nurture and reflect on the exchange of new experiences. We continue to focus on contextualizing performance within visual art by representing a wide range of styles and forms of time-based expression. RAPID PULSE 2016 will present dynamic programming, decidedly fearless and unique, that provokes thought and stimulates discourse surrounding performance art. This year we celebrate the importance of the number five, having condensed the festival into a five day program with five distinct events each day.
Because of the condensed scale of the 2016 festival, we will only accept a limited number of videos to fit within a set curatorial framework. Preference will be given to work meeting the following criteria:
Videos of ten minutes or less
Work that reflects one of the five specific curatorial focuses.
Work made specifically for the camera (performance documentation is not our focus, however in unique circumstances we will consider high quality video of work that is impossible to present live due to site specificity, duration, scale, unique materials, etc.)
Video installation proposals will not be accepted.
The 2016 Video Series Programs:
1. HOMAGE: AVANT-GARDE PERFORMANCE
This program looks at work from the historical avant-garde for inspiration: to honor, respect, and revive work made in this tradition.
2. TRACES OF THE ABSENT
This program focuses on the relationship between presence and absence through human action.
3. THIS IS NOT SEX
This program explores the intersection of sexuality and performance art.
4. PERFORMING THE PORTRAIT
This program looks at work that explores identity and what it means to be human.
5. GLOBAL CITIZEN
This program looks at work that explores a globalized society, the wandering nature of performance art, and the relationship to location; work that emphasises the human desire to inhabit, migrate, and create work beyond borders in both inclusive or restricted territories.
DEADLINE is MIDNIGHT 31 DECEMBER, 2015 (North American Central Standard Time). Proposals must be submitted electronically through this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WaQeOwe0-Pc0_W5OSguSd7ZHUk-wZnDEI4nY8LL_tcI/viewform">VIDEO APPLICATION. To learn more about the festival, please visithttp://www.rapidpulse.org"> www.RAPIDPULSE.org. We will notify Video applicants by FEBRUARY 15, 2016 and confirm/announce the roster on MARCH 1, 2016. Artists who have been in previous editions of Rapid Pulse may apply but priority is given to those who we have not yet presented. Contact gianagambino@rapidpulse.org with questions.
We regret that RAPID PULSE is not able to pay artist fees or travel expenses. However, If you plan to attend the festival, please let us know.
The VIDEO SERIES is curated by Assistant Festival Director, Giana Gambino and Curator and Performance Artist, Julie Laffin. The curatorial committee for RAPID PULSE LIVE PERFORMANCES 2016 consists of Assistant Festival Director, Giana Gambino; and Defibrillator Founder and Director, Joseph Ravens. Additional input by our Curatorial Advisory Committee consisting of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Curatorial Assistant, Steven Bridges; and Curator and Performance Artist, Julie Laffin.