The Future is....Normal?!
Type
Exhibition
Category
Digital, Film, Performance, Video
Status
Archived
Deadline
August 31, 2019
Application Fee
Not Available
Host
FLOUNDER LEE
Location
Beijing, China

The Future Is … Ordinary?


September 24, 2019


Shangyuan Art Museum, Exhibition Hall 2, Beijing, China


Juried and Curated by Flounder Lee


 


Eligibility: 


Open to all artists worldwide.  Videos are limited to approximately 10 minutes and can take any form such as animation, experimental, narrative, etc. There are no submission or participation fees, but no artists fees or compensation is available. Videos will be screened film festival style, so no looping or installations are accepted.


 


Theme:


People have utopian and dystopian ideas about the future. Techno-optimism pervades Silicon Valley. Environmental apocalypse is a constant threat. But what if the future was neither complete utopia nor dystopia? What if humanity continued to trudge along between these extremes, as it always has? 


 


The places between is what this screening is about. What will the day to day life of an average person be, wherever that person should happen to live? What will recreation, work, culture be like? What about food, clothes, homes? 


 


Videos that deal with the everyday, the “normal”, the quotidian are sought. 


 


Themes including (but not limited to) Afrofuturism, Queer Futurism, Sino-Futurism, Indigenous Futurism, and Arab Futurism, etc are especially encouraged.


 


How to Submit Your Work:


Please send up to 3 video works.  Please name your files artist name, title.mp4 for example George Washington, White Horse.mp4.  Send videos via any digital only method that can be downloaded such as dropbox, vimeo, wesendit, etc. Please keep submission videos under 100MB.


 


Via email, submit a corresponding title list. The title list should include the title, date, length, and any copyright information. Each submission must be accompanied by a brief artist statement about each video and/or the artist’s work as a whole as well as an artist bio and/or artist resume.  All documents must be included electronically as either a Word document or a PDF.   Also, please include the best frame capture from each video in JPEG format for publicity purposes.


 


All submissions are due by September 1, 2019.  Email submissions and any questions to: 


thefutureis@photoflounder.com


 


Review and Selection:


Artists will be contacted by September 10 and informed what works are selected for the exhibition.  Digital files of full resolution will then be due September 15. By submitting your work, you agree that images, videos, and/or text of your work can be used for promotional purposes, but you retain the original copyright.


 


 


 


Dates to Remember:


Submissions due: Sep 1


Artists informed of artwork selected for exhibition by: Sep 10


Deadline for files of accepted work: Sep 15


Video Screening: Sept 24


 


 


 


 


Checklist for Submissions:


In the email:


• Artist Statement (Word or PDF format)


• Bio or Artist Resume (Word or PDF format)


• Video title list (Word or PDF format)


• Link to file download digitally


• Best frame capture as JPEG for publicity purpose 


If there is dialog, English and Chinese in subtitles and/or audio is preferred but not required. (For example, Chinese audio and English subtitles or Malay spoken so English and Chinese subtitles.)


 


Curator Biography


Flounder Lee is an artist/curator/educator currently on sabbatical doing artist and curatorial residencies around the world. He grew up on a farm in the US and went on to receive his BFA from the University of Florida and his MFA from California State University Long Beach—both in studio art and photography. For the last decade, several overlapping themes have run throughout his work: postcolonialism, mapping, science, and environmental change. He uses various media such as photo, video, performance, sound, and installation to create work that touches on important topics. Many of the same topics and media are also part of his curatorial practice. Holdovers from his first major of aerospace engineering such as rules and preset conditions are common in his practice. His sabbatical work deals with a quotidian future from both artistic and curatorial (especially decolonial) perspectives.


www.flounderlee.com 


 


 


未来是正常的吗


2019年9月24日


中国北京市2号展厅上园美术馆              


由Flounder Lee主持


 


简介:


寻找有关日常生活的视频艺术。视频长达10分钟。


 


资格:              


向全世界所有艺术家开放。视频限制在10分钟左右。他们可以采取任何形式,如动画,实验,叙述等。机构不会收取提交或参与费用,但同时也没有艺术家的费用或其他补偿。


 


主题:              


人们对未来的乌托邦和反乌托邦的想法。硅谷弥漫着对技术的乐观情绪。而环境灾难是一个持续的威胁。乌托邦和反乌托邦都不太可能发生,至少在未来几十年是这样的。最有可能的是,人类会像往常一样在这些极端之间跋涉。科技将使许多人的生活变得更好,但也会有许多人将成为落后的一群。我们的环境会恶化,甚至是急剧恶化。战争仍将发生,只是,我们希望它们不会像以前的战争那样构成那么多伤亡。我们的工作将由人工智能和机器人来完成,但新的工作种类也将出现。我们将探索其他行星和在那里定居,但我们无法确定搬走的人将是精英还是难民。


 


这次放映的目的就是要探索这些问题中间的可能性。一个普通人的日常生活会变得怎么样?他应该住在哪里?人们会有什么娱乐?              


 


我们正在寻找处理有关日常事务的视频,那些 “正常的”,司空见惯的。              


 


中英文字幕优先。(例如先是中文音频,然后是英文字幕)


 


如何提交你的作品:              


请发送最多3个视频作品。请将您的文件命名为 “艺术家名字,题目.mp4”,例如george washington,white horse.mp4。你可通过Dropbox、Vimeo、Wesendit等可下载的纯数字方式发送视频。请将提交的视频保持在100MB以下。


 


你可通过电子邮件提交相应的标题列表。标题列表应包括标题、日期、长度和任何版权信息。每一份提交文件必须附有一份关于每一个视频和/或整体作品的简短艺术家声明,以及一份艺术家简介和/或艺术家简历。所有文件必须以电子形式提交,例如Word或PDF文档。此外,为了便于宣传,请将每个视频中的最佳帧捕获格式包括在jpeg中。


 


你必须在2019年9月1日前提交作品。如要提交作品,或有任何问题,请电邮至:thefutureis@photoflounder.com


 


审查和选择作品:              


我们将于9月10日前与艺术家联系,并告知他们我们选择了哪些作品参展。参与者必须在9月15日之前提交全分辨率的数字文档。通过提交作品,您同意将作品的图片、视频和/或文本用于促销目的,但你将保留原始版权。


 


 


请记住以下的日期:              


提交截止日期:9月1日              


艺术家会在9月10日前获知参展作品              


验收档案截止时间:9月15日              


视频放映:9月24日


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


提交清单:              


在电子邮件中,你需要包括以下元素:             


•艺术家声明(Word或PDF格式)              


•个人简历或艺术家简历(Word或PDF格式)              


•视频标题列表(Word或PDF格式)              


•链接到文件的网址              


•由于文档是用来宣传的,最佳的帧捕获为jpeg


 


 


 


 


 


主持人传记              


Flounder Lee是一名艺术家/策展人/教育工作者,目前正在世界各地从事艺术和主持的工作。他在美国的一个农场长大,随后获得了佛罗里达大学的学士学位和加利福尼亚州立大学长滩分校的美术硕士学位,包括工作室艺术和摄影。在过去的十年里,他的作品中有几个重叠的主题:后殖民主义、地图绘制、科学和环境变化。他使用各种媒介,如照片、视频、表演、声音和安装来创作涉及重要主题的作品。许多相同的主题和媒体也是他的策展实践的一部分。他利用了从第一个航空航天工程专业(如规则和预设条件)中学到的东西,并运用在他的实践中。在他的休假期间,他创造了不同的作品,从艺术和策展(特别是非殖民化)两个角度论述了我们未来的每一天。       


 


www.flounderlee.com