Art-Koltsovo: ILLUMINATORS 1 Open call
Yekaterinburg "Koltsovo" airport announces the beginning of the international exhibition project "ILLUMINATORY" which will be shown in April – June 2008 in the open spaces of the International terminal of the airport. The works for the exhibitions will be selected on a competitive basis by an international award panel.
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Jan 23, 2008 06:05 PM
to Mar 11, 2008 07:05 PM |
| Contact Name | Arseny Sergeyev |
| Contact Email | illuminators@artpolitika.ru |
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The exhibition
The exhibition will show modern versions of «tondo» – the form of pictures with ancient traditions.
We accept electronic files of works which can be reproduced by the organizers like as digital prints, light boxes, video objects/installations and video projections,. The organizers are going to challenge the interior environment of the international terminal of «Koltsovo» airport. Visually the exposition will be represented by numerous round spots of lights «floating/hovering» free in the airport cubage.
Participants
Any artists working in the field of new media are invited.
Accepted Media
Digital graphics, digital photos, digital animation, video objects, video installation, single-channel video.
In
Russian an
«illuminator»
(port hole, bull’s eye) is a round window onboard a ship, airplane,
space station. The concept of the
project is based on the round shape of the exhibited works of art.
This formal principle is
closely connected with on the one hand the image of aircrafts and air
travels (till recently planes have had round bull’s eyes); on the
other hand it plastically continues and supports the idea of the
round plafonds in the foyer of the terminal where the exposition will
be installed. Here the formal aspects of concept close down the
meaning of the word ILLUMINATORS in the majority of European
languages, where the Latin word means a lighting unit, a source of
light, a screen, somebody or something shedding light, lighting and
also an artist illustrating/decorating manuscripts. That’s why
ILLUMINATORS are not only works of art but also those creating them
– artists.
A round is the most harmonious shape, a fundamental archetypical sign offering a vast variety of associations. One of its most obvious meanings is the world. In this case ILLUMINATOR is an artist’s worldview projection or worldview magnifying glass or «window» into artist’s world.
The exposition of «ILLUMINATORS» exhibition visually and conceptually coincide with the name of the airport «Koltsovo» («koltso» is Russian for a «ring»; ring – round). The exhibition will be opened on the eve of the Day of Cosmonautics. Russian cosmonautics started in «Koltsovo» as the first jet engines were tested here.
The project is aimed to create a positive, emotionally rich environment in the waiting rooms of the international terminal. Besides the exhibition provides the passengers and guests of the airport with the recent achievements of international contemporary art.
ArtPolitika agency
Kominterna 20 app. 43
Yekaterinburg
620078 Russia
