PLATFORM 14 – Artist Commission: Open Call

PLATFORM 14

Artist Commission: Open Call

UWE in partnership with the Engine Shed (Bristol) are seeking artists to produce work for a new exhibition titled, PLATFORM 14. Works may be site-specific installations, interactive sculpture, video, gaming/3D platform, or print.

The commission is seeking:

-Artists who are actively engaging the viewer, or whose artwork considers the relationship between the viewer and the work, or artwork that facilitates a meaningful interaction between the work and the viewer.

-Artists with at least two years of professional practice (academic practice may be included as professional practice)

-Artists working in technologically facilitated mediums (gaming, 3D, immersive sound/light installation, GPS mapping)

-Artists whose work will be available for exhibition from 10 April 2014

All artists who meet the above criteria may apply by sending an email with the following information to bristolplatform14@gmail.com:

-Artist’s name, address, phone number

-Title of the work, a photograph of the work (or sketch if work is not yet realized)

-A description of the work (no more than 350 words). This description should detail the medium in which the work has been made, the size of the work (in dimensions), how the work should be viewed/displayed, and any technical specifications (including power, lighting or sound needed). Works that require an operator should include how the work is to be operated.

-Optional: a short statement (no more than 250 words) explaining the concept or ideology behind the work.

Work will be selected by a panel including students on the MA Curating course at UWE and relevant professional partners at Engine Shed.

Submissions should arrive no later than Monday 10 March 2014. 

Successful artists will be contacted by 24 April 2014

About PLATFORM 14:

Taking Engine Shed’s objectives as its point of inspiration, this exhibition will explore themes of connection, journey and innovation.

Counter to linear models of history and aesthetics, PLATFORM 14 will be a model of continuity with an emphasis on the structure of the organic. Its framework will be designed around the concept of an integrated circuit where elements are inseparably associated and interconnected.

The exhibition will be structured as a journey around a circuit of interactive, immersive, and technologically facilitated artworks. The circuit will be made up of works that connect visitors from upstairs to downstairs, from past to current place and its future, and from the exhibition space to the outside world.
PLATFORM 14 is an exhibition that reflects and connects Engine Shed’s present with Bristol’s future in creative industries. The exhibition will highlight the principles of collaboration, technology and steady development, while striving to be a harbour of imagination and inspiration.