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Art Symposium Valmiera 2007, Latvia, 22-28 Jul (deadline: 15 Mar)


ART SYMPOSIUM “VALMIERA 2007”, Latvia, 22 –28 July 2007: applications
invited from creative people in various arts disciplines.

Valmiera City Council and the Art Gallery “Laipa” invite artists to
participate in the Third Contemporary Art Symposium, which will take place
in Valmiera, Latvia on the 22nd to 28th of July, 2007.

The purpose of the Symposium is to support the ongoing process of bringing
a closer understanding of contemporary art issues to our community. The
Symposium serves to promote involvement in the creative process through a
system of recognizable values and emotions. We plan to have artists’
presentations, small concerts, theatre experiments and discussions every
evening. The culmination of these activities will sum up in the Grand
Finale on the 28th of July in the City Square.

The book, “Understanding Media” by Herbert Marshall McLuhan, shall serve
as the theoretical basis for this Symposium. In Mc Luhan’s definition, all
media are seen as “hot” or “cold”. A “hot” medium is one that involves one
single sense in “high definition” but is low in participation and
involvement by observers such as a photograph. (A photograph is visually
“high definition”, involving our sense of vision). “Cold” media are high
in participation, completion by the audience (all kinds of improvisation,
some types of theatre etc.).

This Symposium offers possibilities of communication and project
realization in public environment by artists working in twenty different
media types.

We are looking forward to applications from creative people in visual arts
(painting, photography, video art, installation, theatre improvisation and
other kinds of media).

Application should be mailed to: guna.kalnaca la lkk.gov.lv or sent by post:

SYMPOSIUM
Sanda Deisone, project coordinator
Valmiera City Council
Lacplesa iela 2
Valmiera LV-4201
Latvia

Application Deadline March 15th, 2007

Please enclose:
· Application form,
· CV,
· 5 photos of recent works (specify title, measures, year, technique); URL
or DVD (up to 10 min)
· Personal photo (preferable in working process) for publicity of the
workshop;
· Project conception and realization description.

Organizers` responsibility

Artists are provided with
· Lodging in rooms with 1, 2, and 3 beds, meals 3 times a day;
· Technical help and working conditions for project realization (studio
for painters and graphic artists, possibilities for video paste-up, public
environment for project realization etc.);
· Creative work presentation possibilities;
· Publicity in Symposium homepage and catalogue;

Participants` responsibility

· Travel to Valmiera and back;
· Creative activity presentation to Symposium organizers and participants;
· Materials needed for project realization;
· Painters shall donate one piece of art created during Symposium to the
organizers for the community of Valmiera, graphic artists shall donate two
pieces of art created during symposium to the organizers for the community
of Valmiera;
· Photographers shall leave in organizers’ possession 10 symposium
pictures in electronic format with publishing rights;
· Artists work in other media will be videotaped and shall remain in
organizers’ possession.

Participants will be chosen in tender procedure.
Results will be notified personally by April 10, 2007
Application material of all successful participants shall remain in the
organizers’ archives.

Supporters:

Valmiera City Council
Valmiera District Council
State Culture Capital Foundation
Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Latvia
Embassy of Italy in Riga
The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Riga

Information:

http://simpozijs.valmiera.lv
www.valmiera.lv
http://lcca.lv/
http://www.latviatourism.lv

Project manager Guna Kalnaca, Phone (+371) 7846239, or (+371) 29112872.
guna.kalnaca la lkk.gov.lv


ART SYMPOSIUM “VALMIERA 2007”
Valmiera, 22-28 July 2007

APPLICATION FORM

I PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name, Surname_________________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________

Date of birth __________________________________________________________

Phone _______________, E – mail_______________________, URL________________

Is this your first symposium? YES NO

II PARTICIPATION INFORMATION

Arrival date in Valmiera______________, departure___________________________

Special needs (vegetarian, handicapped, other). Please
specify:___________________

__________________________________________________________________________

III PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTATION (to be attached separately)

CV,
5 photos of recent works/DVD
Personal photo (preferable in working process) for publicity of the workshop
Project conception and realization description.

IV SIGNATURE,DATE




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