[Oberlist] ANTIFREEZE

[Contents May Vary]

*ANTIFREEZE*

Already voted the 6th best thing to do this summer by The Times Online 
and it hasn't even happened yet!

*Calling all artists and artist-led groups, projects, galleries and 
publishers from across Europe and the UK.*

Contents May Vary are hosting Manchester's very first art car boot fair 
on Saturday 4th of July 2009 and are looking for 50-70 artists, 
artist-led groups, projects, galleries and publishers to participate. 
The event is part of "Trade City" at the CHIPS building in Manchester 
City Centre and will be coinciding with the Manchester International 
Festival.

ANTIFREEZE is an exhibition about the high end art market delivered 
within the format of low end trade. If you don't like the art market, 
smash the back of your car up and bring it to us, bring your Betamax 
players and sell them four ten million dollars a piece. Its not an 
opportunity to show watercolours of your favourite stroll through the 
grounds of Peveril Castle out the back of your Volvo or a chance to make 
20 quid knocking out your grannies china, its a chance to make art about 
a this insidious welt within contemporary art or about its powerful 
force that shows the rest of the world just how much art can transcend a 
recession and the grip Government control. We will build you a cheap 
platform and you bring the ideas. ANTIFREEZE is the grass roots answer 
to hugely commercial art fairs allowing independent and non-commercial 
practitioners to explore ideas of value, exchange and independence.

Proposals should fully outline the exhibition aspect, responding to the 
physical, social, economical, geographical and/or literal situation. 
Participants will be provided with an average car parking space to park 
and install.

We already have site responsive installations, performances, video 
installations, zine stalls and temporary gallery sites signed up... and 
are looking for more!
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Price: £10 per 5.5m x 2.4m pitch for the day*

There is no fee to apply and there is a selection process.
You will only be informed if your application is successful at which 
point your £10 pitch fee will be requested.
Participants will be responsible for transportation and installation.
No technical support can be provided.
No mains electricity available.
No commissions will be taken.
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For a 5.5m x 2.4m pitch at the ANTIFREEZE: Send a 500 word maximum 
proposal with supporting images and web links to: c-m-v at hotmail.co.uk
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*Deadline: 15th June 2009*

More information on Trade City: Centred on the notion of trade pursued 
as a livelihood, this exhibition reflects the trading that has taken 
place between the artists and curators making up 13 independent, 
citywide, art initiatives. This alternative economy draws reference from 
and plays off the city's pioneering economic heritage. Through Trade 
City, Contemporary Art Manchester proposes an innovative approach to 
displaying the social transactions of contemporary art at this moment.

The partners within CAM consortium are unified in their role to 
programme artists' work, through diverse and innovative curatorial 
frameworks including exhibition, screening and publication formats. 
Current partners of CAM include twenty+3 projects, 100th Monkey, Bureau, 
Castlefield Gallery, Contents May Vary, Edmundson & Quaife, Exocet, 
FutureEverything, Gymnasium, Interval, Islington Mill Art Academy, 
Harfleet and Jack, Salford Restoration Office and Rogue Project Space.

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