15 Mar 2024

Art Calls International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 202

CICA Museum Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

CICA Museum

Opportunity Description

International Deadline: April 2, 2024 – CICA Museum invites artists, scholars, and researchers worldwide to participate in the International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2024. The community of artists, researchers and academics meets in the international symposium in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, adjacent to Washington, D.C., and participates in the exhibition at the CICA Museum in Korea.

SYMPOSIUM
International Symposium for Visual Culture 2024 in Silver Spring, Maryland – September 14 – 15, 2024

ISVC is an international platform for diverse and critical perspectives on visual culture. Through ISVC, we aim to create a global network of researchers/artists and consumers/makers of visual culture, and foster critical thoughts and in-depth understanding of visual culture on a global scale.

Participating artists and researchers will be featured in the book “New Media Art 2025.” The book is expected to be released in full-color paperback and ebook in December 2024. The article may include any form of text (e.g., interview, essay, poetry) in English, drawings, and pictures that introduce the artists’ works.

Categories & Keywords:

-Art and Capitalism
-Art, Technology, and Culture
-Artificial Intelligence and Humanism
-Originality, Authorship, and Copyright Issues
-Digital Humanism
-Post-humanism
-Environmental issues and Culture
-Race and Identity in Art & Culture
-Feminist Studies on Visual Culture
-Art & Culture in a Global Pandemic
-Nationalism and Visual Culture
-Digital Culture and Social Media
-Mass Culture
-Critical Studies
-Globalism
-Postmodernism
-New Media Art
-Digital Nomad

The symposium will be held from the 14th to the 15th of September, 2024 at the The Silver Spring Civic Building in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, adjacent to Washington, D.C. (The dates and venue may be subject to change.)

Every artist/researcher of an accepted proposal will be provided with an opportunity to discuss the merits of his or her contribution with peers. It is required that the presenter will register for the symposium and present or perform in a session. We are open to proposals for paper presentations, workshops, experimental sessions, as well as artistic performance.

Three general admission tickets to ISVC 2024 will be provided for the Presenter/Team so that they can invite guests. Additional tickets will be available to purchase via ISVC website in the future.

EXHIBITION
“Visual Culture 2024” at the CICA Museum September 11 – 29, 2024

The international exhibition “Visual Culture 2024” will be held at the CICA Museum from the 11th to the 29th of September, 2024. The artist can feature two works for the exhibition.

Categories:

– Photographs & 2D Digital Art
Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10 x 10 inches, framed, and installed by the museum curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in larger sizes. Additional fees may apply.

– Video & Interactive Art
The museum will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened through a projector. The museum curators & assistants will install your work(s) according to your installation guidelines. If the work is required to be screened through a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.

– Physical Work & Installation Art
The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.

Dates

  • April 2, 2024 Submission Deadline
  • April 15 – 22, 2024 Presenter’s Registration
  • September 11 – 29, 2024 Exhibition “Visual Culture 2024” at the CICA Museum, Korea
  • September 14 – 15, 2024 International Symposium for Visual Culture 2024 in Silver Spring, MD
  • December 1, 2024 Expected publication date of “New Media Art 2025”
    ***The schedule is subject to change.

APPLICATION
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About:
CICA Museum has a collection of artist Czong Ho Kim’s sculptures, paintings, and architecture, as well as many renowned international artists’ works. For special exhibitions, we exhibit Contemporary Art pieces including painting, sculpture, and new media art. CICA also offers education and public programs for the cultural development of local communities.

Czong Institute for Contemporary Art
196-30, Samdo-ro
Yangchon-eup
Gimpo-si
Gyeonggi-do
Korea 415-843

Opportunity Categories: + Curatorial and + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Art Calls and Festivals. Opportunity Tags: Deadlines 03 March thru April, Open to Artists Worldwide, and Special Opportunities. Benefits: Education, Exhibition - Group, In-Kind Benefit, and Publication.

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