[rohrpost] [ I-A-M ~ A-A-A ] VIRION + 15680 AS THE CROW FLIES

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INSTITUT FÜR ALLES MÖGLICHE
ABTEILUNG FÜR ALLES ANDERE

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08.01.2013 / 8 PM – VIRION + 15680 AS THE CROW FLIES
ACKERSTRASSE 18, BERLIN MITTE


A DOUBLE PRESENTATION BY RACHAEL PARSONS (AU) / www.rachaelnp.com


VIRION – ON TOUR

VIRION IS TAKING THE DIVERSE WORKS SUBMITTED FOR THE FESTIVAL (VIRION 2012) ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCREENING TOUR. STARTING WITH A ONE-NIGHT EVENT AT ABTEILUNG FŰR ALLES ANDERE IN BERLIN, GERMANY ON JANUARY 8TH. 

VIRION IS A BIENNIAL EXHIBITION THAT PROVIDES ARTISTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK ACROSS A NETWORK OF PUBLIC SCREENS AND ACCESS A DIVERSE AUDIENCE. THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO ALL USERS FROM PROFESSIONAL AND EMERGING ARTISTS TO PEOPLE EXPERIMENTING WITH CAMERAS AND SCANNERS. THERE IS NO JURIED SELECTION PROCESS AND EACH WORK IS GIVEN EQUAL SHOWING TIME. SUBMISSIONS MAY BE IN THE FORM OF DIGITAL STILLS OR VIDEO FILES UP TO 100MB EACH.

FOR EACH ITERATION OF VIRION, PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS SCREENING SPACES ARE ESTABLISHED TO MAKE UP THE EXHIBITION’S NETWORK OF DISPLAY SITES. EACH OF THESE SITES PLAY A CURATED COMPILATION OF DIVERSE IMAGES AND VIDEO THAT REPRESENT A WIDE & INTEGRATED RANGE OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ART PRACTICES AND STYLES. SCREENS ARE LOCATED ACROSS A RANGE OF PUBLIC, GALLERY AND INSTITUTIONAL SITES TO OFFER UNIQUE VIEWING EXPERIENCES AND TO MAXIMIZE & DIVERSIFY EXPOSURE TO, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW MEDIA PRACTICES.

ALL SUBMISSIONS ALSO PLAY ON THE VIRION WEBSITE.

RACHAEL PARSONS ESTABLISHED THE VIRION PROJECT IN BRISBANE IN 2010. THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE PROJECT RECEIVED OVER 150 WORKS FROM 24 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT REPRESENTED A DYNAMIC RANGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, DRAWING, COLLAGE, ANIMATION AND VIDEO AT A COMBINATION OF GALLERY, INSTITUTIONAL, COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND ON-LINE SITES.

MORE ABOUT VIRION: HTTP://VIRION2012.COM.AU/
SUBMIT YOUR WORK: HTTP://VIRION2012.COM.AU/SUBMIT-YOUR-WORK


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15680 AS THE CROW FLIES 

MINUTE GALLERY WILL TRAVEL FROM BRISBANE TO BERLIN FOR ITS FIRST EXHIBITION HOSTED OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA. THE GALLERY WILL TRAVEL 15680KM (AS THE CROW FLIES) FROM BRISBANE TO BERLIN TO COMBINE AND SHOW THE WORKS BY SIX BRISBANE ARTISTS. THE GALLERY WILL THEN BRING BERLIN ARTISTS WORKS BACK TO BRISBANE FOR A LOCAL SHOWING. THE EXHIBITION, THROUGH A PROCESS OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE, INVESTIGATES NOTIONS OF PLACE AND HOW LOCATION MAY IMPACT AND/OR DISRUPTS OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OR UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL PRACTICES.

BERLIN SHOWING - HOSTED BY THE ABTEILUNG FŰR ALLES ANDERE, JANUARY 8TH
BRISBANE SHOWING – HOSTED BY ROOM 60, DATE TBC

CURATED BY RACHAEL PARSONS AND STEFAN RIEBEL


CALL TO BERLIN ARTISTS

15680 AS THE CROW FLIES IS AN EXHIBITION OPEN TO SIX ARTISTS FROM BERLIN. THE MINUTE GALLERY IS A 10” DIGITAL SCREEN THAT CAN SHOW DIGITAL IMAGES IN JPEG FORMAT, VIDEO IN MOV, AVI, AND MPEG4, AND MPEG1 SOUND FILES. SCREEN RESOLUTION IS 800 X 480 PIXELS AND CAN BE DISPLAYED IN EITHER LANDSCAPE OR PORTRAIT. 

TO APPLY FOR AN EXHIBITION, E-MAIL CONTACT at STEFANRIEBEL.DE WITH A SHORT BIO, UP TO 5 IMAGES REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR WORK AND A BRIEF PROPOSAL OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AT MINUTE. ARTISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE POSSIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS OF THE GALLERY SPACE IN THEIR PROPOSAL.


MINUTE (MAɪˈNJUːT): ATTENTIVE TO OR CONCERNED WITH EVEN THE SMALLEST DETAILS.

MINUTE IS AN ARTISTS RUN INITIATIVE AND MOBILE NEW MEDIA SPACE SET IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, WHICH ALLOWS ARTISTS TO DISSEMINATE THEIR WORK IN CHALLENGING AND DIMINUTIVE WAYS THROUGH THE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA. MINUTE OFFERS ARTISTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT THEIR WORK IN VARIOUS PUBLIC LOCATIONS VIA IT’S SMALL-SCALE, TRANSPORTABLE SCREEN CONSISTING OF A 10”DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF EXHIBITING DIGITAL IMAGES, SOUND AND VIDEO. THE GALLERY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO POTENTIALLY REALISE A PRESENCE IN A RANGE OF LOCATIONS FROM MUSEUMS, TO UNDERGROUND CULTURAL SPACES, LIBRARIES AND URBAN SETTING. AS WELL AS PROVIDING ARTISTS A SPACE TO SHOW THEIR WORK, MINUTE ALSO STRIVES TO INTEGRATE ART INTO BROAD PUBLIC CONTEXTS, ALLOWING FOR UNEXPECTED AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT.


MORE ABOUT MINUTE GALLERY: HTTP://MINUTEGALLERY.WORDPRESS.COM/



EVERYBODY WELCOME!



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