[spectre] Open call for artists: future past - past future | ArtUP! + transmediale

[Katerina Gkoutziouli]

Calling artists from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey

Exhibitions on the ArtUP! platform

ArtUp!, produced its first exhibition Neighbourhood X.0 (2012) in Ankara,
followed by a series of exhibitions in several cities in Bulgaria under the
title PARABOLE (2013) and most recently the current exhibition Home/s
(2013) in Athens. Now ArtUP! is collaborating with Bulgarian, Greek and
Turkish media artists to produce an exhibition that will be part of the
next transmediale festival for art and digital culture in Berlin (29 Jan to
02 Feb 2014). A selection of relevant artworks will be presented under the
title future past – past future. The exhibition will be hosted in
SUPERMARKT: located on the former border between east and west, this
project space nowadays lies between the hip quarter and a marginalized
migration district. The exhibition in the heart of the new and constantly
transforming Berlin is curated by Sandra Naumann.

Open Call future past – past future | Deadline for submissions: 10th
November 2013

Did the future look better in the past? Today, has the future already
turned into the past? Or is it perhaps that nowadays the past seems almost
blissful compared to the present in which we actually live? What concepts
of the future exist in times of social, economic and political crisis, in
times of spreading poverty, corruption and mistrust towards democratic
processes? Do visions of a better future exist at all? Or have we already
caught up with our blooming future visions and dumped them in the dustbin
of history?

The title of the exhibition refers to the storyline of "Days of Future
Past" from the 1980s comic series "The Uncanny X –Men". It tells the story
of a dystopian future in 2013, in which the total collapse of the world can
only be averted by a journey into the past. In fact, it turns out that this
possible future cannot simply be deleted, it can only be replaced by a
different future.

future past – past future not only asks about the possible alternative
future scenarios, but also about the relationship between the past, present
and future in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. To what extent do current and
historical events play a role in the visions of the future in this
inextricably interwoven region? How do these countries’ respective
historical identities and individual stories of their own history, shape
the ideas of a possible tomorrow? What conflicts exist between those who
are looking for the future in the eternal yesterday and those who want to
overturn the norms of tradition?

If it was possible to turn back time and its course opened up to different
directions, what would they be? What would the past future look like, and
in the meantime what would become of the present time?

The call for the transmediale of 2013 connects to the theme of the next
festival in 2014. Under the title of "afterglow" the festival focuses on
the end of the digital revolution - as digital culture becomes more and
more a post-apocalyptic wasteland; censored, controlled, monitored and
dominated by a few rulers. At the same time, transmediale is also looking
for new, as yet unknown forms of culture beyond the digital.

future past – past future therefore also asks about the power of old and
new media. The statement "the revolution has been televised" could be
applied not only to the Arab Spring, but also to the mass demonstrations in
Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey captured by countless mobile phone and
television cameras and sent out into the world. But what is the reality
behind the images disseminated by the mass media? How do these images find
their way into an artistic involvement with the protest movements? How is
the expression of public protest reflected in the media arts? What
methodologies of resistance have been developed in media arts? How is the
battle waged for media coverage, for dominance in the social networks and
government censorship?

Location and dates
The exhibition future past – past future will be part of the programme of
transmediale, festival for art and digital culture in Berlin. The
exhibition takes place from Saturday, 25 Jan until Sunday, 02 Feb 2014.
future past – past future will also be presented online on the ArtUP!
platform.

Detailed programme information will be found on the ArtUp! Website, on the
websites of the Goethe-Institutes of the participating countries as well as
on the ArtUP! Facebook pageand on the transmediale festival website.

Conditions for participation
Any artist from Bulgaria, Greece or Turkey, whose artwork is media art
based, can apply for participation in the exhibition.


*Deadline for submissions: 10th November 2013 *
Each artist will receive a remuneration of € 500,00.

More info:

http://www.goethe.de/ins/tr/lp/prj/art/opc/enindex.htm

www.goethe.de/artup
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