I
Biennial of Emergent Art.
the kinetic legacy
The
Ministry for Popular Power for the Culture acting through the
National Museums Foundation convokes to the
I Biennial of Emergent Art.
The kinetic legacy,
conceived as an event where meeting, discussion and the projection of
ideas and proposals of the contemporary visual artists should take
place. In its first edition, the Biennial offers to open a space for
the revisions of the discursive and formal elements of kinetic art,
with the intention of generating renewed readings of notions and
purposes, which in turn, encouraged the emergence of this movement
and their consequent impact on the current visual arts.
THEMATIC
Kinetic
art established, in the second half of the 20th
century, a new aesthetic sensibility with the incorporation of the
movement - in its multiple modalities- as basic principle in its
research. The contributions promoted by this Avant-Garde tendency
constitute one of the most significant legacies in the history of the
universal art, particularly taking into account the relevant
participation of the Venezuelan and Latin American artists into this
current.
Within
the framework of these considerations, The
I Biennial of Emergent Art. The Kinetic legacy,
intends to reflect, beyond the chronological classifications, about
artistic practices related with this important movement. In his line
of thoughts, the Biennial encompasses different expressions where
their proposals show interconnections or links with the postulates of
the Kinetic art. The development of this tendency over time, has
acquired new contents, meanings and approaches that enriches the
cognitive and perceptive fields, giving rise to new languages born in
recent years. These inquiries lead to an opening as to the artistic
positions assumed by the creators, which go beyond of the initial
topics which triggered the origin of this form of expression. In
this line of thoughts, we seek to read and to evaluate the scope and
influences and its repercussions within the universal contemporary
art.
REFLECTION NUCLEI
RE-INTERPRETATION AND
OPENING
Reinterpretation:
It refers to those proposals
which allude to the basic concepts of kinetic art, such as: space,
time, mass, energy, materialization, dematerialization, vibration,
movement (virtual, mechanical, optical, environmental, cybernetic or
technological), structuring, dynamics, constructivism,
neo-constructivism, light and color.
Opening:
It
is about those proposals that start from the kinetic postulates with
renewed approaches, revalorizing certain aspects of this movement,
in order to make innovative readings.
Homage:
There
will be a project titled Kinetic
Cartographies
to underline the development of the kinetic art in Venezuela
conceptualized by Helena Acosta.
PARTICIPATION
1.
The National Museums Foundation, acting
through the
Contemporary Art Museum, is responsible for the organization and
entire production of the I
Biennial of Emergent Art.
The kinetic legacy,
which
will be conceptualized by Helena
Acosta.
2.
The Biennial offers the following categories of participation:
Maximum
dimensions accepted: 2 x 2 m
Painting, photography,
graphic, drawing and illustration
Maximun
dimensions
accepted: 3 x 3 x 3 m
Sculpture,
installation and mechanical
art
Video
art,
net
art,
sonorous
art,
luminous
art
and video
mapping
3.
National and International participation
4.
Participating projects and works must be an unpublished creation,
individually or collectively, produced not prior 2010.
5.
Applications for the competition are free of charge.
6.
Those artists participating in the categories of two-dimensional and
three-dimensional art (excluding Installations modality) should
provide their works -totally concluded- together with the following
documentation: application form, copy of the identity card,
curriculum vitae, and a conceptual definition of the piece, space
diagram and technical requirements of the work, in both printed and
in digital version. Once the work is submitted it cannot be modify
or amended.
Participating
artist with the Installation modality should submit their project in
both printed and in digital version (Microsoft Word, pdf,
jpg
or tif
format) including: brief conceptual definition, special diagram and
technical requirements, adding graphics, plans, drawings, as well as
any other resource that contributes to its understanding, together
with the following documents: application form, copy of the identity
card and curriculum vitae.
Participation
Those
artists participating in Digital Space should submit their work
–totally concluded- to:
bienal.mac@gmail.com,
as
digital files or with a link for downloading, (in Microsoft Word,
pdf,
jpg
or tif
format) containing conceptual definition, formal and technical,
attaching graphics, plans, and also any other resource that would
help to its understanding, together with the following documents:
application form, copy of the identity card and curriculum vitae.
7.
The
National Museums Foundation will not be responsible for any damages
should occur to the consigned works that do not fully provide their
own preservation conditions.
8.
The expenses for the acquisition of all the materials and
audio-visual equipments necessary for the projects must be assumed by
the participants.
9.
Deadline:
applications and submission of works and projects will be from 1st
to 24th
of August, 2012.
10.
Application forms will be available for downloading
on
our web site:
www.fmn.gob.ve,
or in paper at the
Contemporary Art Museum headquarters.
*
It is vital that you take care in completing the application as fully
as possible.
SUBMITTIONS
AND SELECTION
11.
Every artist or collective of artists is allowed to submit one art
work only.
12.
The participant’s works in the modes of two-dimensional and
three-dimensional will be received at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
headquarters: Zona
Cultural de Parque Central Caracas,
Venezuela. Tel:
+58.212.573.82.89 / 573.07.21. Fax:
+58.212.573.18.83. Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 12:00m and from
2:00 to 4:00 pm. Works participating in the Digital Space category
should be submitted by e-mail: bienal.mac@gmail.com
13.
The
Selecting Committee will be entirety constituted by highly qualified
specialists of contemporary art world, appointed by the Organizing
Committee that will act as Rector of the Biennial.
14.
The Selecting Committee will be in session from 3rd
to 17th
September
2012 to choose the selected works. The
list of participants will be announced by the national and
international communication media and on the web site: www.fmn.gob.ve
15.
All not
selected works and projects must be collected within the 21 days of
the announcement of the selected projects. After that date the
National Museum Foundation will not be responsible for them.
16.
The Biennial Opening ceremony will be on 27th
October 2012.
AWARDS
17.
First prize Two-dimensional, Three-dimensional and
Digital Space
categories will be awarded by the Qualification and Awards Jury,
composed by specialists in the field of contemporary art designated
by the Organizing Committee.
18.
Digital Space category will be have a special mention according to
public
vote online. The Organization will provide internal voting controls,
with daily auditing to avoid scams and inappropriate alterations with
duplicity in IP address.
19.
The
Qualification and Awards Jury will meet from 3rd
to 5th
December 2012.
The
public should be voting online from 27th
October 2012 until 25th
January 2013.
The
verdict announcement of awards, as well as, the presentation of the
catalogue/memory will take place on 7th
December 2012.
The
Closing ceremony will be held on 31st
January 2013.
20.
There will be two awards granted:
First
Award: two-dimensional and Three-dimensional:
BsF. 20.000,00
First
Award: Digital Space:
A Solo exhibition in the Multimedia Space at the Contemporary Art
Museum, on 2013.
21.
No award should be declared deserted.
22.
The Qualification and Awards Jury has the right to grant as many
Honorable mentions as it should decide.
23.
All
works
participating in the Biennial should be collected within the
following 45 days after closure. After that date the National Museums
Foundation will not be held responsible for them.
21.
Application
for the participation in the Biennial indicates that the artist knows
and accepts the present conditions.
22.
Matters not covered in this document will be decided by the
Organizing Committee.
If
you have any questions or comments please write to:
Or call at (0212) 5730721,
5738289, ext. 261.
Download application form
