The 4th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition 2014
Entry Prospectus Presenter: Chew's Culture Foundation Organizer: Hong-Gah Museum (hereunder referred to as the Museum) Curators: Jow-Jiun GONG and Nobuo TAKAMORI Co-curators: JiaZhen TSAIHsin-I LIN Academic Advisors: Hsuta LINRong-Bang PENG I.
Presenter: Chew's Culture Foundation came to realization with the preliminary proposal brought forth by musician, Ma Shui-Lung. The Foundation started off as a platform for Taiwanese musicians to showcase their works, and the initial core was based on the Spring-Fall Contemporary Music. It then reached out to promote diverse cultural activities, and in the year 1999, the Hong-Gah Museum was established with the principle to promote contemporary and new media arts in Taiwan and also to serve as a multi-functional exhibition venue. Chew's Culture Foundation and Hong-Gah Museum are both founded by Mr. Andrew Chew, and continue to receive high acknowledgements in the fields of arts and cultures, including the 1998 and 2006 National Cultural Benefactor Award’s Special Award and Jury Award from the Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan.
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Objective: 1. The call for entries is initiated by Chew's Culture Foundation and Hong-Gah Museum, and the objective is to promote the production and research of video art. With the exhibitions of artworks from the invited and selected artists, we anticipate more international artistic and cultural interactions to take place in Taiwan. This international exhibition is a biennial event with the year 2014 being the 4th exhibition. 2. Selected artists with works pertaining to this year’s exhibition "The Return of Ghosts" will be invited by the curators to participate in the exhibition. In addition, an international open entry will be conducted to select works suitable for the exhibition. 3. The phrases such as animism, ghosts and the mysterious power of Mother Nature appear to be the matters of pre-modern era. Nevertheless, these concepts are never gone; instead, they are merely covered by the narratives of progressive view of history in the process of modernization. Especially in Shamanism, what is the relationship between the modern world and the agents of spirits such as psychics, sorcerers and red aunts? In what forms do ghosts, spirits, animism, Shamanism, and the super powers of Mother Nature come to life in modern society? And what kind of discourses can they offer to review contemporary life and modernity and to restore the scene of modern history? We sincerely invite the artists of video art all around the world to seek for the return of ghosts.
NOTE:For detailed information please refer to the Entry Prospectus III.
Eligibility: Open to all domestic and international artists at the age of 18 or above, working with video art.
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