Culture Shock
Concorsi, Austria, Salzburg, 26 January 2011
Call for artists - exhibition - CULTURE SHOCK*

Culture shock may bring out the best as well as the worst in human society.
A shock can help create life, beauty and love just as it can destroy everything. Similarly anger, violence and hate can result from a shock.
A shock can shatter the conscience of individuals or entire groups, or allow the opposite, resignation, to appear.
What is seen as normal and obvious in one part of the world can provoke in another and lead to dramatic reactions.
Current events and history are full of obvious examples. These can be found in the many various religions as well as in politics, customs and practices and in the arts, in short in national cultures.
*(The concept of Culture shock describes the shocked emotional condition into which men can fall if they encounter a strange culture. The concept was introduced by Cora DuBois)

General
1. A jury will nominate 40 artists from the entries submitted for the exhibition. The jury will consist of two representatives each from the gallery KRUEGER DOSSIER Centre d’Art Moderne and the BIENNALE AUSTRIA association.
2. The artists selected will be introduced to an international public during the 2011 Salzburg Easter Festival in an exhibition in the ARTgarage by KRUEGER DOSSIER, at the Salzburger Autopalast (a building from the 1920s), Bayerhamerstr. 12a, A-5020 Salzburg/Austria between 15th and 26th April 2011.
3. Each artist selected will enter one work. For painting the max. width is 1 metre and for sculptures a max. area of 1 metre².
4. The preview will take place on Friday 15th April at 7 pm and will be carried out by the organisers.
5. The event will be accompanied by an artistic performance on Sunday 23rd April at 7 pm which will be on a theme connected to the exhibition.
6. Applications for the exhibition will be handled by the organisers, BIENNALE AUSTRIA and KRUEGER DOSSIER Centre d’Art Moderne.

Conditions for applying
1. Applications can only be accepted by email. Applications should be sent to the BIENNALE AUSTRIA association (art-director@biennaleaustria.org.
2. The following documents must be submitted:
a photo of the submitted work in good resolution
title, dimensions, technical information, sale price
a description of the work ( max. 150 words) with reference to the exhibition title
curriculum vitae
list of exhibitions (a selection)
copy of the bank transfer
3. The application fee is 50 Euros and is non-refundable.
4. The application fee must be transferred to the following account: BIENNALE AUSTRIA, IBAN: AT60 2011 1289 4769 2400, BIC (SWIFT CODE): GIBAATWW
5. Only complete application portfolios will be considered.
6. Applications must be submitted by 31st January 2011
7. The 40 participants selected will be informed by the organisers by 28th February.
8. Each candidate will submit one original signed work on the theme of the exhibition.
9. The selected works are intended for sale.
10. The sale price will be determined by the artist.
11. In the case of a sale the artist will receive 65% of the sale price; 35% of the sale price will go to the organisers KRUEGER DOSSIER Centre d’Art Moderne, Salzburg. The artists will be paid after the close of the exhibition after 27th April.
12. The costs of transport and insurance for the works will be borne by the artist.
13. The attendance of the artists at the preview on 16th April 2011 is desirable.
If you have further questions, please contact: office@biennaleaustria.org

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