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CONVOCATORIA. Envío de propuestas para hacer parte de la exposición SE ACULILLÓ? | PRIMXS/ES Curaduría y selección Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez y Kat Chavez Abertura Junio 1 de 2019. Horario aun a ser definido. Por favor, lea toda la información en esta convocatoria antes de enviar su propuesta. * SOBRE EL PROGRAMA DE EXPOSICIONES * ¿Se Aculilló? Es una serie de exhibiciones y eventos de performance curados por Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez y Kat Chavez. Sus tres ediciones anteriores se presentaron en los espacios AS220, Trade Pop-Up y en The Perry and Marty Granoff Center en Brown University, respectivamente. El nombre ¿Se Aculilló? es una expresión popular colombiana que significa “¿Tiene miedo?” En su forma popular más literal, el verbo aculillarse se refiere a la contracción del cuerpo en respuesta a situaciones peligrosas o arriesgadas. ¿Se Aculilló? Es una exposición sin ningún tipo de censura o límite de edad, aceptamos todo tipo de expresiones creativas de cuño anti opresivo y libertario. Priorizamos propuestas de artistas negros, artistas indígenas, artistas LGBTQAI, artistas con discapacidades, y artistas que han sido marginalizados o omitidos por el sistema de exposición tradicional del arte. Decidimos nombrar nuestra cuarta muestra “PRIMXS/ES” con el objetivo de construir puentes de diálogo con otras comunidades que comparten experiencias de opresión e historias coloniales similares. Así, nos interesan especialmente prácticas artísticas que piensan criticamente los procesos de colonización infringidos por el imperio español y el imperio portugués, aunque no exclusivamente. Queremos intentar responder la pregunta ¿Cómo experiencias de opresión y trauma colonial similares pueden modelar prácticas artísticas intercomunitarias hoy? De esta forma incitamos candidaturas de personas que tengan origen, raíces ancestrales, o vínculos culturales con regiones geográficas afectadas por la colonización hispánica y portuguesa, incluyendo Centro y Sur América, El Caribe, Filipinas, Cabo Verde, etc. Sin embargo, resaltamos que cualquier tipo de reflexión alineada a la temática es totalmente bienvenida a participar. * SOBRE THE CENTER OF RECONCILIATION * The Center for Reconciliation fomenta procesos de reconciliación a través de programas que educan, inspiran y comprometen políticamente sus participantes. El centro anhela una era en la que todas las personas, de todas las razas y orígenes, se reconcilien unas con otras. Aceptamos todo tipo de trabajo en cualquier medio artístico, incluyendo performance y acciones en vivo. También aceptamos propuestas para la realización de proyectos inéditos que aún no hayan sido creados o ejecutados. Por favor, sea lo más detallado y claro posible en el momento de escribir su propuesta. * FECHAS PARA TENER EN CUENTA * Marzo 20:Apertura de la convocatoria. * SOBRE EL ENVÍO DEL MATERIAL * Formas para envió de propuestas: Preferimos que sea vía internet a través del Google Form creado con este fin. Es fácil, solo haz Click aqui. Vía e-mail a la dirección electrónica seaculillo@gmail.com Vía correo a la dirección 115 Empire Street, #312, Providence, RI 02903 * MATERIAL NECESARIO PARA CANDIDATURA* Información Personal: • Nombre completo Información sobre la propuesta: • Título de la obra/propuesta. SE ACULILLÓ? | PRIMXS/ES Curado por Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez + Kat Chavez ENTREGA SUA OBRA DE ARTE PARA SE ACULILLÓ| PRIMXS/ES Por favor leia as informações antes de entregar a suas obras de arte. * AS SERIES * Se Aculilló? e uma serie de eventos e exposições de obra de artes e que esta vindo em progresso de ano a ano, co-curado por Benjamin Lunderg Torres Sanchez e Kat Chavez. As exposições anteriores foram na AS220, Trade Pop-Up and Marty Granoff Center na Universidade de Brown. A frase, Se Aculilló? é um insulto ou expressão Colombiano que e interpretado come “Estas com Medo?” Literalmente, Se Aculilló? E referido quando o corpo fica enrolado por uma situação de medo. COMUNIDADES DE SE ACULILLÓ?’S Se Aculilló? não esta censurada a pessoas de todas as idades, abrangemos a todos os tipos de creatividades, expressões opressivas e pessoas diferentes. Temos muita consideração aos artistas de raça negra, artistas indiginas, artistas de LGBTGAI, artistas com deficiençias e finalmente artistas que já foram marginalizados ou desfavorecidos pelo sístema de resentação de arte traditional *TEMA* Nessa quarta edição demos o título de “PRIMXS/ES a está exposição, na consequência de abranger as comunidades que partilham os mesmos conolizadores e entrelacon as mesmas histórias coloniais, em particular os dois emperios Espanhol e Portugues. Como a compartilhagem de experiências e traumas reconfiram as practicas artisticas entre comunidades? Encorajamos e recebemos trabalhos de pessoas que tem origens, raízes ancestrais, e culturas com mesmos laços com as regiões afectadas pelas colonias portuguesas e espanhois, incluindo America do Sul, America Central, as Caraíbas, as Filipinas, Cabo Verde e para além! *CENTRO DE RECONCILIAÇÃO* O Centro de Reconciliação promove atravéz de programas que educam, inspira e engajam as pessoas. *NORMAS/REGRAS* Todos os tipos de trabalho de arte estão considerados para esta exposição, incluindo atuações. Tambem aceitamos novos projectos que ainda nao foram feitas ou atuadas. Por favor, seja o mais descritivo possível quando descrevendo os objectivos ou propostas de trabalho. *DATAS IMPORTANTES* 25 de Maio: Entrega dos Trabalhos *ENTREGA DOS TRABALHOS* Como fazer a entrega dos trabalhos: Formulario na Google (Preferençia) : Clique aqui Atravéz de e-mail (seaculillo@gmail.com) Correio (115 Empire Street, #312, Providence, RI 02903) Para mais informação : E-mail / telefone (benjofaman@gmail.com / 214.934.7144) Por favor de incluir as seguintes informações quando fazer a entrega de trabalhos: • Nome completo Informação e proposta acerca da obra: • Título da obra SE ACULILLÓ? | PRIMXS/ES | MAG-PINSAN Inihanda ni Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez at ni Kat Chavez Opening at the Center for Reconciliation IHANDOG ANG IYONG SINING SA SE ACULILLÓ? | PRIMXS/ES | MAG-PINSAN * ANG SERYE * Ang Se Aculilló? ay isang serye ng mga palabas at mga tanghal ng sining na inihanda nina Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez at Kat Chavez. Inilahad ang mga nakaraang tanghal sa AS220, Trade Pop-Up, at sa Perry and Marty Granoff Center sa Brown University. Ang pahayag na “Se Aculilló?” ay nanggaling sa mga Kolumbyano. Ito ay isang panunuya na may ibig sabihing “Takot ka ba?” Ang mas literal na kahulugan nito ay tukoy sa pagkakulot ng katawan dahil sa matinding takot. * ANG MGA KOMUNIDAD NG SE ACULILLÓ? * Ang Se Aculilló? ay hindi censurado at maaaring ikasaya ng lahat ng tao kahit anong edad o karanasan. Itong tanghal ay masayang tumatanggap ng lahat ng sining na mapanlikha at kontra sa paniniil at kolonisasyon, lalo na kung galing sa mga taong Itim, taong Katutubo, taong bahagi ng komunidad na LGBTQIA, taong may kapansanan, at mga taong nahadlangang maghandog sa mga tradisyonal na pagtatanghal ng sining. * TEMA * Tinawag naming “PRIMXS/ES” itong pagka-apat na yugto ng itong serye dahil gusto naming pagtugmain ang mga komunidad na may iisang kolonisador at may iisang kolonyal na kasaysayan, lalo na kung tungkol sa mga imperyo ng mga Espanyol at Portuges. Paano nga ba naaapektuhan ang ating mga sining dahil sa ating magkatulad na karanasang kolonyal? Masaya naming tatanggapin ang mga sining ng taong galing sa o may kaugnayan sa kultura ng mga lugar na naapektuhan ng kolonisasyon ng mga Espanyol at Portuges, kabilang na ang Gitnang Amerika, Timog Amerika, ang Caribbean, ang Pilipinas, Cape Verde, at iba pa! * THE CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION (Sentro Para sa Pagkakasundo) * Pinagyayaman ng Sentro Para sa Pagkakasundo ang pagkakasundo ng mga taong bahagi ng ibat-ibang lahi sa pamamagitan ng mga programang edukasyonal, inspirasyonal, at nagpapakilos. Gusto nitong Sentro isang araw ay makamit ang pagkatugma ng lahat ng tao, kahit na anong lahi man sila. * MGA PATNUBAY * Lahat ng anyo o klase ng sining ay tatanggapin (kabilang na ang sining palabas). Tatanggapin rin namin ang mga panukala ng mga bagong proyekto na hindi pa nalikha o napalabas. Kung magbibigay ng panukala, siguraduhin na tiyak at detalyado ang ihahandog ninyo. * MGA MAHALAGANG PETSA * * MGA MATERYALES PARA SA PAGSUSUMITE * Mga paraan para magbigay ng sining: Google Form (pinakamabuting paraan): I-click ito Kung magbibigay ng sining, siguraduhing ibilang ang iyong: Impormasyong personal: • Buong pangalan Impormasyon tungkol sa iyong sining or panukala: • Pamagat ng iyong sining SE ACULILLÓ? | PRIMXS/ES | COUSINS Curated by Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez + Kat Chavez Opening at the Center for Reconciliation SUBMIT YOUR ART FOR SE ACULILLÓ? | PRIMXS/ES | COUSINS * THE SERIES * Se Aculilló? is an ongoing series of performance events and art shows co-curated by Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez and Kat Chavez. Previous exhibitions have been presented at AS220, Trade Pop-Up, and the Perry and Marty Granoff Center at Brown University. The phrase, Se Aculilló?, is a Colombian taunt that roughly translates to “Are you scared?” More literally, Se Aculilló? Refers to the body curling inward in response to fear. * SE ACULILLÓ?’S COMMUNITIES * Se Aculilló? Is an uncensored and all ages experience, welcoming of all kinds of creative, anti-oppressive expressions and all kind of people. Strong consideration for Black artists, Indigenous artists, LGBTQAI artists, artists with disabilities, and artists who have been marginalized or disenfranchised from traditional presentations of art. * THEME * We have titled this fourth installment “PRIMXS/ES” in an effort to bridge communities who have shared colonizers and overlapping colonial histories, in particular under the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. How do shared experiences of oppression and trauma shape artistic practice across communities? We welcome submissions from people who have origins, ancestral roots, and/or cultural ties to regions affected by Spanish and Portuguese colonization, including Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Philippines, Cape Verde, and beyond! * THE CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION * The Center for Reconciliation fosters interracial reconciliation through programs that educate, inspire and engage. The Center envisions a time when people of all races are reconciled to one another. * GUIDELINES * All mediums, including performance/live arts, will be considered. We will also accept proposals for new projects that have not yet been created or performed. Please be as descriptive as possible throughout your proposal. * DATES TO KNOW * March 18: Open Call live * SUBMISSION MATERIALS * Ways to submit: Google Form (preferred): Click here To submit, please include the following: Personal information: • Full name Information about your piece or proposal: • Title of work Past Calls: THIS OPEN CALL IS NOW CLOSED TL;DR: Submission can be sent the following ways:
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SE ACULILLÓ? | LA SUTURA TIERNA Opening at AS220: Saturday, September 1, 2018 * SUBMIT YOUR ART FOR ¿SE ACULILLÓ? | LA SUTURA TIERNA * What: ¿Se aculilló? is an ongoing series of performance events and art shows. The phrase, ¿Se aculilló?, is a Colombian taunt that roughly translates to “Are you scared?” More literally, ¿Se aculilló? refers to a sensation of the body (in particular, the ass) clenching or curling inward. Where: Previous installments have occurred at AS220 (Oct. 2017) and Trade Pop-up (Feb. 2018). The next show will be a multi-space show, happening at AS220 and at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts on the Brown University campus. When: September 2018 Who: This is an open call for people who have origins, ancestral roots, and/or cultural ties to the region known as Latin America, including the Caribbean. Theme: We have titled this third installment La sutura tierna, or “the tender suture.” Artists are asked to consider the body and fear in relationship to this theme. With this, we are thinking about susto, an illness identified as regionally specific to Latin America and often translated as “soul loss.” Today, artists with marginalized identities are often expected to put their traumas on display. La sutura tierna hopes to acknowledge traumas but center healing, as we come together as a community to hold each other, tenderly. * GUIDELINES * Strong consideration for Black artists, Indigenous artists, LGBTQAI artists, and artists who have been marginalized or disenfranchised from traditional presentations of art. All mediums, including performance/live arts, will be considered. We will also accept proposals for new projects that have not yet been created or performed. For the part of the exhibit happening at the Granoff Center at Brown University, we are also looking to pair student artists and community artists who can collaboratively develop work for the show on Brown’s campus. As a student, you may submit as an individual artist or as a pair, with a community artist with whom you already have a relationship. If you submit individually, the curatorial team will pair your work with an artist working in Rhode Island. Submissions are open to graduate and undergraduate students.] * SUBMISSION MATERIALS * Ways you can submit: For more info: Email / phone (benjofaman@gmail.com / 214.934.7144) To submit, please include the following: Personal information: • Describe who you are, what you do, and why you want to participate [200 words or less] Information about your piece or proposal: Up to 5 images of your work or up to 5 minutes of video/audio/media
SE ACULILLÓ? | GROUNDHOG DAY SUBMISSIONS DUE 11:59 PM on January 19th
34 Governor Street Opening February 1, 2018 | 6 PM – 9 PM * ABOUT THE SHOW * SE ACULILLÓ? | GROUNDHOG DAY is a continuation of the SE ACULILLÓ? series started in October at AS220’s Resident Gallery featuring Luna Ayala, Linda Behar, Saulo Castillo, Leandro Castro, Kat Chavez, Tamara Diaz, Snake Eyes, Orlando Hernández, Rica Maestas, José Menendez, and Kendall Rivera-Lane. The phrase, “Se aculilló?,” is a Colombian taunt that roughly translates to, “Are you scared?” More literally, Se aculilló? refers to a sensation of the body clenching up or curling inward in fear — a sensation specifically located in the ass. SE ACULILLÓ? | GROUNDHOG DAY is a weekend pop up exhibit at TRADE POP-UP responding to fears associated with Groundhog Day. According to the tradition, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on Groundhog Day, then the spring season will arrive early, some time before the vernal equinox. If, instead, it is sunny, the groundhog will see its shadow and retreat back into its den, and winter weather will persist for six more weeks. Examples of fears associated with Groundhog Day could be fear of a long winter, fear of seasonal depression, fear of human-created climate change and its on-going disasters, fear of expectations, fear of the foreclosure of possibilities (the groundhog only has two options: it sees its shadow, or it doesn’t) * GUIDELINES * All mediums, including performance/live arts, will be considered. Strong consideration for Black artists, Indigenous artists, LGBTQAI artists, and artists who have been marginalized or disenfranchised from traditional presentations of art. Given that the exhibit will take place over a limited time (a single weekend only), video, live art, and work with minimal installation needs will be given preference. * SUMISSION MATERIALS * To submit, please include the following: – A short bio OR statement of interest (200 words or less) Please send all submissions via e-mail to SeAculillo@gmail.com SUBMISSIONS DUE 11:59 PM on January 19th
¿Se aculillo? / Are you scared? FECHA TOPE: 15 SEPTIEMBRE 2017 Curada por: Benjamín Lundberg Torres Sánchez AS220’s Resident Gallery Inauguracion: Octubre 7, 2017 | 5 PM – 7 PM Acerca del show: ¿Se aculillo? / Are you scared? Es una exhibición emergente de duración de un mes en AS220’s Resident Gallery presentando obras de artistas visuales que están históricamente arraigados en la batalla constante de enfrentar el miedo o obras que contemporáneamente enfrentan al miedo. La frase ¿Se aculillo?, es una burla Colombiana que más o menos se traduce en “¿Tienes miedo.? Literalmente, aculillo se refiere a una sensación del cuerpo cuando se apriete o se enrolla hacia adentro. Este octubre, como parte del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, Lundberg Torres Sánchez invita a los artistas Latinx/Latine, a presentar trabajos relacionado a los temas de miedo, aprehensión y el cuerpo, o a la frase ¿Se aculillo? / Are you scared?. Nota sobre Latinx and Latine: El show utiliza las palabras Latinx y Latine como formas neutrales de género Latina/Latino. Latinx es un término neutral muy distintivo usado en Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, usado en espacios queer o radicales y consecuentemente, la academia en Estados Unidos. Latine (y la práctica de reemplazar “a/o” con la terminación “e”), por otra parte, es un lenguaje de género neutral que conjuga más fácil con el español hablado. Acerca de las presentaciones: GUIAS: Deben ser artistas locales de Rhode Island. Debe de identificarse como Latinx / Latine /Latino/a/latinoamericano/a/hispano para enviar su presentación/es. Serán considerados todos los medios artísticos, incluyendo actuaciones/artes vivas. Se considerara bastante a los artistas Afro-Latinx, artistas indígenas, LGBTQAI, y artistas que han sido marginados, desfavorecidos/desprotegidos de presentaciones tradicionales de arte. PRESENTACION DE MATERIALES: Para enviar su presentación favor de incluir lo siguiente: Un perfil/bio corto o una Declaración de interés (200 palabras o menos) CV/resume/historial Hasta 5 imágenes de su trabajo o hasta 5 minutos de video Favor de enviar todas sus presentaciones vía e-mail a benjofaman@gmail.com
¿Se aculillo? / Are you scared? DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 Curated by Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez AS220’s Resident Gallery Opening October 7, 2017 | 5 PM – 7 PM About the show: ¿Se aculillo? / Are you scared? is a one-month pop up exhibit in AS220’s Resident Gallery showcasing visual artists’ historically grounded and contemporary reckonings with fear. The phrase. ¿Se aculillo?, is a Colombian taunt that roughly translates to, “Are you scared?” More literally, aculillo refers to a sensation of the body clenching or curling inward. This October, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Lundberg Torres Sanchez invites Latinx/Latine artists whose work relates to themes of fear, apprehension, and the body, OR to the phrase ¿Se aculillo? / Are you scared? to submit work. Note about Latinx and Latine: The show title uses both Latinx and Latine as gender neutral forms of Latina/Latino. Latinx is a distinctly U.S. American, gender-neutral term that has been taken up by queer, radical spaces, and, subsequently, the academy in the United States. Latine (and the practice of replacing “a/o” endings with “e”), on the other hand, is a gender neutral language that more easily flows and conjugates in spoken Spanish. About submissions: GUIDELINES: Must be based in Rhode Island. Must identify as Latinx / Latine / Latino / Latina / Latin American / Hispanic to submit. All mediums, including performance/live arts, will be considered. Strong consideration for Afro-Latinx artists, Indigenous artists, LGBTQAI artists, and artists who have been marginalized or disenfranchised from traditional presentations of art. SUMISSION MATERIALS: To submit, please include the following by September 15th: A short bio OR statement of interest (200 words or less) Call for Artists of Color in North-Eastern U.S. Participate in an expanded re-performance of Safety Pin Removal (2016) by Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, commissioned as a part of TRUST & DownStreet Art (Information below) Description: TRUST is looking for artists of color to join commissioned artist, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, in re-performing Safety Pin Removal, a performance in response to the Post-Brexit, Post-Trump Election gesture of wearing a safety pin to indicate allyship with immigrants, refugees, and other marginalized people. (Read more here and here) Safety Pin Removal uses the body of the performer(s) as a site to test the limits of allyship with the public. During the original action, Lundberg Torres Sanchez revealed to the audience a safety pin that was piercing the skin near his collar bone. He described the piercing process, and observed the audience’s winces and grimaces. After naming and rejecting their empathetic responses, Lundberg Torres Sanchez then asked them to collaborate in removing the safety pin from his skin — an act that requires collaboration, risk, trust, intimacy, and bodily contact. The action ends when the safety pin is removed. This remounted and expanded version, will experiment with taking the action into public space (as opposed to the theater or the gallery), research how different bodies experience performing the same action for an audience, and examine allyship between the performers themselves. Requirements: Must be a person of color. Please e-mail safetypinremoval@gmail.com with a bio, CV/resume, and short statement of interest (100 words or less) by September 1st.
Adaptive Shade: Call for Artists [PAID] DEADLINE EXTENDED: APRIL 24, 11:59 PM Adaptive Shade invites artists working in live arts to respond to Sherwin Williams Paint’s color catalogue, with a specific emphasis on how race is imagined by Sherwin Williams through its practice of naming colors. Performances will be featured in and around the gallery space on Washington Street during a single performance event on May 12th, framed by work from the Casa de Casta series (selections below). Proposals can include but are not limited to performance art, dance, music, theater, sculpture, and video. Priority is given to queer & trans artists of color based in Providence working outside of the support of institutional spaces (e.g. Brown, RISD, AS220…) Each artist is guaranteed a stipend + a door split. Payment will be given within one week of the performance date. Proposal requirements: – Bio/CV or short statement about yourself Optional: Link to website or social media handles THIS CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS NOW CLOSED. Resources: |
