Call For Submissions
Lined up on a five foot long shelf, was a stack of blank paper, a container with pens, a timer, a blank space for drawing, a submission box, and a stack of art show flyers. This, along with a list of directions disguised as my artist statement, guided viewers through the steps of submitting work into a spin off art show. The viewer grabbed a blank sheet of paper and a drawing tool, started the timer, and made something within a brief time frame, then placed it into the submission box and took a flyer for the show that they just became a part of. Through this experience, I changed the role of the artist by initiating individual creative action from the viewer and creating a work of art that depended on the works of people who came through the gallery. I also reversed the role of the viewer by switching a system that previously required looking or hearing to the act of creating something. It was specifically created for a gallery space within a college art department because art students attending the show shared the desire to participate in showing their work.
2013.
Lined up on a five foot long shelf, was a stack of blank paper, a container with pens, a timer, a blank space for drawing, a submission box, and a stack of art show flyers. This, along with a list of directions disguised as my artist statement, guided viewers through the steps of submitting work into a spin off art show. The viewer grabbed a blank sheet of paper and a drawing tool, started the timer, and made something within a brief time frame, then placed it into the submission box and took a flyer for the show that they just became a part of. Through this experience, I changed the role of the artist by initiating individual creative action from the viewer and creating a work of art that depended on the works of people who came through the gallery. I also reversed the role of the viewer by switching a system that previously required looking or hearing to the act of creating something. It was specifically created for a gallery space within a college art department because art students attending the show shared the desire to participate in showing their work.
2013.
