Just flashing off the telegraph:
CALL FOR ARTISTS LIVING/WORKING IN MISSOURI
An exhibition titled "Postcards from the Heartland (How I learned to stop worrying and love the RED state)" and organized by Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Director Paul Ha will be exhibited at the Art Production Fund – APF Lab in New York.
The project is non-partisan and artists of all political beliefs are invited to submit JPEGS of images of “political” content and have been taken in Missouri.
Please submit a photo(s), with a note of the location, and email them to postcardsfromheartland@gmail.com by January 2, 2009. Artists may submit as many images as they like for consideration. If included in the exhibition, the artists will be credited as participating in the project and your work will be on view. The show opens on the day of the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony on January 20, 2009. The images will be projected at the APF Lab and at the close of the exhibition on January 30,2009,all images will be deleted from the computer.
For the past 100 years, Missouri has been a bellwether in every White House race, voting for the winning presidential candidate in every election except 1956. In the 2008 election, Missouri again played a crucial role as a swing state. Missouri played host to all four candidates who were in and out of the state frequently, and the state was flooded with advertisements. As Missouri was bombarded with ads, little money was comparatively spent in New York. The exhibition, with your participation, will bring the images form the heartland to New York.
About Art Production Fund – APF Lab:
The Art Production Fund is a nonprofit organization that presents public art around New York. The principals Yvonne Force Villareal and Doreen Remen decided to open the space after helping organize art installations in the Park Avenue Armory as part of the 2008 Whitney Biennial. In the SoHo storefront space, the organization invites artists to create installations and performances in the space.
"Postcards from the Heartland (How I learned to stop worrying and love the RED state)"
Organized by Paul Ha
January 20 – January 30, 2008
Art Production Fund Lab (APF Lab)
15 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013
Images may be submitted to postcardsfromheartland@gmail.com attn: Paul Ha
Deadline for submission is January 2, 2009.
