The Motorcade/FlashParade
National Open 2012 is now closed. We’d like to thank everyone who entered
the Open for their support which will have a hugely positive impact on what we’re
able to achieve in our coming programme.
We are thrilled to be launching the second annual Motorcade/FlashParade National Open, to be selected by Emma Cocker, David Trigg and Brian Griffiths!
Emma Cocker
(writer, artist and lecturer, Sheffield)
Brian Griffiths (Artist and Senior
Tutor, Royal Academy Schools, London)
David Trigg (writer and critic, Bristol)
DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday 21st October
Prizes
1st Prize: £500 + a solo show at Motorcade/FlashParade
(jointly sposnsored by Tobacco Factory Enterprises and Accomodation Unlimited).
(jointly sposnsored by Tobacco Factory Enterprises and Accomodation Unlimited).
2nd Prize, The Robinson Building Prize: £500
An additional prize, The Robinson Building Bursary of £500 with exhibition opportunity will be selected by Urbis at the Open exhibition.
What is the Motorcade/FlashParade National Open for?
For Motorcade it is a chance to reach further afield, to see a 'snap shot' of work being produced accross the country and to showcase some of that work in an exhibition. The application and selection process presents us with the fantastic opportunity to be introduced to many artists' work, opening up the potential for future projects to develop.
For artists it is an opportunity to show work to both the panelists and M/FP for the chance to be selected for the Open exhibition, taking place in December. Two of these selected artists will be awarded our 1st and 2nd prizes, with a 3rd prize winner selected by our sponsor, Urbis.
As a voluntary organisation The Motorcade/FlashParade National Open is an essential fundraiser, with every penny raised pumped straight back into the programme, helping us to continue to realise artists' projects and support artist development. To apply is not simply to be in with a chance to be selected, it is to support the activities of Motorcade/FlashParade and it's contribution to a healthy art ecology.
How does it work?
1. You fill in the application form and enter up to 3 pieces of work in any format, for £15. Further works may be submitted, in additional applications at the same rate.
2. After the deadline at midnight on Sunday, 21st October, we organise an anonymous slideshow and showreel to include every application (no pre-selection takes place).
3. The panel of practising artists, writers, critics and lecturers will convene at the end of October to make their selection. We will be live tweeting from this event.
4. On Wednesday, 31st October, all applicants will be notified of the panels selection and in the following days the shortlist will be announced.
5. M/FP will begin promoting the show
6. The selected artists will arrange to deliver their work to the space between the 26th November and 3rd December.
7. M/FP will hang the show.
8. On Friday 7th December the preview will take place with 2 prize winners announced on the night. Urbis will also select and announce the winner of the Urbis Bursary.
9. The exhibition continues until Sunday 16th December.
10. Works will be collected between Monday 17th December and Monday 14th January.
HOT TIPS
Fill in the application form correctly and adhere to the specifications
Make sure the images show the work at it's best. (Don't have good images? If you live locally why not book one of our affordable Documentation Day sessions?)
Be strategic: whilst all types of work are considered, a piece that encompassed the entire space might not be workable.
About the selection panel:
Brian Griffiths is represented by Vilma Gold,
London; Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo and Grimm Gallery He is
presently Senior Tutor lecturer in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools, London. Brian Griffiths was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1968 and lives and works in London.
Emma Cocker is a writer and artist based in Sheffield,
UK, and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University. Operating
under the title, Not Yet There, her research-practice explores models of
practice – and subjectivity – that resist or refuse the pressure of a single or
stable position by remaining willfully unresolved. Recent writing includes
‘Making Room for Maneouvre’ in Manual for Marginal Places (2010); ‘Over and
Over, Again and Again’ in Failure (2010); ‘Distancing the If and Then’ in Drawing
a Hypothesis: Figures of Thought (2010); and ‘The Restless Line, Drawing’ in
Hyperdrawing: Beyond the Lines of Contemporary Art (2012).
Brian
Griffiths Since
graduating from Goldsmiths College in the late 90’s Brian Griffiths has been
making sculpture and installations of over blown theatricality and pathos.
His work has
been exhibited extensively in the UK and internationally. He has had solo shows
at Camden Arts Centre, Arnolfini, A Foundation, Vilma Gold, Galeria Luisa
Strina and internationally has shown work at numerous museums including Tate
Britain in London, The Groninger Museum in the Netherands, The Mattress Factory
Museum in Pittsburgh, CAPC museum in Bordeaux, Mostra D’Arte
Contemporanea in Milan and Belém
Museum of Modern Art in Brazil.
David Trigg is an art writer based in Bristol. He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics and a regular contributor to Art Monthly, a-n, Art Papers and Frieze. His writing has also been featured in Art Review, Untitled, Circa, Flash Art International and Metro. David gained his degree in Fine Art from Bath School of Art and Design in 2001. Since then he has worked as Reviews Editor for Bristol arts publication Decode as well as holding positions at the Arnolfini Gallery and more recently as a visiting lecturer at UWE.
About our sponsors:
Urbis Development is a local property development group which creates
attractive, high quality, urban properties in the South West of England.
Established in 2004 by senior construction industry professionals, Urbis
projects range from brown field new build to city centre refurbishments and
from small projects (under 20 homes) to much larger developments (100+ homes).
Urbis uniquely manages the end to end development process from site
acquisition, planning and project management to sales, marketing and property
management. Urbis use a team of established professionals, including
architects, contractors and craftspeople to create modern homes that fit
successfully within the community in which they are built.
For further details please visit www.urbisdev.co.uk
or call us on 0117 925 2777.
The Tobacco Factory was rescued by architect and mayoral candidate George Ferguson in the mid nineties and has been credited with being at the heart of the cultural and economic regeneration of Greater Bedminster. The Tobacco Factory theatre is nationally renowned and has been re-inforced by the neighbouring Brewery Theatre adjacent to the Bristol Beer Factory – BBC Radio 4's 2011 'Drink Producer of the Year', and to Mark's Bakery. It is an ever changing project including dance studios, creative industry work space and the thriving café bar. The Tobacco Factory Sunday market is South Bristol's leading community market.
Accommodation Unlimited is one of Bristol's largest independent letting agencies. Founded in 1991 we offer both landlords and tenants a quality service. Our senior staff have over 60 years experience letting and managing property in Bristol, the city we know and love and to which we are committed.
We are delighted to sponsor this event for a second time and we would like to congratulate Penny, Julie and the team for organising this excellent competition. Motorcade/FlashParade is an exciting project and resource of which we can all be justifiably proud.
Go to our website: http://www.aul.org.uk/ or phone: 0117 9739394
Details:
Important dates
Application Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 21st October
Selection notification: Wednesday 31st October
Delivery of Works: Monday 26th November – Monday 3rd December
Delivery of Works: Monday 26th November – Monday 3rd December
Private View and award ceremony: Friday 7th December
Exhibition: Saturday 8th December – Sunday 16th December, Thurs - Sun, 12-6pm
Collection of Works: Monday 17th December – Monday 14th January
Eligibility
The M/FP National Open is open to all artists and all genres of work. It is also open to MA students and final year BA students. You must be over 18 and based in the UK to enter.
Application/Guidelines
Applications are by email to info@motorcadeflashparade.com. Please follow these guidelines, which can also be found at the back of the application form.
PLEASE
NOTE
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A
combination of 2D and 3D works, audiovisual works and performance works may be
submitted up to a maximum of 3 total works. Applications are by email to
info@motorcadeflashparade.com
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Application
form
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Please
complete this application form and save it as an MS Word.doc or .docx file in
this format: SURNAME.Initial.OPEN.doc/docx
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Payment
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Each entry costs £15 to submit which includes up to 3 works.
Applicants may make multiple applications.
Payments should be made by bank transfer to:
Motorcade/FlashParade
Sort code 20-13-42
Account number 73614670
Please leave your name as the reference.
OR, by cheque made out to Mototcade/FlashParade and sent to 37 Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA
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2D
and 3D works
Image
specifications
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Up to
6 jpeg images, to describe a maximum of 3 works, NO LARGER than 1mb each and adequately sized for use in a Power
Point slideshow (roughly 600 pixels along the longest edge). Images should be
emailed as attachments, along with
the application, and saved in the following format:
SURNAME.Initial.Work
number.Title.jpg
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Audio
Visual / Performance works
Specifications
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Audiovisual
and performance works, or documentation of works, up to a maximum of 3 minutes
each, should be linked to in the Audio Visual / Performance Works List page.
Any works/documentation longer than 3 minutes will only be watched up to the
first 3 minutes.
Images
of the work installed can be attached, meeting the image specifications described
above.
In
‘installation details’ describe how the work is shown.
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Terms and Conditions:
- You must be over 18, based in the UK and not in the first 2 years of a BA Art related course to enter.
- Receipt of applications will be acknowledged via email.
- No application will be accepted after Midnight on Sunday 21st October.
- Artists are responsible for delivering and collecting work from the space at agreed times to be arranged on an individual basis. Although M/FP cannot contribute to the costs of work delivery or collection, we will put artists living regionally to each other in contact, with the aim of reducing costs through combined deliveries.
- Access to some audiovisual equipment may be possible, with priority given to artists living further afield. However, all artists are expected to be able to supply all the equipment necessary for the exhibition of their work.
- Artworks need not be for sale, but any works offered for sale will be on the basis of a 30% commission on the sale price.
- Copyright will remain with the artist. Selected artists exhibiting in the Open agree that their work may be used for Motorcade/FlashParade marketing purposes.
- Artists must insure their own work. Although every care will be taken, we cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to artworks.
- M/FP will produce publicity materials for the National Open show, inform the press and promote the exhibition through our networks, our website and social media sites.
- Professional photographic documentation of the show and each individual work will be supplied to the selected artists, free of charge.
- The decisions of the panel, regarding their selection is final. We will notify all applicants of the selection on Wednesday 31st October. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we will not have the capacity to give the personalised feedback we offer for our proposal based competitions.
Any queries please email info@motorcadeflashparade.com or telephone: +44(0)7787797339 / +44(0)7816760353
The Motorcade/FlashParade National Open 2011 exhibited works by
Rhiannon Adam
Zanne Andrea
Milo Brennan
Lindsey Bull
Julie Coltman
Martyn Cross
Gordon Dalton
Davies, Monaghan & Klein
Anne Deeming
Elizabeth Dismorr
Lauren Foulkes
Thomas Goddard
Alex Hardy
Denise Hickey
Daniel Just
Will Kendrick
Brendan Lancaster
Angela Lizon
Ian Robinson
Harriet White
Since the Open many of the artists have re-exhibited, or been involved with Motorcade in other capacities. Lindsey Bull and Daniel Just, 2 of the prize winners are due to have solo shows in October and 2013 respectively. Gordan Dalton and Tom Goddard curated THE MAN DON'T GIVE A FUCK in April, and Tom is due to exhibit again in 2013. Martyn Cross was on the selection panel for our summer residency. Elizabeth Dismorr organised the Six by Four anonymous postcard sale fundraiser for her MA Show, which also took place at Motorcade, and has now joined the team as our marketing manager. Alex Hardy was lead artist on the project Here Comes Everybody, which also involved Will Kendrick, and was additionally invited to exhibit in Bread & Roses. Finally, Brendan Lancaster organised and exhibited a group exhibition in May and is due to have a solo show in 2013.
Every week we will be adding profiles from last years selected artists here:
http://www.motorcadeflashparade.com/p/mfp-open-2011-exhibited-artists.html
The Motorcade/FlashParade National Open 2011 exhibited works by
Rhiannon Adam
Zanne Andrea
Milo Brennan
Lindsey Bull
Julie Coltman
Martyn Cross
Gordon Dalton
Davies, Monaghan & Klein
Anne Deeming
Elizabeth Dismorr
Lauren Foulkes
Thomas Goddard
Alex Hardy
Denise Hickey
Daniel Just
Will Kendrick
Brendan Lancaster
Angela Lizon
Ian Robinson
Harriet White
Since the Open many of the artists have re-exhibited, or been involved with Motorcade in other capacities. Lindsey Bull and Daniel Just, 2 of the prize winners are due to have solo shows in October and 2013 respectively. Gordan Dalton and Tom Goddard curated THE MAN DON'T GIVE A FUCK in April, and Tom is due to exhibit again in 2013. Martyn Cross was on the selection panel for our summer residency. Elizabeth Dismorr organised the Six by Four anonymous postcard sale fundraiser for her MA Show, which also took place at Motorcade, and has now joined the team as our marketing manager. Alex Hardy was lead artist on the project Here Comes Everybody, which also involved Will Kendrick, and was additionally invited to exhibit in Bread & Roses. Finally, Brendan Lancaster organised and exhibited a group exhibition in May and is due to have a solo show in 2013.
Every week we will be adding profiles from last years selected artists here:
http://www.motorcadeflashparade.com/p/mfp-open-2011-exhibited-artists.html
