Deadline- 15 September 2013
African and African Diaspora artists are invited to submit applications for International Exhibition Dak’Art 2014 which will take place in Dakar May 9th to June 8th 2014. The objective of this program is to provides a platform for art professionals and set forth the artistic trends in Africa.
Documents Required-
- Text documents must be in only in RTF or PDF files (CV, biography, press articles, letters, technical file).
- Photo documents (picture of artworks, portrait of the artist) must be in JPEG, TIFF or PNG files obligatory in high resolution 300 dots/inch, over 2MO per photo (necessary for quality printing).
- Each photo file of work must be named so : name-of-artist_given-name_title-of-work_year .
- Videos must not be compressed and have to be sent or by large file transfer, else on dvd sent by post (the jury shall not consider links on Utube, Myspace etc).
- Send also 3 photo captions for each video, in JPEG, TIFF ou PNG files obligatory in high resolution 300 dots/inch.
- A technical file must match each photo of work and indicate name of the file, name of the artist, title of work, used technique, year, dimensions, name of photographer of work, material needed for installation, if necessary sketches and plan, and also in 4 lines an explanatory description of each art work.
- Applicant can also provide a portfolio in pdf showcasing their previous work (optional)
Eligibility & Criteria-
- This call for application is only for African and African Diaspora artists
- Works submitted for selection must not have been shown yet in an international exhibition. They must be property of the artist and date of less than 2 years
- The General Secretariat of the Biennale of Dakar will not consider incomplete applications portfolios
- Application documents will not be sent back to the artists after deliberations of the selection committee. They will be added to the documentation centre of the Biennale of Dakar
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