Chris Joseph

Public Pages - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Public Pages is an exhibition of Text Art and Visual Poetry bringing together contributions from poets, artists and makers of works which explore the visual and cultural impact of the sign and the slogan in public space. Designed as a complement to the academic conference Poetry and Public Language, this exhibition will show works which engage with the placement and displacement of text on the page, that articulate the two-dimensional surface, that integrate visual and textual elements in a composition and consider the page as a public space, addressing a public and entering into public debate.

Public Pages is curated by Mark Leahy

DATES: 26 March -8 April, 2007

Opening reception Friday 30 March

The exhibition invites responses from poets, artists, writers, makers, to the possibilities of the restrictions of a one-page work. The works will be published in digital form on the exhibition website, and a selection will be printed as larger scale works (up to A0 size) to be shown in the gallery spaces of the Portland Square Building at Plymouth University.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Submissions are requested for an exhibition of one page visual textual works that will be shown in conjunction with the conference Poetry and Public Language, at Portland Square Building, Plymouth University and online at www.peninsula-arts.org.uk

Works are welcomed that engage with the placement and displacement of text on the page, that articulate the two-dimensional surface, that integrate visual and textual elements in a composition, and consider this page a public space, as addressing a public, or entering into public debate.

Submissions should be sent in the form of PDF documents of one page (or in files which may be converted to this format). Works will be published on the exhibition website. A selection will be printed in poster form for exhibition in the University of Plymouth buildings.

address for submissions: m.leahy@dartington.ac.uk

closing date: February 2nd 2007

Organising committee for Poetry and Public Language 2007:

Tony Lopez, Anthony Caleshu, John Hall, Mark Leahy

‘Poetry and Public Language 2007’ is a collaborative venture sponsored by the University of Plymouth and Dartington College of Arts, promoted in association with Peninsula Arts

Dr Mark Leahy
Director of Writing
Dartington College of Arts
Totnes TQ9 6EJ
United Kingdom

+44 (0) 1803 861682 ph.
+44 (0) 1803 861666 fax.
m.leahy@dartington.ac.uk
http://www.dartington.ac.uk/pw

Kinetica offers five moving image production bursaries to East Midlands Artists to create single screen works that cut against our assumptions and present us with unexpected interpretations of the Kinetica theme. The five commissioned works will be screened around the world and will feature on the Critical Mass: Kinetica DVD collection of Artists films. This is the third DVD collection in a series of Artists’ moving image works, dance films and experimental narratives.Deadline for applications: Jan 19 2007.

More info/application forms: kinetica@thresholdstudios.tv
T: 01604 250377

If you’ve never heard of the Guardian, it’s a UK national paper, known for having (amongst other things) an excellent coverage of arts and literature. The third episode of Inanimate Alice (’Russia’) was exclusively released last week on the Guardian website, together with an interview with my collaborating partner Kate Pullinger. The Guardian have done a good job of promoting it, starting with a front page banner on the weekend print paper (I didn’t see it - was away with friends in lovely Dorset without computers, mobile phone reception or newspapers - but apparently Alice was above Tony Blair, which could be a good thing or not). They’ve also placed an attractive Alice banner and link on their main online books page.

As a result of all this our main Inanimate Alice site has naturally received a huge influx of viewers and mailing list members, which hopefully makes future episodes that little bit more likely to happen. The feedback so far has generally been very positive… but at the moment my main feeling is relief that it is finally done and out there! This third episode has occupied a lot of my time in the second half of this year. Not just planning and creating it, but previewing it (at the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival in August, the Banff Interactive Project Lab in October, and the IOCT Salon with Kate Pullinger last month). It’s a fascinating (and challenging) project to be a part of - but it’s also nice to clear some headspace for new projects.

As I just said to Kate and the Alice producer Ian Harper, I do find it funny how for many people new media can only be validated through the old. I suppose it will always be the way. A good friend of mine who has never looked at my work saw Ep 3 on the Guardian, and that finally persuaded him to check it out. That makes my week - but it’s still unlikely that he’ll ever find his way here or to my other work unless it is splashed in a newspaper or on TV.