SHOPDROPPING OPEN CALL:
Deadline: November 1, 2005
Shopdropping is an ongoing project in which I alter the packaging of canned goods and then "shopdrop" the items back onto grocery store shelves.
Shopdropping strives to take back a share of the visual space we encounter on a daily basis. Similar to the way street art stakes a claim to public space for self expression, Shopdropping subverts commercial space and activities for artistic use.
Shopdropping website: http://www.shopdropping.net
I am currently organizing an open call to create a large collaborative Shopdropping installation.
Please submit all types of works on paper: photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, computer printouts, etc.etc. but please no cardboard, heavyweight paper, or other “thick” surfaces that won’t adhere easily to the cans.
All submitted materials should be 4 inches by 9.5 inches. Please send 2 copies of each submission so that one set can be “shopdropped” into grocery stores and another set can be displayed as a group project in a gallery in NYC.
Also, please include $1 US per submission to help cover the cost of buying canned goods. (I’m not making any money off of this but if I get 100 submissions that’s 200 cans of beans.)
Please include your name, or alias with your submission. Please include your email address with your package so that I can confirm that I received your work, and keep you updated on how the project is going.
If you have any questions please let me know at ryan@relapsed.net
I look forward to hearing from you!
See http://www.shopdropping.net for more info and images of past Shopdropping installations.
Send all work to:
Ryan Watkins-Hughes // SHOPDROPPING.NET
194 Adelphi Street First Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Deadline: November 1, 2005
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