CURATE THIS! 2010 is the second installment of the CURATE THIS! exhibition series created by BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art. The annual global art + design event and arts + cultural exchange will take place from July 1 – December 31.
Through
the introduction and exhibition of works of new art + new design and
related projects by pARTicipating artists, designers, duos, groups and collectives
around the world, The BECA Foundation aims to facilitate an
experimental, cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in
diverse locations around the world.
Artists, designers, duos, groups and collectives may click here for registration information. Deadline June 15, 2010.
Organizations, galleries, professionally affiliated and independent curators, studios, universities, businesses, lease-holders of non-traditional exhibition spaces and other creative producers may click here for their registration information.
CURATE THIS! 2010 Special Projects for pARTicipants include:
- International Public Vote Award. One artist, designer, duo, group or collective will receive this award of $2,500. The online vote will take place from July 1 - 3, 2010. Those receiving the top 15 vote totals will have their works published in the 2010 edition of the CURATE THIS! publication.
- CURATE THIS! 2010 - NEW ART. Helen Pheby, PhD, Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK, will be selecting 10 - 20 CURATE THIS! 2010 Artists and their works for inclusion in this special upcoming publication.
- CURATE THIS! 2010 - NEW DESIGN. Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, will be selecting 10 - 20 CURATE THIS! 2010 Designers and their works for inclusion in this special upcoming publication.
- WEAR ART. A group of CURATE THIS! 2010 Artists + Designers will be invited to have their works of art or design included in the upcoming launch of this new BECA Foundation project.
The title, ‘CURATE THIS!’ reflects a departure from the familiar large scale exhibition model, typically curated by a singular vision with one head curator, to an exhibition with components and related events ‘curated’ by the public and professional and independent participants residing in multiple cities around the world. The first ‘CURATE THIS!’ experiment took place in early 2008 and led artists and BECA Foundation directors, Melissa Roberts and Kurt Schlough to begin brainstorming the expansion of the experiment to bring about greater benefits to a larger number of participants.
BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art and the core belief system at The BECA Foundation is that “New art + new design fuels the best of what’s yet to come on this planet.” To help mix that fuel and kick start new possibilities, the expansion of the CURATE THIS! exhibition project will facilitate a broader exposure of new art, new design and new ideas through both a physical and online network of participating venues in multiple cities around the world. The aim of building the network is to create international arts + cultural exchange opportunities, broaden arts education opportunities and appreciation for emerging contemporary art + design, facilitate introductions and lay the foundation for future innovation, progress + possibility. The BECA Foundation is pleased to welcome the participation of Helen Pheby, PhD, Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK whose research and curatorial work spans the globe including the US and Iraq and Ellen Lupton, legendary design educator and Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Each has a unique insight which will add further depth and diversity to CURATE THIS! 2010.
“Free your mind and the rest will follow.” – Thomas McElroy And Denzil Foster
