CALL for DRAWINGS | PHOTOS | VIDEOS | TEXTS International exhibition and publication

CALL for DRAWINGS | PHOTOS | VIDEOS | TEXTS

International exhibition and publication

BRIEF

The Landscape_inProgress Laboratory, of the Mediterranea University, launches the 99FILES project as an open call (aimed to students, professors, artists, professionals, etc.) to develop a reflection on the modern and brutalist architectural heritage, particularly in the Balkan countries.
The goal is to fill a void that the hegemony of Western architectural culture has generated in the second half of the twentieth century, marginalizing a rich architectural production, that is still not protected, and today is at the risk of being canceled as a result of a transformation processes, particularly in the area of the former Yugoslavia.
The initiative intends to stimulate a different point of observation of this heritage, releasing it from the entailed negative connotation from the ideological legacies, while stimulating different interpretative directions of an important string in the architectural thought.
The Balkan cities are cases still to be investigated through new visions capable of recognizing the role of this important architectural production that can be considered as the last urban utopia of the twentieth century.
The focus of the first edition is the city of Skopje, capital of Macedonia, where the signs of this process are the most evident. The city is configured as an emblematic case for the contemporary architecture and the dynamics that cross the Balkan countries.
The scope of the Call is to construct a an Operative Archive that collects drawings, photos, videos and texts regarding the modern and brutalist architectural and cultural heritage of the Balkan countries.
The materials selected by anonymous reviewers will be published in a VOLUME and exhibited in a traveling exhibition starting from MoCa-Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje.

SCHEDULE

DEADLINE 25.04.2018

METHODS OF PARTICIPATION

The CALL is open to everyone (students, professionals, etc.)
The participation can be done by choosing one of the following categories:
DRAWING
The drawing can be made by freely choosing the technique (hand made drawing, collage, photomontage, watercolor etc.) with dimensions of 23×23 cm, and send in .JPG format, 300 dpi resolution, minimal side 3000 pixel in CMYK.
PHOTO
The proposal can be expressed through n°1 or maximum n°4 photos, in color or black and white, the longest side does not exceed 23cm, and send in .JPG format, 300 dpi resolution, minimal side 3000 pixel in CMYK.
VIDEO
The video, with a maximum duration of 3 minutes (short film, documentary, interview, etc.), should be in mp4 format, in 16: 9 with a resolution of 1920×1080.
TEXT
The text should be in .doc format, English and Italian or English and Macedonian, maximum of 5000 characters (spaces included), according to the template (attachment A) that can be downloaded from the following website.
It is not compulsory to participate in all categories (drawing, photo, etc.) and more proposals can be submitted. The materials not necessarily should to be elaborated in situ, they are conceived as an interpretation of the proposed topic. The authors must have copyright for all presented materials. and authorize the research laboratory Landscape_inProgress for its exhibition and publication.