CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival announces the call for artists for its 2024 edition
This call is open to all artistes who have been professionally active for at least 2 years and with a visible commitment to their professional artistic practice and media.
The organisers of the CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival have announced the call for artists for the 2024 edition of the festival, which is set to take place this August.
The announcement stated, “This call is open to all artistes who have been professionally active for at least 2 years and with a visible commitment to their professional artistic practice and media. [Having studied art is NOT a requirement; we accept applications from self-taught professional artists with at least two years constant working experience].”
It noted, “We are evaluating Guinea as a portal of new histories, possibilities, hopes and desires. With this, we envision rehabilitating popular perceptions about the Gulf of Guinea and its newfound afterlife.
“Proposed artwork can be realized in any medium and there are no restrictions on form or content. However, proposals that demonstrate innovation and deep, nuanced understanding of contemporary art, craft, or design are preferred. Proposals must be site-specific, i.e. the Osu metropolitan area during CHALE WOTE 2024.”
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According to the announcement, the concepts can be based on work to be realised as an intervention, a live performance, an installation, a video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance art, theatre, dance, animation or some other form newly imagined. “All works should translate to being displayed or performed in a public space and should actively engage intentional and incidental audiences where possible,” it stated.
“As strong advocates of art education, we are also interested in works that can be tailored to include Salons and knowledge sharing Labs with children and/or youth during the festival period.”
Organised by ACCRA [dot] ALT in association with Redd Kat Pictures and Chale Wote Street Art Projekt, the festival will return for its thirteenth edition with the theme; ‘And Now An End To The Empire Of Horrors.’ It will take place from Monday, August 19th to Sunday, August 25th, 2024.
The festival, which has held annually since 2011, is considered Ghana’s most revolutionary art festival, attracting artists and thousands of attendees from all over the world. It is an alternative platform that brings art, music, design, dance and performance out into the streets of James Town, one of Accra’s most historic communities.
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Application requirement
1. Current resume/CV: 3 pages maximum.
2. Application submissions must contain the following documents:
i) a concept note about your festival project and
ii) work you’ve made within the past 2 years. You may submit either still images OR video.
IMAGES: Five (5) jpeg images, at 180 DPI resolution maximum, maximum total file size 250kb. Images must be titled with your last name, first name, number with no spacing e.g. Kweinortey1.jpeg, Kweinortey2.jpeg, etc. Please do not submit: PPT, PDF, TIFF, GIF, or PSD files.
VIDEO FILE FORMAT: HD1080i Quicktime/ H264
How to Apply
EMAIL all applications to chalewote@accradotaltradio.com
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