proposals

The AEAF is always receptive to receiving applications for projects and these are considered all year round, though the exhibitions program, which changes monthly, is planned at least 12 months in advance. Artists, curators, critics and others may propose new solo projects or group/curated exhibitions.

The AEAF encourages the use of the organisation as a site for developmental work and new projects. The AEAF is not an open-access space, so submitting a proposal is no guarantee of acceptance. This is not necessarily a reflection on the merit of the proposal itself but perhaps of its relationship to the AEAF’s focus, which is constructed along specific curatorial themes relevant to the Foundation’s mission and policies.

guidelines

Due to the high volume of enquiries received proposals will be responded to at the AEAF’s discretion. Proposals and support material will only be returned if return postage and self-addressed envelope is included in your initial package.

Include the following in support of your proposal:
Documentation of recent work can include any of the following; digital images, video & sound files, web urls, dvds.

Documentation of the exhibition is suitable if the show has already been curated.

Please make sure that the images and documentation are of good quality.

Description of the work(s) must be clear and comprehensible.

Concept/rationale for the proposed exhibition needs to be a minimum of one A4 page. It should include a succinct account of the idea animating the proposal, including a discussion of the themes the artist(s)/curator(s) propose to address, the theoretical background of the work and its relationship to the AEAF’s mission. Plans for any writing or publication associated with the exhibition should be mentioned.

Current CV of the participants.

Other details: decisions can be made more readily, the more information we have to work with (eg, hire of equipment, timelines, freight, etc).

image: gone in not time (gone in no time), set 4, nov 2009