FestTooArtHandout (PDF)

Wanna do something creative for Fest Too 2014 ???

Wanna do something creative for Fest Too 2014 ???

Deadline to Submit
5-16-14

Deadline to Submit
5-16-14

The Call for Art
Using the framework of “Humanizing Art” and “Doing Life
Together,” create a work of art that will decorate and/or physically inhabit the
space for Fest Too 2014. The project must be a collaboration between two
or more people. This work should speak to what it means to be a part of
community or invite the audience into an experience by creating a space for
social interaction and creative play.

Why Humanizing Art and Doing Life Together?

The Call for Art
Using the framework of “Humanizing Art” and “Doing Life
Together,” create a work of art that will decorate and/or physically inhabit the
space for Fest Too 2014. The project must be a collaboration between two
or more people. This work should speak to what it means to be a part of
community or invite the audience into an experience by creating a space for
social interaction and creative play.

Why Humanizing Art and Doing Life Together?

“Millennials” (Generation Y) are those born between 1983 and the early
2000s. This generation,our generation is the most connected, ever. We are
the first to grow up with the internet and use palm sized computers to talk
with people halfway across the world. With the prevalence of Facebook and
other social media we have the ability to stay plugged in 24/7.
Ironically, it is reported that Gen Y is fast becoming the most isolated and
lonely generation. Maybe “social”-networking is a misnomer because it often
creates a false sense of community and friendship. What if we
aren’t lonelier than those before us but simply more acutely sensitive to our
“alone-ness” because we are constantly notified of our friend’s seemingly
perfect lives through mobile phones, Twitter, and Facebook?
On the other hand, Fest Too 2014 seeks to celebrate a community of DIT
(Doing It Together). Through music and arts we seek to experience/share/
question/interpret our lives and create authentic (face-to-face) friendships. In
this way, we “do life together” and allow our art to be a humanizing force in
the world.
We encourage out of the box thinking. Art can be anything from 2D/3D to
installation, to video to performance and anything in between! Your “art” can
be an actual object, an event or “happening” or even an artifact of the
process of an artistic experience. Think WAY beyond the confines of a
canvas!

“Millennials” (Generation Y) are those born between 1983 and the early
2000s. This generation,our generation is the most connected, ever. We are
the first to grow up with the internet and use palm sized computers to talk
with people halfway across the world. With the prevalence of Facebook and
other social media we have the ability to stay plugged in 24/7.
Ironically, it is reported that Gen Y is fast becoming the most isolated and
lonely generation. Maybe “social”-networking is a misnomer because it often
creates a false sense of community and friendship. What if we
aren’t lonelier than those before us but simply more acutely sensitive to our
“alone-ness” because we are constantly notified of our friend’s seemingly
perfect lives through mobile phones, Twitter, and Facebook?
On the other hand, Fest Too 2014 seeks to celebrate a community of DIT
(Doing It Together). Through music and arts we seek to experience/share/
question/interpret our lives and create authentic (face-to-face) friendships. In
this way, we “do life together” and allow our art to be a humanizing force in
the world.
We encourage out of the box thinking. Art can be anything from 2D/3D to
installation, to video to performance and anything in between! Your “art” can
be an actual object, an event or “happening” or even an artifact of the
process of an artistic experience. Think WAY beyond the confines of a
canvas!

Visit festtoo.tumblr.com for more info
Email cperry@ourconvergence.org with questions/concerns

Visit festtoo.tumblr.com for more info
Email cperry@ourconvergence.org with questions/concerns