The Gertrude St Projections Festival
3-10 July 2009
Call for Feature Artist applications.
Be the Featured Artist of the 2009 Gertrude St Projections Festival.
A Festival week of projected media along Gertrude St, Fitzroy Melbourne. Viewers have access and insight into our dreams, fantasies and aspirations.
The program runs 6.00pm – 11.pm for a week.
The Festival is a free walk, drive through art gallery that shows
different perspectives on the theme, Dream. Art, animations, digital
stills and videos are projected onto the pavements, buildings and
walls and other exterior surfaces of Gertrude Street.
2009 theme: Dream
Each year we set a theme for our community and artists to respond to visually. The festival shows our community and viewers different perspectives on a single issue or theme. Setting a yearly theme achieves our goal to provide an outlet for different views.
The purpose is for art to enrich the cultural and social life of everybody who visits Gertrude Street during the week.
Dreams can be anything you imagine. Aspirations and fantasies for peace, safety or possibly for endless rain… your dreams are screened at specific outdoor sites from 6.00pm to 11.00pm for a week.
2009 aim
So visually respond to our quote,
“Regardless of your situation, everyday has a new dawn and in that dawn there is a new opportunity to start. Seize the energy of every new day and us it to create your dreams.”
Show us your perspective on your dreams.
Entry is open to other artists and to our community, but you will be our promoted featured artist with your art a focal point of the festival.
Do you want to make a difference with your talents?
The role also requires that you are part of the team that inspires, engages and communicates to our community.
You would be expected to
• Be an ambassador for the association.
• Adhere to and agree to promote the Associations’ aims and objectives.
• Participate in pre production team meetings
• Participate in a small number of Artist Workshops with our community partners.
• Be available for print and radio media interviews, photo shoots.
Then the TGA wants to know about YOU.
Get exposed and take your work to the street.
This is not a paid position. But the Feature Artist will be awarded a $500 Cash Prize donated through the generosity of RMIT Arts Union.The Feature Artist gets heaps of media, print and radio promotion.
We are open for feature artist submissions for our 2009 festival
One week of total public and media promotion
Applications to be our Featured Artist close 31 January 2009.
Contact the project directors for more detailed information pack about being our Feature Artist:
Monique + Kym @ info@thegertrudeassociation.com
Address: Level 1/69 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, 3065
Project Directors: Monique McNamara and Kym Ortenburg
Kym Ortenburg M:0414 893 075 E: Monique McNamara M: 0403 126 387
