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| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:42:31 -0800 (PST) | |
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CRYPTIC PROVIDENCE ISSUES A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS FOR THE HISTORIC NORTH BURIAL GROUND; ARTIST JAY CRITCHLEY TO
DIRECT THIS UNIQUE, SUMMERLONG ARTS PROJECT.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2008.
Cryptic Providence, a project directed by artist Jay Critchley, is soliciting proposals for a summer long exhibition and performance series in North Burial Ground, a historic cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. Application is open to visual artists, photographers, poets, writers, dancers, actors, historians, musicians, hip hop and spoken word performers, new media artists, filmmakers and cultural organizations.
Artists are asked to examine and interpret the history of North Burial Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich history of Rhode Island. Cryptic Providence hopes to create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship to death, dying and burial customs, as well as bring awareness of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground and increase visitation and use of the cemetery.
The postmark date for submission of proposals is April 1. Applicants are invited to a project review and tour of the cemetery on February 23 and March 1 at 1:00 pm. For more information and application details contact: reroot [at] comcast.net
Applicants should send:
One page written proposal with requested cemetery location, time and technical requirements;
Resume;
Documentation of work (only one of the following): DVD (five minutes), CD or photographs up to 10 images; or, five to ten pages of text (poetry, narrative, drama, lyrics);
Stamped self addressed envelope for return of material.
Small stipends are available.
Proposals should be sent to:
Jay Critchley / Cryptic Providence
North Burial Ground
Providence Parks Department
5 Branch Avenue
Providence, RI 02904
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Cryptic Providence is meant to increase understanding of the history of Providence and Rhode Island, create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship with death, dying and burial customs, and bring awareness of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.
North Burial Ground, Providence's oldest public cemetery, was established in 1700 "for the use of military affairs for training of soldiers & also a place to be for the use of Buireing of the dead." By 1870 it had expanded to 150 acres, with 100,000 burials, and re-imagined itself as a garden cemetery and park. In 1939 2,000 people visited the cemetery to honor Samuel Willard Bridgham.
Critchley is a multi-media artist who lives year round in Provincetown, MA and is represented by artSTRAND. From performances, rituals and Boston State House legislation to his Big Dig BigTwig project and award-winning Martucket Eyeland Resort & Theme Park, his eco-activist art goes back to the early 1980s with his Provincetown "sand car" series. Last summer he created the public art project, Beige Motel, on Route 6, North Truro, MA encrusting a 1955 A-frame structure soon to be demolished with sand.
His work has been shown throughout the world. last year a performance project at the Hemispheric Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina and shows at the Andy Warhol Museum and The LAB in San Francisco. His project GLOBAL YAWNING for a small planet is presently on view at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 31, 2008. He was an artist in residence at AS220 in 2000, producing his first movie: Providence Dirt Newsreel.
CRYPTIC PROVIDENCE ISSUES A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS FOR THE HISTORIC NORTH BURIAL GROUND; ARTIST JAY CRITCHLEY TO
DIRECT THIS UNIQUE, SUMMERLONG ARTS PROJECT.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2008.
Cryptic Providence, a project directed by artist Jay Critchley, is soliciting proposals for a summer long exhibition and performance series in North Burial Ground, a historic cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. Application is open to visual artists, photographers, poets, writers, dancers, actors, historians, musicians, hip hop and spoken word performers, new media artists, filmmakers and cultural organizations.
Artists are asked to examine and interpret the history of North Burial Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich history of Rhode Island. Cryptic Providence hopes to create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship to death, dying and burial customs, as well as bring awareness of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground and increase visitation and use of the cemetery.
The postmark date for submission of proposals is April 1. Applicants are invited to a project review and tour of the cemetery on February 23 and March 1 at 1:00 pm. For more information and application details contact: reroot [at] comcast.net
Applicants should send:
One page written proposal with requested cemetery location, time and technical requirements;
Resume;
Documentation of work (only one of the following): DVD (five minutes), CD or photographs up to 10 images; or, five to ten pages of text (poetry, narrative, drama, lyrics);
Stamped self addressed envelope for return of material.
Small stipends are available.
Proposals should be sent to:
Jay Critchley / Cryptic Providence
North Burial Ground
Providence Parks Department
5 Branch Avenue
Providence, RI 02904
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Cryptic Providence is meant to increase understanding of the history of Providence and Rhode Island, create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship with death, dying and burial customs, and bring awareness of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.
North Burial Ground, Providence's oldest public cemetery, was established in 1700 "for the use of military affairs for training of soldiers & also a place to be for the use of Buireing of the dead." By 1870 it had expanded to 150 acres, with 100,000 burials, and re-imagined itself as a garden cemetery and park. In 1939 2,000 people visited the cemetery to honor Samuel Willard Bridgham.
Critchley is a multi-media artist who lives year round in Provincetown, MA and is represented by artSTRAND. From performances, rituals and Boston State House legislation to his Big Dig BigTwig project and award-winning Martucket Eyeland Resort & Theme Park, his eco-activist art goes back to the early 1980s with his Provincetown "sand car" series. Last summer he created the public art project, Beige Motel, on Route 6, North Truro, MA encrusting a 1955 A-frame structure soon to be demolished with sand.
His work has been shown throughout the world. last year a performance project at the Hemispheric Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina and shows at the Andy Warhol Museum and The LAB in San Francisco. His project GLOBAL YAWNING for a small planet is presently on view at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 31, 2008. He was an artist in residence at AS220 in 2000, producing his first movie: Providence Dirt Newsreel.
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