“The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates
Wesley Cook, Brianne Baker and perceptioncollective.org are proud to announce
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: an evening of audio/visual activism to be held August
28, 2004 at Inshallah Gallery, 244 South Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles
benefiting the Adbusters Media Foundation and the Moveon.org Political Action
Committee.
CALL FOR ARTISTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES:
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, a perceptioncollective.org production with co-curators
Wesley Cook and Brianne Baker, wants you (and your friends)! Based on the
belief that analysis and critical examination form the backbone of any
functioning society, we are looking for artistic partners in all mediums to
help us raise social and political awareness through creative political
commentary.
In an effort to take our collective activism beyond the (usually) democratic
state of California to “middle America”, a central goal of SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS will be to raise money for the non-profit Adbusters Media Foundation
and the Moveon.org PAC in order to assist them with their strategic missions of
producing and placing print and video advertising campaigns with progressive
messages in media outlets within crucial swing states as the election of 2004
draws near.
We are seeking expressions of political awareness in whatever medium you choose
to work for this collaborative one night show. Space and time will be made
available to showcase as many audio, visual, performance, and conceptual
artists as possible; provided such work presents some form of reflection,
commentary, or action against electoral apathy and political disenfranchisement.
Selection for this show will be based on relevance to the above themes,
timeliness of submittal, and availability of time and space. A small
contribution to the donation fund will be requested of participating artists in
order to offset production costs and ensure a sizeable donation to the chosen
beneficiary organizations.
For their contributions selected artists will not only enjoy the intangible
benefits of supporting what we believe to be two wonderful causes, they will
also receive valuable publicity in the forms of hyper-linkage from
perceptioncollective.org’s SITUATIONAL AWARENESS website, placement on the
party flyers, mention in any press coverage we are able to generate, as well as
exposure to a conscious crowd during the event.
If interested in participating as an artist, please contact Wesley Cook at
situationalawareness@perceptioncollective.org with a brief bio, artist
statement, jpeg images (no larger than 2mb) if a visual work, description of
work you wish to perform if a performance piece or mail a demo CD if interested
in musical performance, spoken word or Djing to 411 S. Main #618 LA CA 90013
attn: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. If you wish to perform music or spoken word and
don’t have a demo, email with a description of what you would like to perform
and we will see what we can do. All submissions must be received no later than
July 31, 2004. Artists will be notified no later than August 6 with further
details.
If interested in participating as an assistant curator, general volunteer,
benefactor, or attendee and you would like more information please contact
situationalawareness@perceptioncollective.org, we would love to hear from you!
Finally, please feel free to forward this message to anyone you believe
may be interested in participating or attending. This is a grassroots, 100%
volunteer effort to raise funds and awareness. Thank you in advance for your
support.
Sincerely,
Wesley Cook