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COME UP TO MY ROOM 2010 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Expression of Interest Deadline: JULY 24, 2009 (no later than 5pm) |
The Gladstone Hotel seeks "Expressions of Interest" for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary design and installation-based projects for The Gladstone Hotel’s annual alternative design event, Come Up To My Room. The seventh installment of CUTMR will take place from January 21st to 24th, 2010 at the historic Gladstone Hotel in downtown Toronto. Site-specific work will be mounted in the rooms and public spaces on the 2nd and main floors of The Gladstone. Ideal candidates for juried consideration are makers who focus their practice in the areas of experimental, inter-disciplinary, self-taught, hand-made/craft-based work in any creative medium. We are looking for practitioners and emerging designers who approach their discipline with a radical personal vision, and who use design to converse, connect, collaborate and construct delight in the unexpected. There are two ways to participate in Come Up To My Room 2010: 1) Room Installations: participants will create new work that is site-specific installation. Participants must be new to CUTMR or have not shown in past three years at CUTMR. The curatorial focus and submission review will be on strength of previous works. Potential for Collaboration There are a limited number of rooms and spaces available in Come Up To My Room. We accept individual submissions, but we invite and encourage participants to submit in collaborative teams or collectives. If you wish to collaborate, but don’t have anyone in mind, please note in your "Expression of Interest" that you would like to work in collaboration, and indicate how many people you would prefer to work with (maximum and minimum). Clearly note whether you are applying for a room or public space installation. Alternatively, upon reviewing submissions to the show, the Curatorial Collective may group individuals together into teams, based on space limitation and/or potentially successful (read: mind-blowing) combinations. NEW: This year, we’d like to have one entirely student-made room, for college/university students in any creative arts or design program to collaborate within. This will be an inter-school collaboration, if interested, please submit individually to CUTMR, with all required documents, and clearly indicate that you are applying for the student room. If selected, we will be pairing you up with a small group of like-minded, but diversely talented strangers - challenging you to find common creative ground, together. |
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To Submit to CUTMR 2010 Please submit hardcopy or electronic proposals (MS-WORD docs or PDFs only) no later than Friday July 24th, 2009. Applications should include: › Contact information (email and phone number) for you and all members of your submission team › Photo representation of 2-3 previous projects (no more than 5 images per project; high quality jpegs on a CD are preferred), and your website URL (if applicable) › Your CV › A 150 word bio of the artist/designer/collective › A one page “Expression of Interest” specific to CUTMR 2010 (see FAQ page for more info) Fees: $650 + GST for room installations Fees include 2.5 installation days and 3.5-day space rental;; exhibition administration and coordination; inclusion in the promotion, publicity, marketing materials, and exhibition catalogue. Fees are payable upon acceptance. Please do not submit a cheque with your “Expression of Interest”. Submit "Expression of Interest" to: In person: The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. West, Toronto ON, M6J 1J6. Email: submissions@comeuptomyroom.com Need More Info? Please download a PDF of our full Call for Interest. For more information about the submission process, contact the curatorial collective at: For more information regarding pricing, exhibition details and contracts contact: To see past press coverage:
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