Last Supper 2010- Call for Performance
Last Supper 2010 Curatorial Theme: “Self-Made” by Coralina Meyer
The Last Supper Salon 2010 will explore the creative individual as a self-made person and provocateur of social change. In contrast to the male robber baron of our industrial age, the contemporary version of the ‘self-made man’ is an artist of any gender, discipline; someone who is cross-cultural and cross-national, and someone tapped in to the individual as part of the border-less, collective wisdom created by open source ideas sharing. Humanity is transforming it’s identity to fit the current needs of a new economy, and socio-political environment. Using an experimental, multi-sensory, collaborative approach, we hope to critique the way we produce the goods and services that define our generation, the way we consume media, products and our environment, and the way open dialog, DIY and technology promotes self-made identity prototypes.
Performance Curator’s Statement by Erik Fabian
“My name is Hov’, OH, H-to-the-O-V” – Jay-Z
The performance program at this year’s Last Supper Festival explores name-making and the public-self that is self-made (and performed) in relation to the crowd. Make a name for yourself…at the Last Supper.
It is the opening night of the 6th annual Last Supper Festival, a community-based, mix media art and food festival. There are hundreds of people packed into the gallery…eating food art, watching films, circling installations, examining photographs. Artists, foodies, farmers, architects, and more mingle. The chit-chat is about the “self-made”, DIY, homesteading, and sustainable food production. This crowd is your stage…how will you make a name for yourself tonight? Will you make space, spread a rumor, or work the room? Think: coming out parties, profiles of the self-made man, pit fighting champions, debutant balls, political polling, black sheep, feats of strength, Iron Chef, Trump Tower, your-name-in-lights, aliases, nicknames, name-dropping, myth-making, buzz campaigns, and the glory of winning competitions for growing the largest watermelon.
In a world of noise, create a signal, define yourself, go for glory, write the legend, leave a legacy, make your name with one performance. It’s is your last chance, it is the Last Supper.
Details:
Seeking performance submissions for opening night of the Last Supper Festival that explore name-making and the public self that is made (and performed) in relation to the crowd.
- Any performance medium is accepted (performance art, theater, dance, conceptual actions, durational stuff, clown, whatever…)
- Length is ideally a 1 to 10 minute intervention but a well thought out durational or longer conceptual piece would be considered.
- Should be completely self-contained and need no technical support (we might not even be able to turn off the lights).
- Should be designed to be performed amidst/with-in/in-relation to a crowd of people.
Submission Information: Online Submissions due 7/23/2010
Upload submission materials here: Drop.io
Email Erik Fabian: Performance@Lambastic.com
Make sure to include in your submission materials:
Artist Name
Performance Title
Length
Equipment/Supplies needed (see above)
Short Bio
jpg Headshot (2″x3″ 300dpi) for catalogue
jpg of Performance or sketch (300 dpi) for catalogue
Link to Artist’s website
Permissions to show in Festival and Press/Print Materials
And your response to the following:
1) A one paragraph description of what will happen during your
proposed performance. (Explain specifically how you will physically
relate to the crowd.)
2) A one paragraph description of how you see your performance
conceptually tying into the notion of “making a name for yourself” as
well as the larger festival theme of the “self-made”
Last Supper 2010 – Call for Food Art
Last Supper 2010 Curatorial Theme: “Self-Made” by Coralina Meyer
The Last Supper Salon 2010 will explore the creative individual as a self-made person and provocateur of social change. In contrast to the male robber baron of our industrial age, the contemporary version of the ‘self-made man’ is an artist of any gender, discipline; someone who is cross-cultural and cross-national, and someone tapped in to the individual as part of the border-less, collective wisdom created by open source ideas sharing. Humanity is transforming it’s identity to fit the current needs of a new economy, and socio-political environment. Using an experimental, multi-sensory, collaborative approach, we hope to critique the way we produce the goods and services that define our generation, the way we consume media, products and our environment, and the way open dialog, DIY and technology promotes self-made identity prototypes.
Food Art Curators’ Statement by Nadia Siddiqui & Michelle Zatta
“. . . who cooked rotten animals lung heart feet tail borsht & tortillas dreaming of the pure vegetable kingdom/who plunged themselves under the meat truck looking for an egg . . .” –Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”
The times . . . they have never been easy. This is particularly true for the self-made individual—striking out on one’s own in 1920, in 1957, in 2010 for a greater purpose than oneself is bone-tiring. We do it because the prospect of staying still is more dire than the prospect of failing. Weary minds, hearts, bones need nourishment and at a most basic level sometimes the self-made needs the home-made: meatloaf, apple pie, curry, moussaka, food. Home may be far away, but the self-made individual can improvise—plunging under the meat truck to find an egg, as it were. This year’s Last Supper Festival food art exhibit is a celebration of improvised comfort food. We are searching for representations of food art that help ease the burden and nourish the soul and are created with whatever ingredients and space are at hand: the self-made gotta eat too.
Submission Information: Online Submissions Due 7/23/2010
Please include in e-mail: Artist Name, Title, Size, Ingredients, Installation Equipment/Needs, Instructions, Availability to attend opening, Short Bio, Interpretation (How work relates to theme of show), jpg Headshot (2″x3″ 300dpi), jpg of Food Art (300 dpi), Link to Food Artist’s website, Permissions to show in Festival and Press/Print Materials
e-mail Nadia or Michelle: Food@Lambastic.com
Last Supper 2010 – Call for Short Films
Last Supper 2010 Curatorial Theme: “Self-Made” by Coralina Meyer
The Last Supper Salon 2010 will explore the creative individual as a self-made person and provocateur of social change. In contrast to the male robber baron of our industrial age, the contemporary version of the ‘self-made man’ is an artist of any gender, discipline; someone who is cross-cultural and cross-national, and someone tapped in to the individual as part of the border-less, collective wisdom created by open source ideas sharing. Humanity is transforming it’s identity to fit the current needs of a new economy, and socio-political environment. Using an experimental, multi-sensory, collaborative approach, we hope to critique the way we produce the goods and services that define our generation, the way we consume media, products and our environment, and the way open dialog, DIY and technology promotes self-made identity prototypes.
Film Curator’s Statement by Laura Rugarber
How do we define self if we eliminate the other? Without a comparative model, individualism is forced to stand alone, an oblivion onto itself. Stripped of accouterments and references, what remains? This self-exploration is the main point of life in how we understand ourselves which ultimately informs how others to respond to us. A clash occurs with collaborations. In the context of sustainability and community, how much self can co-exist once immersed into situations tied to group cooperation? Actions and decisions are rarely absolutely negative or positive whether originating from the self or a group consensus. These complexities invite introspection about agency. The preservation of self is possible. People should be open to systems designed to improve life and conditions for everyone. This is not asking that the “I” subsume identity; rather that, individuals engage in selflessness to become singularly defined. One must recognize hackneyed patterns of giving too much which are detrimental. Only through maturity and “self” awareness can true balance be achieved.
Description of what we are looking for: The filmmakers presented in this installment of The Last Supper 2010 embrace and transform our interpretations of self whether in a literal or spiritual manner.
“Self-Made” i.e., RIDING THE WHITE CLOUD by Alex Craig
Submission Information:
Online Submissions:
Please include w/ DVD package: Director Name, Film Title, Genre, Length, Availability to attend opening on 9/18/2010, Short Bio, Interpretation (How work relates to theme of show), jpg Headshot (2″x3″ 300dpi), jpg Film Still (300 dpi), Link to Film or Director’s website, Permissions to show in Festival and Press/Print Materials
email Laura Rugarber: Film@Lambastic.com
snail mail:
Coralina Meyer
The Last Supper
160 Parkside Ave #14D
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Please include w/ DVD package: Director Name, Film Title, Genre, Length, Availability to attend opening on 9/18/2010, Short Bio, Interpretation (How work relates to theme of show), jpg Headshot (2″x3″ 300dpi), jpg Film Still (300 dpi), Link to Film or Director’s website, Permissions to show in Festival and Press/Print Materials
Last Supper 2010 – Call for Art works
Last Supper 2010 Curatorial Theme: “Self-Made” (Statement by Coralina Meyer)
The Last Supper Salon 2010 will explore the creative individual as a self-made person and provocateur of social change. In contrast to the male robber baron of our industrial age, the contemporary version of the ‘self-made man’ is an artist of any gender, discipline; someone who is cross-cultural and cross-national, and someone tapped in to the individual as part of the border-less, collective wisdom created by open source ideas sharing. Humanity is transforming it’s identity to fit the current needs of a new economy, and socio-political environment. Using an experimental, multi-sensory, collaborative approach, we hope to critique the way we produce the goods and services that define our generation, the way we consume media, products and our environment, and the way open dialog, DIY and technology promotes self-made identity prototypes.
Art Curator’s Statement by Alison Levy & Jeremy Funston & Douglas Turner (DAJ)
The art curation will incorporate the idea of “Self-Made” into our consumptive practice. From the ‘self-made man/woman’ to the do-it-yourself, make-it-yourself, design-your-life reality we live in, the individual can be a centripetal force in society. The resilience of the human spirit to allows us to overcome challenges and become heroes- to dream, invent, and to create new work. We are looking for artists who are examining the nature of the Self-Made in ways that relate to culture, narcissism, world change, interconnected systems, future visions and creative enlightenment. Accepted media includes: painting, sculpture, video art, design, invention, performance, interactive works or project-based collaborations.
Application Instructions:
Via email, or drop.io, please include the following information with your submission:
Artist Name, Artwork Title, Size, Price, Medium, Installation Equipment/Needs, Instructions, Availability to attend opening on 9/18/2010, Short Bio, Interpretation (How work relates to theme of show), jpg Headshot (2″x3″, 300dpi), jpg of Artwork (300 dpi), Link to Artist Website
Questions, Comments, email: Art@Lambastic.com (Jeremy Funston, Alison Levy, Douglas Turner)
Deadline: Friday, July 23, 2010
Format: Online Submissions
The Last Supper Film Festival is an indoor-outdoor film, food, music and art festival occuring in Brooklyn during the crux of seasonal change in September. Referencing the celebratory nature of the feast, and the symposium of genres, the festival kindles the creative miasma sparked by NY's peppery fall and inventive community.The last exposure to outdoor interaction before the shearing winter...