In Dar es Salaam, flooding is an increasingly common reality - putting lives, infrastructure and assets at risk. But flooding is not an natural occurance, it is the result of a combination of factors - one of these being solid waste build-up within the city’s drainage network.
During the 2018 World Clean Up Day campaign, 500,000 kg of this waste was removed on a single day and the top polluting materials were identified.
Creating Resilience – an art exhibition – invites local artists of all genres and forms to take these materials and transform them into thought-provoking creative works.
Accepted pieces will be featured in an exhibition at the National Museum of over the month of October as part of the international Understanding Risk Tanzania conference. Select pieces may also be featured on a ‘moving’ exhibition on the BRT system
These can be displayed in any form (visual, sculpture, multi-media, digital, photo, video, performance, etc) and the primary focus or topic of the piece should be one or a selection of the materials listed above.
Artists can access these materials free for use at Africraft Tanzania’s Trash Collection Point (first come, first serve), or can source them independently.
Artists are welcome to attend an open workshop at Africraft on Saturday 31 August from 9-12 - where they can collect materials, collaborate, and learn more about the relationship between solid waste and flooding in Dar es Salaam. Refreshments will be served.
The call for submissions is open to all artists. Emerging artists and artists from minority communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
There is no age limit for submissions.
Artists include any person engaged in artistic endeavors (visual artists, sculptors, welders, multi-media artists, digital artists, photographers, videographers, performance etc.)
To be considered for this exhibition, each artist needs to submit:
Submissions are accepted via the form below - or via email to: application@studio19.co.tz
Complete applications should be submitted by 23:59 pm on 15 September 2019 – to allow time for pieces to be collected and prepared for curation.
The artworks remain the property of the participating artists. If any partner organization would like to use images of the works beyond the scope of this exhibition, it will be with prior approval of the artist and with due credit.
The images of the works selected for the exhibition may be reproduced in the exhibition catalogue or in promotional material (posters, invitations).
Some chosen works may be reproduced to be incorporated into the BRT Moving Exhibition and artists will be informed of this before reproduction. For non-commercial and educational materials, partners cannot be asked by the artist or his/her representative to pay for any reproduction fee or royalties.
The Selection Committee will comprise of local leaders of contemporary art as well as the urban and environmental sectors in Tanzania.
Works will be reviewed by the committee from 15 – 20 September 2019, for collection and curation to be conducted over the final weeks of September.
No fixed number of works is established – selections will be based on quality and relevance for the exhibition.
Selected artists and their works will be included in the exhibition, to take place at the National Museum from 2 – 3 October 2019 as part of the Understanding Risk Tanzania conference. The exhibition will remain open to the public for the month of October.
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