Call for Work: Were the Eye Not Sunlike
Curated by Third Object

Were the eye not sunlike, how could we behold light?
– Goethe, Zur Farbenlehre
Were the Eye Not Sunlike is an ACRE TV program to take place in April of 2015. Inspired by the long dark winters in Chicago, this program and parallel exhibition focus on the sun at a time when it is missed the most, moments before springtime. As an object that is both illuminating and unseeable, the experience of the Sun is dominated by metaphor and myth. Were the Eye Not Sunlike channels the mythologization of the Sun and our relationship to its immeasurable power. This program studies light, color, optics, daily routine and mysticism through a close examination of the sun.

The two month ACRE TV program will be structured into three separate programs whose framework relies on the sun’s progress throughout one day: Sunrise, High Noon andSunset. We are accepting submissions for each of the three parts.

Part One, Sunrise, conjures ideas of ritual, intimacy, latent potential, stillness, crispness and quiet, and its associated programing will reflect these more inward states.

Part Two, High Noon, transitions into the full experience of solar warmth with a program revolving around optical possibilities, high contrast, light studies, and color.

Part Three, Sunset, enacts the twilight haziness that signals the end of the earth-bound day. Melancholy, impending darkness, the green flash, and terrible beauty will conclude the program.

Proposals due by 11:59pm February 1st, 2015.
– We will noti fy you on the status of your proposal by February 15th, 2015. ­
– File delivery for accepted proposals due March 15th, 2015.
– Were the Eye Not Sunlike will air from April 1st to May 31st, 2015.

Submit entries here.

Link: http://www.acretv.org/calls/

Deadline: Sun Feb 1st, 2015