Elevator Music 2: Aferro Publication No. 24
Deadline for Open Call: 3/15/2015 @ 5pm
Vintage Elevator Installation @ Gallery Aferro 2nd Floor
http://aferro.org/opportunities/open-calls/
Musicians and artists working with sound are invited to submit MP3’s under 10 minutes in length to be played on loop in a lovingly refurbished, decommissioned vintage elevator, a permanent installation in Gallery Aferro and archived on CD as Aferro Publication No. 24. Submissions may take the form of original musical songs, spoken word or other forms of poetry, field recordings, experimental music, sound art, oral histories, or none of the above.
Some history of the project, to date:
Gallery Aferro has been operating out of a circa 1880’s former furniture store in downtown Newark since 2006. Though primarily a visual arts gallery, Aferro is commited to promoting all forms of artistic expression. Elevator Music I, Aferro Publication No. 17, juried by artist Adam Trowbridge, was intended for permanent loop in our freight elevator. Shortly afterwards, as part of some routine building maintenance, Gallery Aferro staff discovered a second elevator in the building, a very early (single digit) Otis passenger elevator. The elevator was extricated piece by piece from behind the false wall where it had been entombed and has been refurbished and reinstalled as a permanent installation in our galleries.
Some possible thematic points of departure (or arrival), by no means required:
Passenger and Freight, The Elevator Paradox, Monotony, Functionality, Accidents. Ascension and Descent. Rising or falling, and of course, Gravity. The idea of the prelude, an interval, a non-moment not worthy of record or remembrance. The elevator may provide a brief space to prepare privately for a more public moment. Silence, except for noise related to weather or machinery. Temperature fluctuations in the shaft, a space connected to the outdoors and the interior of the building. The Intuitionist. Speculative Fiction. Buried or forgotten objects or histories. Nostalgia. Steampunk.
How To Submit
Submit via email to: submit@aferro.org
Subject line: “Last Name, First Name – Elevator Music”
(Example: Smith, Jane – Elevator Music)
* Please send submissions as attachments (i.e. .doc, .pdf, etc)
Every submission\proposal must include:
1) CV\resume
2) Artist Statement
3) Brief statement about the specific work you propose to be part of the publication.
4) 1 – 5 mp3s via email, dropbox, etc
5) $10 USD fee per submission, via paypal here. If you truly cannot afford this fee please contact Evonne Davis for a waiver at
edavis@aferro.org. We do not believe in artist gouging and ask for this small donation only as part of our overall, diversified activities to support our nonprofit programs. We offer a discount of $5 to members of the Visual Arts Center of NJ, Center For Contemporary Art, Bedminster, and Arts Guild of NJ. Please clearly indicate which organization you belong to in your materials. To pay using the discount, please use this link here.
Please include the title, medium, size, edition, price, or any other relevant information for each piece.
Do not refer us to your website without ALL the other required material.
All the submission fees from these proposals will be used exclusively to support Gallery Aferro’s Community Based Recording Studio as part of our expansion.
