27 Nov 2011

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Multi-Arts Festival - |FAT| Toronto Arts & Fashion Week

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Toronto Arts & Fashion Week 'fashionSCAPES' 2012, Toronto, Canada
Produced by Fashion Art Toronto |FAT|

Entry Deadline: December 22, 2011 (early Deadline)
January 9, 2012 (late deadline)

|FAT| Toronto Arts & Fashion Week is now accepting submissions from contemporary artists working in photography, video, installation art, performance art, dance and design to showcase their work for the upcoming festival, April 24 - 28, 2012.

In its seventh year, |FAT| Toronto Arts & Fashion Week has a mandate of showcasing artistic disciplines rooted in fashion and their exploration of the notion of clothing and the body in today's time. The festival emphasizes this mandate through the showcase of photography, installation, film, video, mixed media work, performance, dance and design, in an effort to push forward and redefine our perception of the fashion phenomenon.

Starting this month, artists interested in participating can submit proposals online through our website: fashionarttoronto.ca/apply/

We are currently accepting proposals in:

Photography
Video / Film
Performance Art
Installation/ Mixed Media
Dance
Fashion Design


• Submitted proposals should reflect on the notion of clothing, the body, fashion and the 2012 thematic focus 'fashionSCAPES'

2012 THEMATIC APPROACH:

The |FAT| 2012 theme fashionSCAPES mirrors the notion of landscapes; vast, unique, seasonal and ever changing. Artists are invited to respond to fashionSCAPES by investigating one of four sub themes set out for each evening by the festival; land, city, body, future.

land++++++
Exploring global landscapes and physical environments. Artists reflect on land both as a physical space determined by geography, texture, the elements and nature; and land as a global place determined by boundaries, people and places.

city++++++
Transitory and in the now, the night surveys art influenced by metropolises and man-made environments; streets, structures and cityscapes. It examines how architecture, communication, technology, consumerism and urban life shape city cultures and trends.

body++++++
Artists investigate the human form as a playing field for expressing identity, sexuality and gender. Through seduction, manipulation, exaggeration and movement, they conceal, reveal, morph and sculpt bodyscapes, defining the body's limits and possibilities.

future++++++
The theme examines art that looks forward into the unexpected, inventive, extreme or imagined. New materials, technology, media and innovative processes define indefinite possibilities and futurescapes.

ABOUT |FAT| Arts & Fashion Week

|FAT| Toronto Arts & Fashion Week is a platform for inventive, pioneering and contemporary expression. The festival is a multi-sensory, interdisciplinary art and design platform for both emerging and established artists. This annual event features 200 national and international visual artists, designers and performers each year, delivering a packed schedule of runway shows, live performances, music, photography, video screenings and installation exhibits, to celebrate artists in a wide range of art forms. Held every April, the event welcomes buyers, curators, critics, members of the media, the arts, music and fashion related industry as well as the general public.

Fashion Art Toronto is a registered non-profit arts organization dedicated to building greater interest in inventive, pioneering and contemporary art and design practices. The organization works to promote and showcase a diversity of artistic mediums, merging popular culture and art.