AUSSCHREIBUNG - SWAP MEET at Big Chill

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Call for Artists
SWAP MEET at The Big Chill Festival 5-8 August 2010

After a successful first event at The Barbican in February, Swap Meet  
moves to The Big Chill Festival.

Swap Meet is inspired by the infamous mix-tape swaps in 1980's L.A.,  
where artists such as Dr Dre first distributed their live mixtapes. These  
tapes were collages of vocals, beats in addition to samples taken from other
artists (working outside of the genre of hip hop). What Swap Meet aims  
to facilitate is a live, physical, face to face exchange of material  
between artists from different backgrounds enabling experimentation and infinite
collaging possibilities.  It also provides a platform for performance of
artists working within these areas.

The element of exchange and mixing of genres forms the backbone of  
Swap Meet at the Big Chill. However the theme can be interpreted more broadly  
for the festival and it would be great to incorporate theatre and dance  
performance, visual art, stalls, installations and an area for circuit bending  
within the Swap Meet area.

Opportunities

1. Installations - freestanding pieces. Please bear in mind that the
installation will be in a field and so will need to be stable and  
resilient to extreme festival weather conditions. Additionally, although there is
power, this is limited.

2. Stalls - It would be better that these were approached as mini live  
art performance platforms, workshop areas or art installations, rather than
standard market stalls. Please keep in mind the themes of Swap Meet  
while putting together your proposal. Although the themes are open to
interpretation, it is important that they reflect an idea of swapping,
collage or re-appropriation of materials.

3. Performance - Time available for live music performance is limited.
However, there are more opportunities to do performances that aren't
necessarily stage dependent.

The proposal process
Please send outlines for proposals by Monday 15 March to
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you will be required to submit a full proposal with supporting images by Friday  
26 March.

It is also worth noting ahead of submitting your proposals that Swap  
Meet is an art concept and so there is very little money available to realize
installations or performances. However, The Big Chill attracts a music  
and art loving crowd of 40,000 people, so a great opportunity to get your  
work out there and seen. Additionally Swap Meet activities will be included  
in press and marketing activity and artists/projects will be name checked  
in the festival programme and on the website. Also, Swap Meet itself is a
fantastic networking opportunity for all artists involved and  
hopefully a fun and positive experience to immerse yourself in.

If you have any questions please contact Julia Dempsey on
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